FAQ: What's the difference between this nvimpager and the one that ships with neovim?

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Use nvim as a pager to view manpages, diffs, etc with nvim's syntax highlighting

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FAQ: What's the difference between this nvimpager and the one that ships with neovim? #15

Closed bearcatsandor closed 4 years ago

bearcatsandor commented 5 years ago

Would you place a note in the readme detailing what is different about this nvimpager ( /usr/local/bin/nvimpager ) vs the one that ships with neovim ( /usr/bin/nvim )?

lucc commented 5 years ago

(Neo)vim ships with the less.sh and less.vim scripts which gave birth to the idea to use (neo)vim as a pager. Vimpager was an improved version of that. After some time working on vimpager I decided to make nvimpager.

(n)vimpager has more features than the original less.sh, and is actively developed. Thatshould be the main difference.

I will see if I find a nice place to put a note in the readme.

bearcatsandor commented 5 years ago

Thank you. It would be great if neovim switched to yours.

lucc commented 5 years ago

You can always open a PR but what is the problem with this being developed separately?

bearcatsandor commented 5 years ago

Nothing save for the user being given the best tool for the job, and packaging convenience.