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Back in October Kade Killary wrote, [A Killer GUI For Neovim: VimR][vimr].
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[VimR] is an excellent Neovim GUI on macOS but ever since reading the article
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I've been meaning the write about the Neovim GUI I use on Linux: [NeovimGtk].
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NeovimGtk doesn't have quite as many bells and whistles as VimR (yet) but it does
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have a few. Like VimR, it's a native application (no Electron, etc.). It's
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developed in [Rust], and as the name implies uses the GTK toolkit to feel right
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at home on a GNOME desktop.
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I am a huge fan of the [PragmataPro] font, and one of NeovimGtk's killer
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features for me is support for font [ligatures]. This means it renders text
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with wonderful typographic beauty.
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<figure>
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<img src="/images/2017/neovim-gtk-ligatures.png" alt="NeovimGtk displaying Rust code in PragmataPro with ligatures" />
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<figcaption>NeovimGtk displaying Rust code in PragmataPro with ligatures.</figcaption>
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</figure>
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Ligature support was what initially drew me to NeovimGtk but since I've started
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using it, it's creator, [daa84], and a handful of contributors have added
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several more features.
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There is a file/project picker to open recent files and projects (directories).
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Checking the check box on a directory makes that item always available in the
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list for quick access.
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<figure>
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<img src="/images/2017/neovim-gtk-project-switcher.png" alt="NeovimGtk displaying the file/project picker" />
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<figcaption>The file/project picker.</figcaption>
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</figure>
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One of the more recent additions was a plugin manager. It lists installed vim
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plugins and allows news ones to be added. Behind the scenes it uses the
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excellent [vim-plug].
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<figure>
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<img src="/images/2017/neovim-gtk-plugin-manager.png" alt="NeovimGtk plugin manager" />
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<figcaption>Plugin manager.</figcaption>
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</figure>
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Another recent addition enabled support for wide glyphs. PragmataPro has a few
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of these in the non-Mono variant of the font. The extra width is used to make
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the glyph more legible. This makes [devicons] and [Neomake] warnings render nicely.
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<figure>
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<img src="/images/2017/neovim-gtk-wide-glyphs.png" alt="NeovimGtk displaying a double wide warning symbol next to a line with a compiler warning" width="451" />
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<figcaption>A double wide warning symbol next to a line with a compiler warning.</figcaption>
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</figure>
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Native controls are used for the tab bar and pop-up menus.
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<figure>
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<img src="/images/2017/neovim-gtk-gui-menu.png" alt="NeovimGtk displaying a native pop-up menu" />
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<figcaption>Native pop-up menu.</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<figure>
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<img src="/images/2017/neovim-gtk-native-tabs.png" alt="NeovimGtk displaying open tabs using a native tab control" />
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<figcaption>Native tabs.</figcaption>
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</figure>
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So if you're a Neovim user on Linux I can certainly recommend you check out NeovimGtk. Installation
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currently requires building from source. However for Arch Linux users I have created an [AUR
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package] for easy installation.
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[vimr]: https://medium.com/@kadek/a-killer-gui-for-neovim-vimr-ce68e4fa1a3b
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[NeovimGtk]: https://github.com/daa84/neovim-gtk
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[Rust]: https://www.rust-lang.org/
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[PragmataPro]: https://www.fsd.it/shop/fonts/pragmatapro/
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[ligatures]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typographic_ligature
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[daa84]: https://github.com/daa84
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[VimR]: http://vimr.org/
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[vim-plug]: https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug
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[AUR package]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/neovim-gtk-git
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[devicons]: https://github.com/ryanoasis/vim-devicons
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[Neomake]: https://github.com/neomake/neomake
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