This plugin designed to inject a dose of inspiration, wisdom, or humor into your editing workflow. It delivers random quotes, proverbs, or jokes directly to your Neovim dashboard. Additionally, it offers helpful tips and tricks to improve your productivity and efficiency within the editor.
Useful for dashboard plugins like mini.starter and dashboard.nvim
Using packer in lua
use {"rubiin/fortune.nvim"}Using lazy.nvim in lua
{
-- amongst your other plugins
{ "rubiin/fortune.nvim", config = true }
}
``
Using [vim-plug](https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug) in vimscript
```vim
Plug "rubiin/fortune.nvim"Following options can be given when calling setup({config}). Below is the default configuration
{
-- max width the fortune section should take place
max_width = 60,
-- Controls the amount of text displayed
-- short - One liners (default)
-- long - Multiple lines
-- mixed - Combination of above
display_format = "short",
-- The type of fortune to display
-- quotes - Random techy quotes
-- tips - Neovim productivity tips
-- mixed - Combination of above
content_type = "quotes"
}The plugin returns a lua table
-- dashboard.nvim reference
footer = function()
local info = {}
local fortune = require("fortune").get_fortune()
info[1] = " Neovim loaded " .. vim.fn.strftime("%H:%M") .. " on " .. vim.fn.strftime("%d/%m/%Y") .. " '"
local footer = vim.list_extend(info, fortune)
return footer
end
When content_type="tips", it shows some useful tips and tricks like neovim shortcuts which can be very useful.
When content_type="quotes", it shows programming quotes that are both funny and educational.
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