Mini Cmdline

Command line tweaks

See more details in Features and Documentation.

⦿ 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 whole library documentation to learn about general design principles, disable/configuration recipes, and more.

⦿ See MiniMax for a full config example that uses this module.

If you want to help this project grow but don't know where to start, check out contributing guides of 'mini.nvim' or leave a Github star for 'mini.nvim' project and/or any its standalone Git repositories.

Demo

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/9d3e12ac-ff17-4bdb-bbe8-3010c966c110

Features

• Autocomplete with customizable delay. Enhances :h cmdline-completion and manual :h 'wildchar' pressing experience. Requires Neovim>=0.11, though Neovim>=0.12 is recommended.

• Autocorrect words as-you-type. Only words that must come from a fixed set of candidates (like commands and options) are autocorrected by default.

• Autopeek command range as-you-type. Shows a floating window with range lines along with customizable context lines.

What it doesn't do:

• Customization of command line UI. Use :h vim._extui (on Neovim>=0.12).

• Customization of autocompletion candidates. They are computed via :h cmdline-completion.

Installation

This plugin can be installed as part of 'mini.nvim' library (recommended) or as a standalone Git repository.

During beta-testing phase there is only one branch 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):

• 'mini.nvim' library:

  Branch	Code snippet
  Main	Follow recommended 'mini.deps' installation
  Stable	Follow recommended 'mini.deps' installation

• Standalone plugin:

  Branch	Code snippet
  Main	add('nvim-mini/mini.cmdline')
  Stable	add({ source = 'nvim-mini/mini.cmdline', checkout = 'stable' })

• 'mini.nvim' library:

  Branch	Code snippet
  Main	{ 'nvim-mini/mini.nvim', version = false },
  Stable	{ 'nvim-mini/mini.nvim', version = '*' },

• Standalone plugin:

  Branch	Code snippet
  Main	{ 'nvim-mini/mini.cmdline', version = false },
  Stable	{ 'nvim-mini/mini.cmdline', version = '*' },

• 'mini.nvim' library:

  Branch	Code snippet
  Main	Plug 'nvim-mini/mini.nvim'
  Stable	Plug 'nvim-mini/mini.nvim', { 'branch': 'stable' }

• Standalone plugin:

  Branch	Code snippet
  Main	Plug 'nvim-mini/mini.cmdline'
  Stable	Plug 'nvim-mini/mini.cmdline', { 'branch': 'stable' }

Important: don't forget to call require('mini.cmdline').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

-- No need to copy this inside `setup()`. Will be used automatically.
{
  -- Autocompletion: show `:h 'wildmenu'` as you type
  autocomplete = {
    enable = true,

    -- Delay (in ms) after which to trigger completion
    -- Neovim>=0.12 is recommended for positive values
    delay = 0,

    -- Custom rule of when to trigger completion
    predicate = nil,

    -- Whether to map arrow keys for more consistent wildmenu behavior
    map_arrows = true,
  },

  -- Autocorrection: adjust non-existing words (commands, options, etc.)
  autocorrect = {
    enable = true,

    -- Custom autocorrection rule
    func = nil,
  },

  -- Autopeek: show command's target range in a floating window
  autopeek = {
    enable = true,

    -- Number of lines to show above and below range lines
    n_context = 1,

    -- Custom rule of when to show peek window
    predicate = nil,

    -- Window options
    window = {
      -- Floating window config
      config = {},

      -- Function to render statuscolumn
      statuscolumn = nil,
    },
  },
}

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