From 57beb1f6a37dcd1ebd16131a26b0f4e30c630391 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wesley Moore Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2018 08:44:39 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] Change title of NeovimGtk post to highlight cross-platformness --- ...a-killer-linux-gui-for-neovim-neovimgtk.md | 22 ++++++++++++++----- ...killer-linux-gui-for-neovim-neovimgtk.yaml | 2 +- 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/technical/2017/12/a-killer-linux-gui-for-neovim-neovimgtk.md b/content/technical/2017/12/a-killer-linux-gui-for-neovim-neovimgtk.md index 2849010..e26e787 100644 --- a/content/technical/2017/12/a-killer-linux-gui-for-neovim-neovimgtk.md +++ b/content/technical/2017/12/a-killer-linux-gui-for-neovim-neovimgtk.md @@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ Back in October Kade Killary wrote, [A Killer GUI For Neovim: VimR][kade-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 +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. +at home on a [GNOME] desktop. NeovimGtk is not limited to Linux though. The +project explicitly supports Windows as well and should build anywhere where +Rust and GTK are available. 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 @@ -60,9 +62,15 @@ Native controls are used for the tab bar and pop-up menus.
Native tabs.
-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. +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. + +**Update 1 Jan 2018:** It was pointed out on Reddit that NeovimGtk runs on +Windows too, so I changed the title of this post from, "A Killer Linux GUI For +Neovim: NeovimGtk", to "A Cross Platform GUI For Neovim: NeovimGtk" + +[Comments on Reddit][reddit] [kade-vimr]: https://medium.com/@kadek/a-killer-gui-for-neovim-vimr-ce68e4fa1a3b [NeovimGtk]: https://github.com/daa84/neovim-gtk @@ -75,3 +83,5 @@ package] for easy installation. [AUR package]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/neovim-gtk-git [devicons]: https://github.com/ryanoasis/vim-devicons [Neomake]: https://github.com/neomake/neomake +[reddit]: https://www.reddit.com/r/neovim/comments/7n56ju/a_killer_linux_gui_for_neovim_neovimgtk/ +[GNOME]: https://www.gnome.org/ diff --git a/content/technical/2017/12/a-killer-linux-gui-for-neovim-neovimgtk.yaml b/content/technical/2017/12/a-killer-linux-gui-for-neovim-neovimgtk.yaml index 267853e..8c00d45 100644 --- a/content/technical/2017/12/a-killer-linux-gui-for-neovim-neovimgtk.yaml +++ b/content/technical/2017/12/a-killer-linux-gui-for-neovim-neovimgtk.yaml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -title: 'A Killer Linux GUI For Neovim: NeovimGtk' +title: 'A Cross Platform 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