lightline-buffer

A buffer plugin for lightline.vim

Main Features

• Show tab info and buffer info in tabline

• Support using left / right arrow key for quick switching buffer

• Auto-folding for long buffer name

• Scrollable when tabline length overflow screen

Usage

1. Make sure you've already installed lightline.vim

2. Add this repo to your favorite vim plugin manager

   If you are using Dein.vim (recommended)

   call dein#add('taohex/lightline-buffer')

   If you are using NeoBundle

   NeoBundle 'taohex/lightline-buffer'

3. Add this block to your init.vim (for neovim) or .vimrc (for vim)

   set hidden  " allow buffer switching without saving
   set showtabline=2  " always show tabline
   
   " use lightline-buffer in lightline
   let g:lightline = {
   	\ 'tabline': {
   		\ 'left': [ [ 'bufferinfo' ], [ 'bufferbefore', 'buffercurrent', 'bufferafter' ], ],
   		\ 'right': [ [ 'close' ], ],
   		\ },
   	\ 'component_expand': {
   		\ 'buffercurrent': 'lightline#buffer#buffercurrent2',
   		\ },
   	\ 'component_type': {
   		\ 'buffercurrent': 'tabsel',
   		\ },
   	\ 'component_function': {
   		\ 'bufferbefore': 'lightline#buffer#bufferbefore',
   		\ 'bufferafter': 'lightline#buffer#bufferafter',
   		\ 'bufferinfo': 'lightline#buffer#bufferinfo',
   		\ },
   	\ }
   
   " remap arrow keys
   nnoremap <Left> :bprev<CR>
   nnoremap <Right> :bnext<CR>
   
   " lightline-buffer ui settings
   " replace these symbols with ascii characters if your environment does not support unicode
   let g:lightline_buffer_logo = ' '
   let g:lightline_buffer_readonly_icon = ''
   let g:lightline_buffer_modified_icon = '✭'
   let g:lightline_buffer_git_icon = ' '
   let g:lightline_buffer_ellipsis_icon = '..'
   let g:lightline_buffer_expand_left_icon = '◀ '
   let g:lightline_buffer_expand_right_icon = ' ▶'
   let g:lightline_buffer_active_buffer_left_icon = ''
   let g:lightline_buffer_active_buffer_right_icon = ''
   let g:lightline_buffer_separator_icon = ' '
   
   " lightline-buffer function settings
   let g:lightline_buffer_show_bufnr = 1
   let g:lightline_buffer_rotate = 0
   let g:lightline_buffer_fname_mod = ':t'
   let g:lightline_buffer_excludes = ['vimfiler']
   
   let g:lightline_buffer_maxflen = 30
   let g:lightline_buffer_maxfextlen = 3
   let g:lightline_buffer_minflen = 16
   let g:lightline_buffer_minfextlen = 3
   let g:lightline_buffer_reservelen = 20

Examples

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