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I enjoy writing and working with open-source software, starting back to when I started working with PHP and Drupal in 2007.<\/p>\n\n

Since then, I've written and maintained a number of Drupal modules and themes, PHP libraries, npm packages, Ansible roles and Docker images - all of which are available on my GitHub and Drupal.org pages.<\/p>\n\n

Just over a year ago, I switched to using Neovim full-time<\/a> for my development and DevOps work, and last week, I wrote my first Neovim plugin, written in Lua.<\/p>\n\n

I've used Lua to configure Neovim but this is the first time that I've written and open-sourced a standalone Neovim plugin.<\/p>\n\n

It's called toggle-checkbox.nvim<\/a> and is used toggle checkboxes in Markdown files - something that I use frequently for to-do lists.<\/p>\n\n

For example, this a simple list containing both checked and unchecked checkboxes:<\/p>\n\n

-   [x] A completed task\n-   [ ] An incomplete task\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n
To toggle a checkbox, the x<\/code> character needs to be either added or removed, depending on whether we're checking or unchecking it.<\/p>\n\n
This is done by calling the toggle()<\/code> function within the plugin.<\/p>\n\n
In my Neovim configuration, I've added a keymap to do this:<\/p>\n\n
vim.keymap.set(\n  \"n\",\n  \"<leader>tt\",\n  \"require('toggle-checkbox').toggle()\"\n)\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n
This means that I can use the same keymap by running <leader>tt<\/code> to check or uncheck a checkbox. I could use Vim's replace mode to do this, but I really wanted to have one keymap that I could use for both.<\/p>\n\n
As it's my first Neovim plugin, I decided to keep it simple.<\/p>\n\n
The main toggle-checkbox.lua<\/code> file is currently only 41 lines of code, and whilst there is an existing Vim plugin that I could have used, I was excited to write my own plugin for Neovim, to start contributing to the Neovim ecosystem, and add a Neovim plugin to my portfolio of open-source projects.<\/p>\n\n
You can view the plugin at https:\/\/github.com\/opdavies\/toggle-checkbox.nvim<\/a>, as well as my Neovim configuration (which is also written in Lua) as part of my Dotfiles repository<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n        ",
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I enjoy writing and working with open-source software, starting back to when I started working with PHP and Drupal in 2007.<\/p>\n\n
Since then, I've written and maintained a number of Drupal modules and themes, PHP libraries, npm packages, Ansible roles and Docker images - all of which are available on my GitHub and Drupal.org pages.<\/p>\n\n
Just over a year ago, I switched to using Neovim full-time<\/a> for my development and DevOps work, and last week, I wrote my first Neovim plugin, written in Lua.<\/p>\n\n
I've used Lua to configure Neovim but this is the first time that I've written and open-sourced a standalone Neovim plugin.<\/p>\n\n
It's called toggle-checkbox.nvim<\/a> and is used toggle checkboxes in Markdown files - something that I use frequently for to-do lists.<\/p>\n\n
For example, this a simple list containing both checked and unchecked checkboxes:<\/p>\n\n
-   [x] A completed task\n-   [ ] An incomplete task\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n
To toggle a checkbox, the x<\/code> character needs to be either added or removed, depending on whether we're checking or unchecking it.<\/p>\n\n
This is done by calling the toggle()<\/code> function within the plugin.<\/p>\n\n
In my Neovim configuration, I've added a keymap to do this:<\/p>\n\n
vim.keymap.set(\n  \"n\",\n  \"<leader>tt\",\n  \"require('toggle-checkbox').toggle()\"\n)\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n
This means that I can use the same keymap by running <leader>tt<\/code> to check or uncheck a checkbox. I could use Vim's replace mode to do this, but I really wanted to have one keymap that I could use for both.<\/p>\n\n
As it's my first Neovim plugin, I decided to keep it simple.<\/p>\n\n
The main toggle-checkbox.lua<\/code> file is currently only 41 lines of code, and whilst there is an existing Vim plugin that I could have used, I was excited to write my own plugin for Neovim, to start contributing to the Neovim ecosystem, and add a Neovim plugin to my portfolio of open-source projects.<\/p>\n\n
You can view the plugin at https:\/\/github.com\/opdavies\/toggle-checkbox.nvim<\/a>, as well as my Neovim configuration (which is also written in Lua) as part of my Dotfiles repository<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n        ",
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