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NeoVintageous 1.6.0 ​

NeoVintageous 1.6.0 has been released and includes mapping command arguments, enhanced search highlighting, buffer commands, more Unimpaired commands, and lots of bug fixes.

Mapping to Sublime Text commands ​

NeoVintageous 1.4.0 introduced mapping commands:

vim
nnoremap <C-s> :w<CR>
nnoremap <leader>m :GotoSymbolInProject<CR>

The first mapping maps Ctrl+s to the Ex command :w (write file), and the second one maps to the Sublime Text command goto_symbol_in_project.

Sublime Text commands start with an uppercase letter to avoid confusion with the built-in Ex commands, and are converted to snake_case.

When you have a mapping that contains an Ex or Sublime Text command, you need to put a line terminator after it to have it executed. Here we use a carriage-return <CR>.

When a mapping doesn't end in a carriage-return the Command-line is invoked with the initial text set to the mapping.

NeoVintageous 1.6.0 improves on mapping commands by supporting arguments (advanced mapping is available from 1.11.0 and 1.16.0).

vim
noremap <leader>gr :PermuteLines operation=reverse<CR>

This maps to the Sublime Text command Permute Lines: Reverse, which can be run via the menu: Edit → Permute Lines → Reverse.

To discover commands and their arguments, enable the Sublime Text command logger. Run the following command in the console.

Menu → View → Show Console

console
sublime.log_commands(True)

Now you when you run a command, it will print information about it in the console. For example when you run the Permute Lines: Reverse command, it will print:

console
command: permute_lines {"operation": "reverse"}

Or the Goto Anything... command, which can be run via the menu: Goto → Goto Anything, will print:

console
command: show_overlay {"overlay": "goto", "show_files": true}

Too convert it to a mapping:

vim
noremap <leader>p :ShowOverlay overlay=goto show_files=true<CR>

Color scheme support for search highlighting ​

Search highlighting has been improved with incremental match, current match, and occurrences, all syntax highlighted. Here's what the current match and occurrences look like in the default Monokai color scheme:

Search highlighting

Searches supporting the new highlighting include /, ?, *, and #.

Use a color scheme override to customise them. For example if you want to customise the the default Monokai color scheme, then create a file named Monokai.sublime-color-scheme in your User directory (find it via the Menu → Preferences → Browse Packages), then create the custom rules:

json
{
    "rules":
    [
        {
            "scope": "neovintageous_search_inc",
            "background": "#a1efe4",
            "foreground": "#272822"
        },
        {
            "scope": "neovintageous_search_cur",
            "background": "#a1efe4",
            "foreground": "#272822"
        },
        {
            "scope": "neovintageous_search_occ",
            "background": "#e6db74",
            "foreground": "#272822"
        }
    ]
}

More search highlighting enhancements are available in 1.7.0.

Unimpaired commands ​

The Unimpaired plugin has been enhanced with additions of [b, ]b, [B, ]B. These are mapped to Ex commands:

  • [b - :bprevious
  • ]b - :bnext
  • [B - :bfirst
  • ]B - :blast

At first they may not seem useful until you think about how much you use key bindings like Ctrl+Tab, and especially Ctrl+Shift+Tab, to cycle through views. A better alternative is to use ]b and [b. Try it!

Further reading ​