neovim-gtk/README.md

neovim-gtk

GTK ui for neovim written in rust using gtk-rs bindings.

Screenshot

For more screenshots and description of basic usage see wiki

Font settings

By default gnome settings are used:

gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.interface monospace-font-name

To setup font add next line to ginit.vim

call rpcnotify(1, 'Gui', 'Font', 'DejaVu Sans Mono 12')

Command line

• pass nvim custom execution path (by default used nvim command)

cargo run -- --nvim-bin-path=E:\Neovim\bin\nvim.exe

• enable external autocompletion popup menu (this function limited a bit, so disabled by default)

cargo run -- --enable-external-popup

Install

From sources

By default to /usr/local:

make install

Or to some custom path:

make PREFIX=/some/custom/path install

Ubuntu snap package

Not usable for now due to some limitation!

This package also includes neovim, so neovim not needed and if present in system - not used. Install command:

sudo snap install nvim-gtk --channel=candidate

There is some limitation for package: only /home directory available for editing and '~' is mapped to snap home directory. Config files must be placed in ~/snap/nvim-gtk/common/config/nvim/[g]init.vim directory

Run command: nvim-gtk <file_name> or from dash: NeovimGtk.

To run neovim provided by snap package execute: nvim-gtk.neovim.

Build

Linux

Install GTK development packages. Install latest rust compiler, better use rustup tool. Build command:

cargo build --release

Windows

Neovim-gtk can be compiled using MSYS2 GTK packages. In this case use 'windows-gnu' rust toolchain.

SET PKG_CONFIG_PATH=C:\msys64\mingw64\lib\pkgconfig
cargo build --release