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Pretty Quickfix windows for NeoVim

nvim-pqf makes your quickfix and location list windows look nicer, thanks to a combination of a custom quickfixtextfunc function and custom syntax rules for quickfix/location list buffers.

Without nvim-pqf, your quickfix window looks like this:

With nvim-pqf, it looks like this (colours depend on your theme of course);

Features

• Better highlights for line and column numbers
• Highlights for the item type (error, warning, etc), using the same highlights as NeoVim's diagnostics
• File paths are aligned so messages always start at the same column, making them easier to read
• Works for both quickfix and location list windows
• Items (by default) only display the first line in case they contain multiple lines

Requirements

• NeoVim 0.8 or newer

Installation

First install this plugin using your plugin manager of choice. For example, when using vim-plug use the following:

Plug 'yorickpeterse/nvim-pqf'

Once installed, add the following Lua snippet to your init.lua:

require('pqf').setup()

And that's it!

Configuration

Each item in the quickfix list starts with a sign that indicates the type of item, if this information is available. For example, when displaying diagnostics an item may start with E for an error, and W for a warning.

You can configure these signs (and various other settings) as follows:

require('pqf').setup({
  signs = {
    error = { text = 'E', hl = 'DiagnosticSignError' },
    warning = { text = 'W', hl = 'DiagnosticSignWarn' },
    info = { text = 'I', hl = 'DiagnosticSignInfo' },
    hint = { text = 'H', hl = 'DiagnosticSignHint' },
  },

  -- By default, only the first line of a multi line message will be shown.
  -- When this is true, multiple lines will be shown for an entry, separated by
  -- a space
  show_multiple_lines = false,

  -- How long filenames in the quickfix are allowed to be. 0 means no limit.
  -- Filenames above this limit will be truncated from the beginning with
  -- `filename_truncate_prefix`.
  max_filename_length = 0,

  -- Prefix to use for truncated filenames.
  filename_truncate_prefix = '[...]',
})

Tweaking the highlights

Depending on your theme, you may need to tweak the highlights used by nvim-pqf. The following highlight groups are used:

License

All source code in this repository is licensed under the Mozilla Public License version 2.0, unless stated otherwise. A copy of this license can be found in the file "LICENSE".