NeoNoName.lua

Layout preserving buffer deletion in Lua.

DEMO

new_demo.mov

TL;DR

This plugin manages the only [No Name] buffer as a replacement to achieve layout-preserving buffer-deletion.

Intro.

The main function of this plugin is lua require('neo-no-name').neo_no_name(go_next), where an optional function go_next can be provided to "go next" buffer in your way on deletion.

Two facts:

• call neo_no_name(go_next) at any buffer that is not [No Name]...
  • will remove duplicate [No Name] buffers if there are many. (This clean-up your buffer list)
  • will swap your current buffer with the [No Name] buffer. (will create one if it doesn't exist)
• call neo_no_name(go_next) again at the [No Name] buffer...
  • will jump to the buffer arrived by go_next() before that buffer got swapped out.
  • will delete the buffer that is swapped out.
    • by providing go_next, you can decide what's the next buffer on deletion.

Docs

neo_no_name(go_next)

go_next, type function

default: function () vim.cmd('bn') end

So, for example, if you're a user of akinsho/bufferline.nvim then you can pass something like this:

function()
  vim.cmd('BufferLineCycleNext')
end

setup

go_next_on_delete, type boolean

default: true

whether or not to go_next() after you call neo_no_name(go_next) twice on the same window.

should_skip, type function

default: function return false end

For example, you can skip all terminal buffers on go_next():

should_skip = function ()
  return vim.bo.buftype == 'terminal'
end,

before_hooks, type { function, ... }

default: {}

You might want to avoid calling go_next on some situation. In this case, you can call abort() in any function you provided by before_hooks:

before_hooks = {
  -- this abort `NeoNoName` when calling on terminal buffer created by ibhagwan/fzf-lua.
  function (u)
    if vim.bo.filetype == 'fzf' then
      vim.api.nvim_input('a<Esc>')
      u.abort()
    end
  end,
}

where u provides some APIs to change the behavior of this plugin:

utils.abort: abort the current execution of `NeoNoName`.

Feel free to create an issue/PR telling about what you need.

Example Config

This is an example for wbthomason/packer.nvim

-- remove `use` if you're using folke/lazy.nvim
use {
  'nyngwang/NeoNoName.lua',
  config = function ()
    require('neo-no-name').setup {
      before_hooks = {
        function (u)
          if vim.bo.filetype == 'fzf' then
            vim.api.nvim_input('a<Esc>')
            u.abort()
          end
        end,
      },
      should_skip = function ()
        -- never go next to a terminal buffer.
        return vim.bo.buftype == 'terminal'
      end,
      go_next_on_delete = false, -- layout-preserving buffer deletion.
    }
    -- replace the current buffer with the `[No Name]`.
    vim.keymap.set('n', '<M-w>', function () vim.cmd('NeoNoName') end)
    -- the plain old buffer delete.
    vim.keymap.set('n', '<Leader>bd', function ()
      vim.cmd('NeoNoName')
      vim.cmd('NeoNoName')
    end)
  end
}