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https://github.com/echasnovski/mini.animate

Neovim Lua plugin to animate common Neovim actions. Part of 'mini.nvim' library.
https://github.com/echasnovski/mini.animate

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Neovim Lua plugin to animate common Neovim actions. Part of 'mini.nvim' library.

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### Animate common Neovim actions



See more details in [Features](#features) and [help file](doc/mini-animate.txt).



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⦿ This is a part of [mini.nvim](https://github.com/echasnovski/mini.nvim) library. Please use [this link](https://github.com/echasnovski/mini.nvim/blob/main/readmes/mini-animate.md) if you want to mention this module.



⦿ All contributions (issues, pull requests, discussions, etc.) are done inside of 'mini.nvim'.



⦿ See the repository page to learn about common design principles and configuration recipes.



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If you want to help this project grow but don't know where to start, check out [contributing guides of 'mini.nvim'](https://github.com/echasnovski/mini.nvim/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) or leave a Github star for 'mini.nvim' project and/or any its standalone Git repositories.



## Demo



https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/24854248/215829092-5aba4e8d-94a5-43da-8ef0-243bf0708f76.mp4



## Features



- Works out of the box with a single `require('mini.animate').setup()`. No extra mappings or commands needed.

- Animate **cursor movement** inside same buffer by showing customizable path.

- Animate **scrolling** with a series of subscrolls ("smooth scrolling").

- Animate **window resize** by gradually changing sizes of all windows.

- Animate **window open/close** with visually updating floating window.

- Timings for all actions can be customized independently.

- Action animations can be enabled/disabled independently.

- All animations are asynchronous/non-blocking and trigger a targeted event which can be used to perform actions after animation is done.

- `MiniAnimate.animate()` function which can be used to perform own animations.



Notes:

- Although all animations work in all supported versions of Neovim, scroll and resize animations have best experience with Neovim>=0.9.

- Scroll and resize animations actually change Neovim state to achieve their effects and are asynchronous. This can cause following issues:

    - If you have remapped any movement operation to center after it is done (like with `nzvzz` or `zz`), you need to change those mappings. Either remove them or update to use `MiniAnimate.execute_after()` (see `:h MiniAnimate.config.scroll`)

    - Using mouse wheel to scroll can appear slower or can have visual jitter. This usually happens due to high number of wheel turns per second: each turn is taking over previous one to start new animation. To mitigate this, you can either modify 'mousescroll' option (set vertical scroll to 1 and use high turn speed or set to high value and use one turn at a time) or `config.scroll` to fine tune when/how scroll animation is done.



## Installation



This plugin can be installed as part of 'mini.nvim' library (**recommended**) or as a standalone Git repository.



There are two branches to install from:



- `main` (default, **recommended**) will have latest development version of plugin. All changes since last stable release should be perceived as being in beta testing phase (meaning they already passed alpha-testing and are moderately settled).

- `stable` will be updated only upon releases with code tested during public beta-testing phase in `main` branch.



Here are code snippets for some common installation methods (use only one):



With mini.deps



    

        

            Github repo

            Branch Code snippet

        

    

    

        

            'mini.nvim' library Main Follow recommended 'mini.deps' installation

        

        

            Stable

        

        

            Standalone plugin Main add('echasnovski/mini.animate')

        

        

            Stable add({ source = 'echasnovski/mini.animate', checkout = 'stable' })

        

    



With folke/lazy.nvim



    

        

            Github repo

            Branch Code snippet

        

    

    

        

            'mini.nvim' library

            Main { 'echasnovski/mini.nvim', version = false },

        

        

            Stable { 'echasnovski/mini.nvim', version = '*' },

        

        

            Standalone plugin

            Main { 'echasnovski/mini.animate', version = false },

        

        

            Stable { 'echasnovski/mini.animate', version = '*' },

        

    



With junegunn/vim-plug



    

        

            Github repo

            Branch Code snippet

        

    

    

        

            'mini.nvim' library

            Main Plug 'echasnovski/mini.nvim'

        

        

            Stable Plug 'echasnovski/mini.nvim', { 'branch': 'stable' }

        

        

            Standalone plugin Main Plug 'echasnovski/mini.animate'

        

        

            Stable Plug 'echasnovski/mini.animate', { 'branch': 'stable' }

        

    







**Important**: don't forget to call `require('mini.animate').setup()` to enable its functionality.



**Note**: if you are on Windows, there might be problems with too long file paths (like `error: unable to create file : Filename too long`). Try doing one of the following:

- Enable corresponding git global config value: `git config --system core.longpaths true`. Then try to reinstall.

- Install plugin in other place with shorter path.



## Default config



```lua

-- No need to copy this inside `setup()`. Will be used automatically.

{

  -- Cursor path

  cursor = {

    -- Whether to enable this animation

    enable = true,



    -- Timing of animation (how steps will progress in time)

    timing = --,



    -- Path generator for visualized cursor movement

    path = --,

  },



  -- Vertical scroll

  scroll = {

    -- Whether to enable this animation

    enable = true,



    -- Timing of animation (how steps will progress in time)

    timing = --,



    -- Subscroll generator based on total scroll

    subscroll = --,

  },



  -- Window resize

  resize = {

    -- Whether to enable this animation

    enable = true,



    -- Timing of animation (how steps will progress in time)

    timing = --,



    -- Subresize generator for all steps of resize animations

    subresize = --,

  },



  -- Window open

  open = {

    -- Whether to enable this animation

    enable = true,



    -- Timing of animation (how steps will progress in time)

    timing = --,



    -- Floating window config generator visualizing specific window

    winconfig = --,



    -- 'winblend' (window transparency) generator for floating window

    winblend = --,

  },



  -- Window close

  close = {

    -- Whether to enable this animation

    enable = true,



    -- Timing of animation (how steps will progress in time)

    timing = --,



    -- Floating window config generator visualizing specific window

    winconfig = --,



    -- 'winblend' (window transparency) generator for floating window

    winblend = --,

  },

}

```



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- [karb94/neoscroll.nvim](https://github.com/karb94/neoscroll.nvim)

- [anuvyklack/windows.nvim](https://github.com/anuvyklack/windows.nvim)