What are the best vim plugins for prose?

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What are the best vim plugins for prose?

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Best vim plugins for prose	Price	Last Updated
-- vim-pencil	-	May 26, 2019
-- vim-pandoc+vim-pandoc-syntax	$0	Mar 31, 2019
-- vim-bookmarks	FOSS	Oct 15, 2018
-- Goyo	FOSS	Oct 15, 2018
-- writer.vim	-	Apr 27, 2018

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score 3 · Answer 1

vim-pencil

Top Pro

Robust and configurable

Top Pro

Enables seamless transitioning between hard and softwrapping

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vim-pandoc+vim-pandoc-syntax

Top Pro

Extended markdown

Unlocks Pandoc Flavored Markdown formatting. See More

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vim-bookmarks

Top Pro

Annotations

Allows one to insert annotations that are viewable in the quickfix window. See More

Top Pro

Persistent bookmarks

Add bookmarks, accessible via a quickfix window, that are persistent and available between documents. See More

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Goyo

Top Pro

Clean interface

Stips down elements such as statusline and tabs, while pulling text toward the center. See More

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writer.vim

Top Pro

Lightweight

writer.vim is essentially a convenience wrapper around some vimscript functions. It allows users to "switch on" settings that make writing prose easier, and toggle those options off when they're no longer needed. See More

Top Con

Doesn't work in the terminal

writer.vim requires a GUI vim installation (gVim, MacVim, etc.) See More

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What are the best vim plugins for prose?

5 Options Considered

vim-pencil

My Recommendation for vim-pencil

My Recommendation for vim-pencil

Robust and configurable

Enables seamless transitioning between hard and softwrapping

vim-pandoc+vim-pandoc-syntax

My Recommendation for vim-pandoc+vim-pandoc-syntax

My Recommendation for vim-pandoc+vim-pandoc-syntax

Extended markdown

vim-bookmarks

My Recommendation for vim-bookmarks

My Recommendation for vim-bookmarks

Annotations

Persistent bookmarks

Goyo

My Recommendation for Goyo

My Recommendation for Goyo

Clean interface

writer.vim

My Recommendation for writer.vim

My Recommendation for writer.vim

Lightweight

Doesn't work in the terminal

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