Terminal based header for mini.starter

[farzadmf]

While looking at this config, it seems like alpha-nvim allows rendering the header section using a terminal command.

I was wondering if such functionality is achievable in mini.starter

Sorry if the "Ideas" section is not the proper place for this, but since I couldn't find it in the docs, I thought it could be more of an idea rather than a "general" discussion

[echasnovski]

Sorry if the "Ideas" section is not the proper place for this, but since I couldn't find it in the docs, I thought it could be more of an idea rather than a "general" discussion

No worries, it's good.

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Both header and footer in config can be callables. Meaning that they can evaluate script and return its output with something like this:

local header = function() return vim.fn.system('~/.config/nvim/logo.sh') end
require('mini.starter').setup({ header = header })

Unfortunately, this only works with the first variation (without colors), as escaped sequences are not supported.

[farzadmf]

this only works with the first variation (without colors)

Damn, that was the main reason and motivation for this. I found it so cool to have a colorized header

[echasnovski]

Yeah, 'goolord/alpha-nvim' seems to use separate floating window for this functionality, which is a bit too much for 'mini.starter'.