🖼️ PicVim

⚠️ Note: This project is still early in development, so it may be a bit buggy. If you find any bugs, please let me know!

PicVim is a Neovim plugin that allows you to view and interact with images directly in Neovim. It supports various image formats such as PNG, JPG, GIF, BMP, and more, offering basic functionality like zooming, rotating, and panning.

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Key Features:

• 🚀 Quick Image Viewing: View images directly in Neovim.
• 🔄 Basic Image Interaction: Zoom, rotate, and pan.
• 🌐 Multi-format Support: Works with PNG, JPG, GIF, BMP, and more.

Demo

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b8279faa-4e91-4fda-880b-4d4d7cab117d

⚠️ Notes:

• 🔧 Early Development: This is a work in progress, so expect some bugs. Contributions are welcome!
• Only support for kitty: Only supports kitty graphics protocol (so should work with kitty and wezterm).

📖 Usage

To use PicVim, simply open an image file in Neovim and the image will be displayed in the buffer. You can interact with the image using the provided keybindings.

✨ Features

• View images in Neovim.
• Zoom in and out using keybindings.
• Rotate the image with configurable keybindings.
• Pan the image using arrow keys or specific keybindings.
• Automatically scale and adjust images for optimal viewing.

⚙️ Installation

Use your prefferred package manager to install PicVim.

Eg. Using lazy.nvim

If you use lazy.nvim, you can install PicVim by adding the following to your configuration:

{
    "Toprun123/PicVim",
    config = function()
        require'picvim'.setup()
    end,
},

🔧 Setup and Configuration

To configure the plugin, add the following to your init.lua or any other configuration file: You can set custom keymaps using the keymap option.

require'picvim'.setup({
    keymap = {                            -- Default keymaps
        move_left = { "<Left>", "h" },    -- Pan left
        move_right = { "<Right>", "l" },  -- Pan right
        move_down = { "<Down>", "j" },    -- Pan down
        move_up = { "<Up>", "k" },        -- Pan up
        zoom_in = { "=", "+" },           -- Zoom in
        zoom_out = { "-", "_" },          -- Zoom out
        rotate_clockwise = "t",           -- Rotate clockwise by 30 degrees
        rotate_counterclockwise = "T",    -- Rotate counterclockwise by 30 degrees
        reset = "o",                      -- Reset image
        rerender = "r",                   -- Rerender image
    }
})

🛠️ Autocommands

The plugin automatically activates for image files (.png, .jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .bmp) upon opening. It sets the buffer to a "non-file" type to display the image correctly.

⌨️ Default Keybindings

h, Left Arrow – Pan left.
l, Right Arrow – Pan right.
j, Down Arrow – Pan down.
k, Up Arrow – Pan up.
=, + – Zoom in.
-, _ – Zoom out.
t – Rotate clockwise (30 degrees).
T – Rotate counterclockwise (30 degrees).
o – Reset image position and rotation.
r – Rerender the image.

📦 Dependencies

• ImageMagick for image manipulation.
• Neovim 0.5.0 or higher.
• Kitty for displaying the image.

TODO:

• Allow zooming image.
• Allow panning across the image.
• Support image rotation.
• Add support for non-png raster images.
• Make Keybinds configurable.
• Add support for svg files.
• Add config for filetypes to work with.
• Expose functions to handle the images.