Miscellaneous useful functions

See more details in Features and help file.

⦿ This is a part of mini.nvim library. Please use this link 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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Demo

demo-misc.mp4

Features

bench_time() executes function several times and timing how long it took.
put() and put_text() print Lua objects in command line and current buffer respectively.
setup_auto_root() sets up automated change of current directory.
setup_termbg_sync() to set up terminal background synchronization (removes possible "frame" around current Neovim instance).
setup_restore_cursor() sets up automated restoration of cursor position on file reopen.
stat_summary() computes summary statistics of numerical array.
tbl_head() and tbl_tail() return first and last elements of table.
zoom() makes current buffer full screen in a floating window.
And more.

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
'mini.nvim' library	Stable	Follow recommended 'mini.deps' installation
Standalone plugin	Main	`add('echasnovski/mini.misc')`
Standalone plugin	Stable	`add({ source = 'echasnovski/mini.misc', checkout = 'stable' })`

With folke/lazy.nvim

Github repo	Branch	Code snippet
'mini.nvim' library	Main	`{ 'echasnovski/mini.nvim', version = false },`
'mini.nvim' library	Stable	`{ 'echasnovski/mini.nvim', version = '*' },`
Standalone plugin	Main	`{ 'echasnovski/mini.misc', version = false },`
Standalone plugin	Stable	`{ 'echasnovski/mini.misc', version = '*' },`

With junegunn/vim-plug

Github repo	Branch	Code snippet
'mini.nvim' library	Main	`Plug 'echasnovski/mini.nvim'`
'mini.nvim' library	Stable	`Plug 'echasnovski/mini.nvim', { 'branch': 'stable' }`
Standalone plugin	Main	`Plug 'echasnovski/mini.misc'`
Standalone plugin	Stable	`Plug 'echasnovski/mini.misc', { 'branch': 'stable' }`

Important: no need to call require('mini.misc').setup(), but it can be done to improve usability.

Note: if you are on Windows, there might be problems with too long file paths (like error: unable to create file <some file name>: 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

-- No need to copy this inside `setup()`. Will be used automatically.
{
  -- Array of fields to make global (to be used as independent variables)
  make_global = { 'put', 'put_text' },
}

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