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

content/technical/2017/12/a-killer-linux-gui-for-neovim-neovimgtk.yaml

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+---
+title: 'A Killer Linux GUI For Neovim: NeovimGtk'
+extra: 'Inspired by a post about the macOS Neovim GUI, VimR, I describe the one I
+  use on Linux: NeovimGtk.'
+kind: article
+section: technical
+created_at: 2017-10-31 10:41:00.000000000 +11:00
+keywords:
+- vim
+- neovim
+- linux
+- gtk
+- ligatures
+short_url: http://j.mp/2DASGTC