Setting "g:jedi#use_tabs_not_buffers" option in lazy.nvim in lua

Question

I've started recently to use lazy.nvim to load plugins. I'm also trying to move the configuration from vimscript to lua, as well.

Most changes seem to be straightforward, but there's one that I am not sure how to translate properly, i.e.:

let g:jedi#use_tabs_not_buffers = 1

I was expecting to write something like vim.g.jedi = { use_tabs_not_buffers = 1 } but it does not work.

The only way I've managed to get this working is by using this syntax:

{
'davidhalter/jedi-vim',
config = function()
    vim.g['jedi#use_tabs_not_buffers'] = 1
end
}

Is this the right way?

Answer 1

This is a guess, but the # in g:jedi#use_tabs_not_buffers typically indicates an autoload variable (see :help autoload). That likely suggests that using neovim's Lua tables like vim.g.jedi = { use_tabs_not_buffers = 1 } won't work: perhaps there is a special syntax for handling autoload variables?