### Window with buffer text overview, scrollbar, and highlights
See more details in [Features](#features) and [Documentation](../doc/mini-map.txt).
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## Demo
https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/24854248/195806215-10e05020-50b7-4bee-9447-ee5af3e971ec.mp4
## Features
- Show and manage special floating window displaying automatically updated overview of current buffer text. Window takes up whole height of Neovim instance and is fixed to a left/right side. Map content is computed by taking all current lines, converting it to binary whitespace/non-whitespace mask, rescaling to appropriate dimensions, and converting back to strings consisting from special encoding symbols. All this is done very fast and asynchronously.
See `:h MiniMap.open()`, `:h MiniMap.refresh()`, `:h MiniMap.close()`, `:h MiniMap.toggle()`, `:h MiniMap.toggle_side()`.
For a general overview and tips, see `:h mini.map-usage`.
- Show scrollbar next to map content. It represents current line and view (top and bottom visible lines). Can be the only thing shown, making map window a "pure scrollbar".
- Highlight map lines representing certain data in current buffer. This is done via extensible set of callables, called integrations. There are pre-built generators for common integrations:
- Builtin search.
- Builtin diagnostic.
- General diff hunks provided by ['mini.diff'](https://nvim-mini.org/mini.nvim/readmes/mini-diff).
- Hunks provided by ['lewis6991/gitsigns.nvim'](https://github.com/lewis6991/gitsigns.nvim).
For more details see `:h MiniMap.gen_integration`.
- Focus on map window to quickly browse current (source) buffer. Moving inside map window updates cursor position in source window enabling fast and targeted buffer exploration. To focus back, hit `` to accept current explored position or `` to go back to original position. See `:h MiniMap.toggle_focus()`.
- Customizable:
- Encoding symbols used to display binary information of different resolution (default is 3x2). There are pre-built generators for different basic character families and resolutions. See `:h MiniMap.gen_encode_symbols`.
- Scrollbar symbols, separate for line and view. Can have any width (even zero, which virtually disables scrollbar).
- Integrations producing map line highlights.
- Window options: side (left/right), width, 'winblend', 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):
(Recommended) With vim.pack (on Neovim 0.12 and newer)
**Full library**
Follow ['mini.nvim' installation](https://nvim-mini.org/mini.nvim#installation).
**Standalone plugin**
Main branch:
```lua
vim.pack.add({ 'https://github.com/nvim-mini/mini.map' })
```
Stable branch:
```lua
vim.pack.add({
{ src = 'https://github.com/nvim-mini/mini.map', version = 'stable' },
})
```
With mini.deps (before Neovim 0.12)
**Full library**
Follow [recommended 'mini.deps' installation](https://nvim-mini.org/mini.nvim/readmes/mini-deps#installation).
**Standalone plugin**:
Main branch:
```lua
add('nvim-mini/mini.map')
```
Stable branch:
```lua
add({ source = 'nvim-mini/mini.map', checkout = 'stable' })
```
With folke/lazy.nvim
**Full library**
Follow ['mini.nvim' installation](https://nvim-mini.org/mini.nvim#installation).
**Standalone plugin**
Main branch:
```lua
{ 'nvim-mini/mini.map', version = false },
```
Stable branch:
```lua
{ 'nvim-mini/mini.map', version = '*' },
```
**Important**: don't forget to call `require('mini.map').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.
{
-- Highlight integrations (none by default)
integrations = nil,
-- Symbols used to display data
symbols = {
-- Encode symbols. See `:h MiniMap.config` for specification and
-- `:h MiniMap.gen_encode_symbols` for pre-built ones.
-- Default: solid blocks with 3x2 resolution.
encode = nil,
-- Scrollbar parts for view and line. Use empty string to disable any.
scroll_line = '█',
scroll_view = '┃',
},
-- Window options
window = {
-- Whether window is focusable in normal way (with `wincmd` or mouse)
focusable = false,
-- Side to stick ('left' or 'right')
side = 'right',
-- Whether to show count of multiple integration highlights
show_integration_count = true,
-- Total width
width = 10,
-- Value of 'winblend' option
winblend = 25,
-- Z-index
zindex = 10,
},
}
```
## Similar plugins
- [wfxr/minimap.vim](https://github.com/wfxr/minimap.vim)
- [dstein64/nvim-scrollview](https://github.com/dstein64/nvim-scrollview)
- [petertriho/nvim-scrollbar](https://github.com/petertriho/nvim-scrollbar)
- [lewis6991/satellite.nvim](https://github.com/lewis6991/satellite.nvim)