vim-table-mode VS vim-pencil

Compare vim-table-mode vs vim-pencil and see what are their differences.

vim-table-mode

VIM Table Mode for instant table creation. (by dhruvasagar)
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vim-table-mode vim-pencil
19 15
2,030 1,548
- 1.7%
5.9 2.3
15 days ago 12 months ago
Vim Script Vim Script
- GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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vim-table-mode

Posts with mentions or reviews of vim-table-mode. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-06.
  • Csvlens: Command line CSV file viewer. Like less but made for CSV
    7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 6 Jan 2024
    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.

  • Wrap long lines in markdown tables
    3 projects | /r/vim | 8 Dec 2023
    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.
  • Which vim plugins do not have a lua equivalent yet?
    23 projects | /r/neovim | 18 Feb 2023
    vin table mode. Creating tables in markdown file.
  • TIP: reformat a markdown table
    2 projects | /r/vim | 31 Jan 2023
    This plugin works pretty well too: https://github.com/dhruvasagar/vim-table-mode
  • Markdown format table
    5 projects | /r/neovim | 16 Oct 2022
    I use vim-table-mode, very good plugin.
  • Vimwiki + Preview-Markdown
    4 projects | /r/vim | 18 Jul 2022
    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.
  • Whenever I'm looking for plugins these days [OC]
    29 projects | /r/neovim | 7 Jul 2022
  • Best note taking plugins for vim
    5 projects | /r/vim | 7 Jun 2022
    I do this in markdown with vim-table-mode.
  • Please help me in translating my vimrc to emacs equivalents.
    4 projects | /r/emacs | 27 Apr 2022
    "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"
  • Just discovered emacs as a long term vim user and it's incredible
    13 projects | /r/vim | 26 Apr 2022
    Try vim-table-mode, works great for me.

vim-pencil

Posts with mentions or reviews of vim-pencil. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-21.
  • Using Neovim, latex, and a terminal pdf-viewer
    4 projects | /r/neovim | 21 Mar 2023
    Another option is vim-pencil.
  • How could I use neovim for general writing and annotations?
    3 projects | /r/neovim | 22 Nov 2022
    Both of the above are naturally integrated into billions of nvim plugins. I store files in a cloud folder to have access to them on my phone. There are apps that allow you to work with notes written in markdown like Obsidian. You should have a way to quickly go to your writing files. You could use telescope-project.nvim, startify shortcuts, or any other session plugin. I would also recommend setting up LSP for writing. You will be able to have diagnostics, "code actions" on wrong grammar, allowing you to add words to dictionary and suppress rules. I use ltex_extra.nvim for this. There are also a good set of plugins for writing by one author, just check them at the bottom of the pencil page.
  • Almost monospaced: the perfect fonts for writing
    9 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 6 Nov 2022
    Two years ago, I did nanowrimo in Vim with a whole suite of plugins:

    - https://github.com/preservim/vim-pencil

    - https://github.com/junegunn/goyo.vim.git

    - https://github.com/junegunn/limelight.vim.git

    - https://github.com/vimwiki/vimwiki

    It was fun, and the setup is almost identical to iA Writer which I appreciate. I even had it all on my phone with Termux!

    Last year I just did it in Markdown in VSCode in "zen mode" which also worked pretty well. It was definitely easier to setup than Vim and had better highlighting of bold/italics/etc.

  • Research paper + vim help
    3 projects | /r/vim | 20 Apr 2022
    You may like vim-pencil if you use markdown. It adds several small conveniences around word wrap options, among other things. Note also that the author of pencil includes many useful links in the README for conceiving vim as a tool for prose. My workflow is based on pandoc and bibtex. But that part's not vim- specific.
  • Vim for text files
    2 projects | /r/vim | 13 Nov 2021
    You may find vim-pencil usefull. The readme has some good links.
  • History isn't smooth
    2 projects | /r/vim | 4 Oct 2021
    vim-pencil sets undo points at the end of every sentence (and other things) although you might not want to install a full plugin just for that.
  • A Quickstart guide to setting up Vim for blogging
    8 projects | dev.to | 10 Sep 2021
    For grammar and spellchecking, I use many plugins. The main one is Pencil. I also use Vim Ditto, Lexical, and Wordy
  • Noob question about using neovim with markdown
    4 projects | /r/neovim | 18 Aug 2021
    I use vim-pencil to do the soft line wrapping. I should say that one annoyance of the setup is that, as far as I understand, there is no easy way to limit the number of displayed characters per line in soft wrap mode---you would have to use something like goyo.vim or manually change your console window size.
    4 projects | /r/neovim | 18 Aug 2021
    you might be interested in vim pencil then. if you edit a paragraph in insert mode while hard wrapping, it will reflow automatically.
  • Setting up VIM for blogging
    13 projects | dev.to | 23 Apr 2021
    All these solutions look promising. I've already benefited from including them in my VIM configuration while writing this blog post. Will do further testing and investigation in next days. Haven't yet tried plugins like vim-pencil or vim-abolish.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing vim-table-mode and vim-pencil you can also consider the following projects:

vim-markdown - Markdown Vim Mode

goyo.vim - :tulip: Distraction-free writing in Vim

neuron.nvim - Make neovim the best note taking application

proselint - A linter for prose.

vscode-neovim - Vim mode for VSCode, powered by Neovim

sc-im - sc-im - Spreadsheet Calculator Improvised -- An ncurses spreadsheet program for terminal

nvim-lua-setup

vimwiki - Personal Wiki for Vim

tabular - Vim script for text filtering and alignment