floating-window-edit.nvim

" This function originates from https://www.reddit.com/r/neovim/comments/eq1xpt/how_open_help_in_floating_windows/; it isn't mine!

function! CreateCenteredFloatingWindow(title) abort
    let width = min([&columns - 4, max([80, &columns - 20])])
    let height = min([&lines - 4, max([20, &lines - 10])])
    let top = ((&lines - height) / 2) - 1
    let left = (&columns - width) / 2
    let opts = {'relative': 'editor', 'row': top, 'col': left, 'width': width, 'height': height, 'style': 'minimal'}

    let top = "╭" . repeat("─", width - 2) . "╮"
    let mid = "│" . repeat(" ", width - 2) . "│"
    let bot = "╰─" . a:title . repeat("─", width - strlen(a:title) - 3) . "╯"

    let lines = [top] + repeat([mid], height - 2) + [bot]
    let s:buf = nvim_create_buf(v:false, v:true)
    call nvim_buf_set_lines(s:buf, 0, -1, v:true, lines)
    call nvim_open_win(s:buf, v:true, opts)
    set winhl=Normal:Floating
    let opts.row += 1
    let opts.height -= 2
    let opts.col += 2
    let opts.width -= 4
    let l:textbuf = nvim_create_buf(v:false, v:true)
    call nvim_open_win(l:textbuf, v:true, opts)
    au BufWipeout <buffer> exe 'bw '.s:buf
    return l:textbuf
endfunction

function! FloatingWindowEdit(query) abort
    let l:buf = CreateCenteredFloatingWindow(a:query)
    call nvim_set_current_buf(l:buf)
    execute 'edit ' . a:query
endfunction

command! -complete=file -nargs=? FWO call FloatingWindowEdit(<q-args>)