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goyo.vim seems to be the real deal, at least it seems to fix problems I have with vimroom (for example, the centering will be wrong if you update the font).

Still tho' it would be awesome if Vim had better native support for window margins, so you don't have to revert to hacks.

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Yeah, I was really impressed with the way goyo.vim works. And I absolutely agree about the sad state of hackery we have to go through for such plugins.

A big part of why most such plugins fail is that they don't take into account user settings and the fact that it is their responsibility to "hide" other plugins. If you look through the source of goyo.vim, you'll find tons of lines dedicated to working around other plugins. Similarly, LiteDFM has a good chunk of code dedicated to remembering and restoring previous user settings.

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