Question: mini.repl but no mini.image in the pipeline ?

[thecontinium]

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Hi @echasnovski

Thank you for a wonderfully thought out set of plugins.

I noticed that your planned plugin list includes mini.repl but not a mini.image.

I’ve actually stopped running a Python repl inside a Neovim terminal buffer and now run it in a tmux pane instead.
This works quite well with an additional terminal backend for matplotlib, to get inline plots right in the tmux repl, almost like using a notebook, while still keeping my Neovim workflow.

Because of that, I’m curious about how you currently handle displaying images/plots when running a repl via Neovim which would perhaps explain why a mini.image plugin isn’t on your roadmap.

Thanks again.

[echasnovski]

The 'mini.image' might be a thing, but only after there is something built into Neovim itself to handle images. Otherwise, it will be an unthankful work to implement and maintain. There are several protocols and terminal emulators implement them to variable degree.

There is neovim/neovim#30889 which might be resolved in not-so-distant future, at least hopefully.

I’ve actually stopped running a Python repl inside a Neovim terminal buffer and now run it in a tmux pane instead. This works quite well with an additional terminal backend for matplotlib, to get inline plots right in the tmux repl, almost like using a notebook, while still keeping my Neovim workflow.

Because of that, I’m curious about how you currently handle displaying images/plots when running a repl via Neovim which would perhaps explain why a mini.image plugin isn’t on your roadmap.

I don't like inline plots, not particularly sure why. The workflow usually is to have plot show in the separate window.