WinZoZ

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The plugin for easy window navigation.

Demo

(This is the lovely animal in the background.)

Usage

Upon installing the plugin,

• <kbd><leader></kbd><kbd>w</kbd> will turn on the WinZoZ mode (a colored status bar will make it apparent):
  • every key pressed when this mode is active will be interpreted as if you pressed it after hitting <kbd>Ctrl-W</kbd>;
• by hitting <kbd>Escape</kbd> you'll go back to normal mode.

Customization points

• If you're not happy with <kbd><leader></kbd><kbd>w</kbd>, you can define g:winzoz_trigger in your vimrc.
• When the WinZoZ mode is active, the status bar is colored with the Search highlight group. You can change this by defining g:winzoz_style as you prefer.
• When the WinZoZ mode is active, the status bar is populated with the full path of the current buffer. You can change this by defining the g:Winzoz_make_status_line_text function.
• There's an option to disable the plugin, but why doing it?

Installation

However you like. I use vim-plug.

Motivation

Long story short, resizing and navigating windows has always been a pain for me and, with a large screen and many open windows, even pressing <kbd>Ctrl-W</kbd> several times has become a pain.

Since I did not find an existing plugin addressing this need, I started reading Learn Vimscript the Hard Way, which made me thing I could write a plugin myself, so I did it and had it reviewed on CodeReview, and here it is.

Why WinZoZ? Oh, well…