Configuration Options

Startup Settings

Several options can be set immediately on startup. These settings will take effect even before ginit.vim is loaded. This is useful for options like ext_linegrid, or to prevent GuiTabline flicker on startup.

Each platform has a slightly different configuration scheme. We utilize Qt's QSettings library.

Option Names

• ext_linegrid (true/false): Enables or disables the latest neovim rendering protocol.
• ext_tabline (true/false): Equivalent to :GuiTabline, useful for preventing startup flicker.
• ext_popupmenu (true/false): Equivalent to :GuiPopupmenu.

Windows

Windows stores its settings in the registry at Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\nvim-qt\nvim-qt.

You can change the values with regedit.exe:

TODO: Add some .reg files for common settings, ext_linegrid, ext_tabline.

Linux

Linux stores its settings in ~/.config/nvim-qt/nvim-qt.conf.

Here is an example file:

[General]
ext_linegrid=true
ext_tabline=false

MacOS

TODO

GuiDropCustomHandler

This feature allows users to intercept or override Drag & Drop events.

Here is a sample function for your vimrc:

" Drag & Drop: echo 'You just opened: {filename}` before opening the file.
function! GuiDropCustomHandler(...)
	let l:fnames = deepcopy(a:000)
	let l:args = map(l:fnames, 'fnameescape(v:val)')

	for l:file in l:args
		echo "You just opened: " . l:file
		exec 'drop '.join(l:args, ' ')
	endfor
endfunction

For more information see :help GuiDrop or Pull Request 669.