Inspired by Emac's scratch-buffer, which is immensely useful, this is a simple plugin that provides a scratch buffer for jotting down random notes in NeoVim while you're doing other things. The plugin will open a new vertical or horizontal split with a buffer named *scratch-buffer*, and a txt filetype.
Written in Lua, so you know that it's sweeter than skittles.
- Opens a new buffer in a new vertical or horizontal split window.
- Automatically switch to the existing scratch buffer, if it's already open.
- Scratch buffers are ephemeral, and not backed up to a file.
- Doesn't crash your computer.
Install as you would any other plugin NeoVim.
{
"adudenamedruby/scratch-buf",
lazy = true,
keys = {
{ "<leader>bs", "<cmd>ScratchVSplit<cr>", desc = "scratch buffer (vertical)", mode = "n" },
{ "<leader>bS", "<cmd>ScratchHSplit<cr>", desc = "scratch buffer (horizontal)", mode = "n" },
},
cmd = {
"ScratchVSplit",
"ScratchHSplit",
},
opts = {},
}The plugin provides two commands:
:ScratchVSplit— Opens or switches to the scratch buffer in a vertical window.:ScratchHSplit— Opens or switches to the scratch buffer in a horizontal window.
You can also use the plugin's Lua functions directly:
require('scratch-buf').vertical()— Equivalent to:ScratchVSplit.require('scratch-buf').horizontal()— Equivalent to:ScratchHSplit.
Contributions are always welcome! Feel free to open issues or submit pull requests.