vim-tab-bar.el

The vim-tab-bar.el package enhances Emacs' built-in tab-bar, giving it a style similar to Vim's tabbed browsing interface. It also ensures that the tab-bar's appearance aligns with the current theme's overall color scheme, providing a consistent look for your Emacs tab-bar.

Table of Contents

• Features
• Installation
• Options
• Screenshots
• License
• Links

Features

• The vim-tab-bar.el package ensures that tabs maintain a uniform appearance regardless of the theme used. This is also beneficial those who use themes that do not configure the tab-bar properly.
• Group Formatting: Optionally display and format tab groups.
• Makes the Emacs tab-bar (Emacs version >= 27.1) look in a manner reminiscent of Vim's tabbed browsing interface:

(The screenshot above shows how the vim-tab-bar.el package makes the Emacs tab-bar appear)

Installation

The vim-tab-bar package can be installed from MELPA by adding the following to your init.el:

(use-package vim-tab-bar
  :ensure t
  :config
  (add-hook 'after-init-hook #'vim-tab-bar-mode))

Options

Customize vim-tab-bar by setting the following options in your Emacs configuration to suit your preferences:

;; vim-tab-bar-show-groups: Determines whether tab groups are displayed.
;; Default is nil (groups not displayed).
(setq vim-tab-bar-show-groups nil)

Screenshots

The screenshots below shows how the vim-tab-bar.el package makes the Emacs tab-bar appear:

License

Copyright (C) 2024 James Cherti

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program.

Links

• vim-tab-bar.el @GitHub
• Article: Making the Emacs built-in tab-bar Look Like Vim’s Tab Bar
• tomorrow-night-deepblue-theme.el: a beautiful deep blue variant of the Tomorrow Night theme, which is renowned for its elegant color palette that is pleasing to the eyes.