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    Show a floating popup in neovim with lua
  
        
  
    
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  | -- show a floating popup | |
| local function show_popup(size_percentage, filetype, title, lines) | |
| -- build buffer | |
| local buf = vim.api.nvim_create_buf(false, true) | |
| vim.api.nvim_buf_set_option(buf, "bufhidden", "wipe") | |
| vim.api.nvim_buf_set_option(buf, "filetype", filetype) | |
| vim.api.nvim_buf_set_keymap(buf, "n", "<esc>", ":bd<cr>", { nowait = true, noremap = true, silent = true }) | |
| vim.api.nvim_open_win(buf, true, { | |
| style = "minimal", | |
| relative = "editor", | |
| width = math.ceil(vim.o.columns * size_percentage), | |
| height = math.ceil(vim.o.lines * size_percentage), | |
| row = math.ceil(vim.o.lines * (1 - size_percentage) / 2), | |
| col = math.ceil(vim.o.columns * (1 - size_percentage) / 2), | |
| border = "double", | |
| title = title, | |
| }) | |
| -- content | |
| vim.api.nvim_buf_set_lines(buf, 0, -1, false, lines) | |
| end | |
| -- example of use: | |
| vim.api.nvim_create_user_command("ShowPopup", function() | |
| show_popup(0.5, "markdown", "Hello world", { "hello", "world" }) | |
| end, {}) | 
  
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