Shoot

Shoot allows users to take screenshots of code in vim

Example:

Output:

How to Use

Use the command :TOpng to capture a screenshot of the selected lines (or the whole buffer if no lines are selected).

The image will be saved in vim's working directory.

Options

• g:shoot_zoom_factor - Used to zoom image (default: 2)
• g:shoot_browser_binary - Specify the web browser binary file in the case of a non-standard installation
• g:shoot_save_path - Specify the directory to save the images in

How to Install

Requirements

• Vim compiled with python3 support (check this with :echo has('python3'))
• Python 3
• Chrome or Firefox (a browser based on either of these should work too)

Plugin Install

Installation with vim-plug

Add one of the following to your vim-plug plugin list in your .vimrc.

For Chromium-based browsers:

Plug 'jmckiern/vim-shoot', { 'do': '\"./install.py\" chromedriver' }

For Firefox-based browsers:

Plug 'jmckiern/vim-shoot', { 'do': '\"./install.py\" geckodriver' }

Then run :PlugInstall

This will install the plugin and run the install.py script. This script does two things. First, it installs the selenium and requests packages. Second, it downloads the appropriate binary for the specified webdriver. These are all isolated to the plugin's local directory.

Uninstall

Remove the Plug 'jmckiern/vim-shoot' line from your .vimrc and run :PlugClean

How it Works

Vim already has a built in :TOhtml command which will generate a html file that displays the selected lines. Using selenium and a WebDriver, a headless browser is started to render the output of :TOhtml. This is then resized and a screenshot is taken.