silicon.nvim

Render beautiful image of your code in neovim using silicon.

silicon.mp4

Installation

Requirements

nvim v0.7
[Optional] cargo and rust toolchain

Packer

use {'krivahtoo/silicon.nvim', run = './install.sh'}

Build from source (requires cargo)

use {'krivahtoo/silicon.nvim', run = './install.sh build'}

Vim-Plug

Plug 'krivahtoo/silicon.nvim', { 'do': './install.sh' }

Build from source (requires cargo)

Plug 'krivahtoo/silicon.nvim', { 'do': './install.sh build' }

Configuration

Initialize the plugin.

Lua init file:

require('silicon').setup({
  font = 'FantasqueSansMono Nerd Font=16',
  theme = 'Monokai Extended',
})

Vimscript init file:

lua << EOF
require('silicon').setup({
  font = 'FantasqueSansMono Nerd Font=16',
  theme = 'Monokai Extended',
})
EOF

The setup function accepts the following table:

{
  -- The following key is required if you want to save image to file instead of clipboard
  output = string
  -- The following keys are all optional
  -- with default values
  font = 'Hack=20',
  theme = 'Dracula',
  background = '#eff',
  shadow = {
    blur_radius = 0.0,
    offset_x = 0,
    offset_y = 0,
    color = '#555'
  },
  pad_horiz = 100,
  pad_vert = 80,
  line_number = false,
  line_pad = 2,
  line_offset = 1,
  tab_width = 4,
  round_corner = true,
  window_controls = true,
  watermark = {
    text = nil, -- add this to enable watermark on the bottom-right.
    color = '#222',
    style = 'bold', -- possible values: 'bold' | 'italic' | 'bolditalic' | anything else defaults to 'regular'.
  },
}

Usage

Command:

:'<,'>Silicon [file]
# Defaults to clipboard if [file] is not specified.
# Also mapped to 'SS' in Visual mode