Mini.nvim now also comes with an align module which perfectly mimics
the behavior of my beloved junegunn vim-easy-align plugin. It is almost
sad to see such an old friend go, but ultimately it removes a redundant
plugin and switches the setup ever so slightly more towards being lua
based.
The mini module also allows more advanced lua-based modifier pattern
shenanigans but so far I don't need any of the advanced stuff: I just
need a quick way to align markdown tables and similar, and this one does
exactly the same as before, only with a couple nice additional options
and previews. It still uses the same key chord `ga<where>` but also
offers `gA<where>` which apparently comes with a nicer preview. My
fingers will probably stick to the former for the time being.
One thing that changes is that, by default, it will align *all*
separators not just the first instance on each line. To mimic the old
behavior you can, in alignment mode, hit `f` to enter a filter and enter
`n==2` to get the same result as default vim-easy-align (the first pair
of delimiters are aligned).
Also it comes with some nice extra functionality like trimming
whitespace by just hitting `t` when in alignment mode
Marty Oehme
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