--- vim.g.virtcolumn: equal to global colorcolumn --- vim.b.virtcolumn: equal to local colorcolumn --- vim.g.virtcolumn_char: ▕ by default local api = vim.api local fn = vim.fn local ffi = require "ffi" ffi.cdef "int curwin_col_off(void);" ---@diagnostic disable-next-line: undefined-field local curwin_col_off = ffi.C.curwin_col_off local NS = api.nvim_create_namespace "virt-column" local function _refresh() local bufnr = api.nvim_get_current_buf() if not api.nvim_buf_is_loaded(bufnr) then return end local textwidth = vim.opt.textwidth:get() local virtcolumns = vim.split(vim.b.virtcolumn or vim.g.virtcolumn or vim.o.cc, ",") ---@type number[] local items = {} for _, virtcolumn in ipairs(virtcolumns) do if virtcolumn and virtcolumn ~= "" then if vim.startswith(virtcolumn, "+") then if textwidth ~= 0 then table.insert(items, textwidth + tonumber(virtcolumn:sub(2))) end elseif vim.startswith(virtcolumn, "-") then if textwidth ~= 0 then table.insert(items, textwidth - tonumber(virtcolumn:sub(2))) end else table.insert(items, tonumber(virtcolumn)) end end end table.sort(items, function(a, b) return a > b end) api.nvim_buf_clear_namespace(bufnr, NS, 0, -1) if #items == 0 then return end local win_lines = vim.o.lines local offset = vim.fn.line "w0" -- Avoid flickering caused by winscrolled_timer offset = offset <= win_lines and 1 or offset - win_lines -- Avoid flickering caused by winscrolled_timer -- ↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓ local lines = api.nvim_buf_get_lines(bufnr, offset - 1, vim.fn.line "w$" + win_lines, false) local width = api.nvim_win_get_width(0) - curwin_col_off() local tabstop = vim.opt.tabstop:get() local char = vim.g.virtcolumn_char or "▕" for i = 1, #lines do for _, item in ipairs(items) do local line = lines[i]:gsub("\t", string.rep(" ", tabstop)) if width > item and api.nvim_strwidth(line) < item then api.nvim_buf_set_extmark(bufnr, NS, i + offset - 2, 0, { virt_text = { { char, "VirtColumn" } }, virt_text_pos = "overlay", hl_mode = "combine", virt_text_win_col = item - 1, priority = 0, }) end end end end -- Avoid unnecessary refreshing as much as possible local winscrolled_timer local function refresh(args) ---@type string local event = args.event or "" if event == "WinScrolled" then if winscrolled_timer and winscrolled_timer:is_active() then winscrolled_timer:stop() winscrolled_timer:close() end winscrolled_timer = vim.defer_fn(_refresh, 100) elseif event:match "TextChanged" then local lines_count = fn.line "$" local need_refresh = vim.b.virtcolumn_lines_count ~= lines_count vim.b.virtcolumn_lines_count = lines_count if need_refresh then _refresh() end else _refresh() end end local function set_hl() vim.cmd [[ hi clear ColorColumn hi default link VirtColumn NonText ]] end set_hl() local group = api.nvim_create_augroup("virtcolumn", {}) api.nvim_create_autocmd( { "WinScrolled", "TextChanged", "TextChangedI", "BufWinEnter", "InsertLeave" }, { group = group, callback = refresh } ) api.nvim_create_autocmd("OptionSet", { group = group, callback = refresh, pattern = "colorcolumn" }) api.nvim_create_autocmd("ColorScheme", { group = group, callback = set_hl })