# mini.starter

**Repository Path**: yunduozhai/mini.starter

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: mini.starter
- **Description**: Neovim Lua plugin with fast and flexible start screen. Part of 'mini.nvim' library.fork from "echasnovski/mini.starter"
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: MIT
- **Default Branch**: main
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2024-08-26
- **Last Updated**: 2024-08-26

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: nvim

## README

<img src="https://github.com/echasnovski/media/blob/main/mini.nvim/logo/logo_starter.png" style="width: 100%"/>

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### Fast and flexible start screen

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

---

⦿ 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/README.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.

---

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/24854248/173045153-19087983-0211-4ab9-8278-909616b53c7e.mp4

## Features

- All available actions are defined inside items. There are pre-configured whole sections in `MiniStarter.sections`.
- Configure what items are displayed by supplying an array which can be normalized to an array of items. Read about how supplied items are normalized in `MiniStarter.refresh()`.
- Modify the final look by supplying content hooks. There are pre-configured content hook generators in `MiniStarter.gen_hook`.
- Choosing an item can be done in two ways:
    - Type prefix query to filter item by matching its name (ignoring case). Displayed information is updated after every typed character. For every item its unique prefix is highlighted.
    - Use Down/Up arrows (or `<C-n>`/`<C-p>`, or `<M-j>`/`<M-k>`) and hit Enter.
- Allow multiple simultaneously open Starter buffers.

## 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):

<details>
<summary>With <a href="https://github.com/echasnovski/mini.nvim/blob/main/readmes/mini-deps.md">mini.deps</a></summary>
<table>
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th>Github repo</th>
            <th>Branch</th> <th>Code snippet</th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td rowspan=2>'mini.nvim' library</td> <td>Main</td> <td rowspan=2><i>Follow recommended 'mini.deps' installation</i></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Stable</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td rowspan=2>Standalone plugin</td> <td>Main</td> <td><code>add('echasnovski/mini.starter')</code></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Stable</td> <td><code>add({ source = 'echasnovski/mini.starter', checkout = 'stable' })</code></td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>
</details>

<details>
<summary>With <a href="https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim">folke/lazy.nvim</a></summary>
<table>
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th>Github repo</th>
            <th>Branch</th> <th>Code snippet</th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td rowspan=2>'mini.nvim' library</td>
            <td>Main</td> <td><code>{ 'echasnovski/mini.nvim', version = false },</code></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Stable</td> <td><code>{ 'echasnovski/mini.nvim', version = '*' },</code></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td rowspan=2>Standalone plugin</td>
            <td>Main</td> <td><code>{ 'echasnovski/mini.starter', version = false },</code></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Stable</td> <td><code>{ 'echasnovski/mini.starter', version = '*' },</code></td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>
</details>

<details>
<summary>With <a href="https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug">junegunn/vim-plug</a></summary>
<table>
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th>Github repo</th>
            <th>Branch</th> <th>Code snippet</th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td rowspan=2>'mini.nvim' library</td>
            <td>Main</td> <td><code>Plug 'echasnovski/mini.nvim'</code></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Stable</td> <td><code>Plug 'echasnovski/mini.nvim', { 'branch': 'stable' }</code></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td rowspan=2>Standalone plugin</td> <td>Main</td> <td><code>Plug 'echasnovski/mini.starter'</code></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Stable</td> <td><code>Plug 'echasnovski/mini.starter', { 'branch': 'stable' }</code></td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>
</details>

<br>

**Important**: don't forget to call `require('mini.starter').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 <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

```lua
-- No need to copy this inside `setup()`. Will be used automatically.
{
  -- Whether to open starter buffer on VimEnter. Not opened if Neovim was
  -- started with intent to show something else.
  autoopen = true,

  -- Whether to evaluate action of single active item
  evaluate_single = false,

  -- Items to be displayed. Should be an array with the following elements:
  -- - Item: table with <action>, <name>, and <section> keys.
  -- - Function: should return one of these three categories.
  -- - Array: elements of these three types (i.e. item, array, function).
  -- If `nil` (default), default items will be used (see |mini.starter|).
  items = nil,

  -- Header to be displayed before items. Converted to single string via
  -- `tostring` (use `\n` to display several lines). If function, it is
  -- evaluated first. If `nil` (default), polite greeting will be used.
  header = nil,

  -- Footer to be displayed after items. Converted to single string via
  -- `tostring` (use `\n` to display several lines). If function, it is
  -- evaluated first. If `nil` (default), default usage help will be shown.
  footer = nil,

  -- Array  of functions to be applied consecutively to initial content.
  -- Each function should take and return content for 'Starter' buffer (see
  -- |mini.starter| and |MiniStarter.content| for more details).
  content_hooks = nil,

  -- Characters to update query. Each character will have special buffer
  -- mapping overriding your global ones. Be careful to not add `:` as it
  -- allows you to go into command mode.
  query_updaters = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789_-.',

  -- Whether to disable showing non-error feedback
  silent = false,
}
```

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