Hello,
Thanks for the great plugin!
I am wondering if there is a simple way to use rainbow_csv in conjunction with a custom CSV conceal rule outlined below.
The following vimscript when placed in after/syntax/csv.vim in isolation creates the effect of truncating CSV columns longer than a specific number of characters (in this case, 20):
highlight ConcealedText ctermfg=gray guifg=gray
syntax match ConcealedText /\([^,]\{20}\)\zs[^,]*/ conceal cchar=*
set conceallevel = 2
Instead of an aligned CSV looking like:
column_1 , column_2 , column_3
asldkfjahsfasd;faskjdf;laskjfa;slfkjasdkljasdhf , aslkjdfhalskjdfaslkjfashldkfjashfd , asdkljfhalskdjfhaslkfjshalfdkjshflsakjfhsd
It will look like:
column_1 * , column_2 * , column_3
asldkfjahsfasd;faskj* , aslkjdfhalskjdfaslk* , asdkljfhalskdjfhasl
And expand to the unconcealed text depending on the user's concealcursor settings.
This type of conceal makes working with CSVs in vim a little closer to typical spreadsheet editor software, where every column doesn't need to be expanded to max width at all times.
I understand the conceal rule I've outlined doesn't handle escaped commas. And I would imagine that implementing this feature would involve somehow duplicating the syntax rules such that instead of there being column0, column1, etc., there would need to be a separate column0_visible, column0_concealed, .... type of structure.
If this goes too far beyond the scope of this plugin, no problem at all. Sorry if the request is a little vague and thanks again for making this!
Hello,
Thanks for the great plugin!
I am wondering if there is a simple way to use rainbow_csv in conjunction with a custom CSV conceal rule outlined below.
The following vimscript when placed in
after/syntax/csv.vimin isolation creates the effect of truncating CSV columns longer than a specific number of characters (in this case, 20):Instead of an aligned CSV looking like:
It will look like:
And expand to the unconcealed text depending on the user's
concealcursorsettings.This type of conceal makes working with CSVs in vim a little closer to typical spreadsheet editor software, where every column doesn't need to be expanded to max width at all times.
I understand the conceal rule I've outlined doesn't handle escaped commas. And I would imagine that implementing this feature would involve somehow duplicating the syntax rules such that instead of there being column0, column1, etc., there would need to be a separate column0_visible, column0_concealed, .... type of structure.
If this goes too far beyond the scope of this plugin, no problem at all. Sorry if the request is a little vague and thanks again for making this!