vim-table-mode VS supertab

While not built around CSV, two terminal spreadsheet tools I have successfully used in the past are sc-im and the (neo)vim plugin vim-table-mode:

https://github.com/andmarti1424/sc-im/

https://github.com/dhruvasagar/vim-table-mode

Back then I stopped using sc-im because it could not import/export XLSX, if I remember correctly. Apparently it can today!

vim-table-mode always felt a little fragile and I don't want to be bound to vim anymore. That said, it still feels like a small miracle to me to have functional spreadsheet formulas inside markdown documents – calculation and typesetting all in one place.

Use the grid_table extension of markdown, which many renderer such as pandoc support. You can also use Vim Table Mode in conjunction. I regularly use it to keep my tables human readable.

vin table mode. Creating tables in markdown file.

This plugin works pretty well too: https://github.com/dhruvasagar/vim-table-mode

I use vim-table-mode, very good plugin.

On its own it does very little -- not much else besides making the links work. I use the author's wiki-ft.vim alongside vim-table-mode to accomplish more or less what Vimwiki used to. Wiki.vim is far more supportive of other filetype plugins than vimwiki is.

I do this in markdown with vim-table-mode.

"basic visual settings set number set linebreak "text type settings set encoding=utf-8 "Remapping keys inoremap jk nnoremap j gj nnoremap k gk "to quickly open NERDTree filebrowser. nnoremap :NERDTree "to open files with external programs from paths written in vim. nnoremap gF :!xdg-open "to make Y behave similar to D and C nnoremap Y y$ "to make a new line after the word without entering insert mode nnoremap e a "insert a new line without entering insert mode nnoremap o ok nnoremap O Oj "search settings set hlsearch set incsearch "clipboard settings set clipboard=unnamedplus "for use of Vim plug plugin manager. call plug#begin() " To change the surroundings a text. Plug 'https://github.com/tpope/vim-surround' " A Vim Plugin for Lively Previewing LaTeX PDF Output " Use this command to start the previewer :LLPStartPreview Plug 'xuhdev/vim-latex-live-preview', { 'for': 'tex' } Plug 'https://github.com/vimwiki/vimwiki' "It is a file browser and does basic file ops. Plug 'preservim/nerdtree' "It highlights most movement commands like w,j,f,t,/ etc.Triggered by "leader twice plus the movement key. Plug 'https://github.com/easymotion/vim-easymotion.git' "enables completion with tab instead of control p. Plug 'https://github.com/ervandew/supertab' "To edit csv files in vim and display them nicely. Plug 'chrisbra/csv.vim' "To make org mode like tables in vim with spreadsheet capabilities. Plug 'https://github.com/dhruvasagar/vim-table-mode' "To use org mode of emacs in vim, but tables not supported and not maintained. Plug 'jceb/vim-orgmode' "It opens a calendar in vim which is read only, like in emacs. Plug 'https://github.com/mattn/calendar-vim' call plug#end() "settings required by plugins. "to use markdown in vimwiki instead of learning vimwiki syntax let g:vimwiki_list = [{'path': '~/vimwiki/', \ 'syntax': 'markdown', 'ext': '.md'}] "to make markdown compatible tables in vim-table-mode plugin. let g:table_mode_corner='|' "Self defined commands which can be executed on vim command line.(must start "with caps) "This is shortcut for quickly sourcing vimrc. command Src source ~/.vimrc "shortcut to delete entire file. command Dal norm ggdG "shortcut to copy entire file. command Yal norm ggyG command Erc vsplit ~/.vimrc "to make presentations with pandoc using source markdown and then opening the pdf through external viewer. command Mkppt :!pandoc % -t beamer -o output.pdf ; xdg-open output.pdf "changing the default leader key which is "\" let mapleader = "\" "auto commands to do stuff based on certain events "This inserts # when leader + c key is pressed in a python file. autocmd filetype python nnoremap c I# autocmd filetype python nnoremap C ^x "saving macros or registers. "macro for anki cloze deletion let @b="f:a{{c1::jkA}}jkj0"

vim-lsp and ccls, supertab for auto-completion

supertab? (one of the "install and forget" plugins I'm using for years)

Extra: for extra intellisense, you can use https://github.com/dense-analysis/ale (I don't - I like to stick to vanilla Vim as much as possible), https://github.com/ervandew/supertab (for completions using TAB instead of Ctrl-P), and https://github.com/jiangmiao/auto-pairs (automatic bracket insertion).

"basic visual settings set number set linebreak "text type settings set encoding=utf-8 "Remapping keys inoremap jk nnoremap j gj nnoremap k gk "to quickly open NERDTree filebrowser. nnoremap :NERDTree "to open files with external programs from paths written in vim. nnoremap gF :!xdg-open "to make Y behave similar to D and C nnoremap Y y$ "to make a new line after the word without entering insert mode nnoremap e a "insert a new line without entering insert mode nnoremap o ok nnoremap O Oj "search settings set hlsearch set incsearch "clipboard settings set clipboard=unnamedplus "for use of Vim plug plugin manager. call plug#begin() " To change the surroundings a text. Plug 'https://github.com/tpope/vim-surround' " A Vim Plugin for Lively Previewing LaTeX PDF Output " Use this command to start the previewer :LLPStartPreview Plug 'xuhdev/vim-latex-live-preview', { 'for': 'tex' } Plug 'https://github.com/vimwiki/vimwiki' "It is a file browser and does basic file ops. Plug 'preservim/nerdtree' "It highlights most movement commands like w,j,f,t,/ etc.Triggered by "leader twice plus the movement key. Plug 'https://github.com/easymotion/vim-easymotion.git' "enables completion with tab instead of control p. Plug 'https://github.com/ervandew/supertab' "To edit csv files in vim and display them nicely. Plug 'chrisbra/csv.vim' call plug#end() "settings required by plugins. "to use markdown in vimwiki instead of learning vimwiki syntax let g:vimwiki_list = [{'path': '~/vimwiki/', \ 'syntax': 'markdown', 'ext': '.md'}] "Self defined commands which can be executed on vim command line.(must start "with caps) "This is shortcut for quickly sourcing vimrc. command Src source ~/.vimrc "shortcut to delete entire file. command Dal norm ggdG "shortcut to copy entire file. command Yal norm ggyG command Erc vsplit ~/.vimrc "to make presentations with pandoc using source markdown and then opening the pdf through external viewer. command Mkppt :!pandoc % -t beamer -o output.pdf ; xdg-open output.pdf "changing the default leader key which is "\" let mapleader = "\" "auto commands to do stuff based on certain events "This inserts # when leader + c key is pressed in a python file. autocmd filetype python nnoremap c I# autocmd filetype python nnoremap C ^x "saving macros or registers. "macro for anki cloze deletion let @b="f:a{{c1::jkA}}jkj0"

Currently I use supertab : https://github.com/ervandew/supertab

There are plugins that may improve this experience for you, like supertab, vimcompletesme, or vim-mucomplete. You can find more completion plugins here.