neocolumn.nvim

neocolumn.nvim is a replacement for Neovim's builtin colorcolumn

Table of contents

• Features
• Installation
• Configuration

Features

• Blazingly fast
• Diagnostics integration
• Use custom character as colorcolumn
• Modern style and look
• Show colorcolumn only if the current line is close to it

Installation

Install neocolumn.nvim using your favorite plugin manager.

lazy.nvim

{ "parmeniong/neocolumn.nvim" }

packer.nvim

use "parmeniong/neocolumn.nvim"

vim-plug

Plug "parmeniong/neocolumn.nvim"

Configuration

To start neocolumn.nvim use:

require("neocolumn").setup({})

Instead of an empty table you can use a table with the options you want to change. Here are the available options and their default values:

{
    -- these colors will be used on the neocolumn
    colors = {
        normal = "#7d7d7d",     -- the color of the neocolumn
        error = "#db4b4b",      -- the color of the neocolumn to display errors
        warn = "#e0af68",       -- the color of the neocolumn to display warnings
        info = "#0db9d7",       -- the color of the neocolumn info diagnostics
        hint = "#1abc9c",       -- the color of the neocolumn hint diagnostics
        bg = nil,               -- the background color of the neocolumn. Set to nil to use whatever
                                -- color happens to be behind the neocolumn
        cursor_bg = nil         -- the background color of the neocolumn on the same line as the
                                -- cursor. Set to nil to use whatever color happens to be behind the
                                -- neocolumn
    }
    -- neocolumn.nvim will be disabled in buffers with these filetypes
    exclude_filetypes = {
        "help",
        "man"
    },
    -- When enabled, the neocolumn will be colored depending on each line's diagnostics
    diagnostics = true,
    -- If `diagnostics` is `true` then diagnostic with a severity lower than this will be ignored
    min_diagnostic_severity = vim.diagnostic.severity.HINT,
    -- The maximum allowed length for a line. The neocolumn will be placed one column to the right
    max_line_length = 100,
    -- The character use as the neocolumn
    character = "│",
    -- The neocolumn will be shown only if the length of the current line is this close to it
    -- zero will make the neocolumn always visible
    max_distance = 0
}