Questions tagged [neovim]
A project that seeks to refactor Vim. Use this tag for questions specifically regarding Neovim-only features (i.e. features not found in Vim and other Vi-like editors).
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Focus-follows-mouse in Neovim?
Is it possible to get focus-follows-mouse behavior in terminal Neovim?
By focus-follows-mouse, I mean when the mouse pointer is hovered over a window that is not activated, it should be activated as ...
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How to properly indent inline c++ lambdas?
How can I change the behavior of smart indentation when I write a lambda function?
This is what I get right now:
auto t = std::thread([]{
std::cerr << "...
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Neovim LSP not using project root configs (tsserver / eslint)
Today I have been setting up neovim on windows 11 (not WSL). I can't get the lsp servers to work. The issue is that nvim isn't loading the projects root tsconfig.json or eslintrc.json file for any ...
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Want to write Bengali in n(vim)
How can I write bengali in Vim in Linux. I have googled but not getting any way.
This is Bengali language.
Is there anyone writing Bengali in Vim?
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Neovim tsserver LSP doesn't show the complete error (missing file info), but vscode does
I have two TypeScript files where I deliberately created the error: Duplicate identifier 'User' by declaring class User two times, one in each file. In vscode, I get the additional information that ...
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Invalid range error with nvim-dap-ui
I was tinkering with nvim-dap-ui which was working fine, but then all of a sudden I started getting this error
Error executing lua callback: ...h/.vim/bundle/nvim-dap-ui/lua/dapui/elements/console....
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Vimtutor in Neovim
Is it possible to run vimtutor in Neovim?
I'm learning Vim, but I installed Neovim and would like to run vimtutor in Neovim.
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E824: Incompatible undo file when opening init.vim
I get this error
E824: Incompatible undo file: /root/.cache/nvim/undo/%root%.config%nvim%init.vim
Press ENTER or type command to continue
when trying to open init.vim.
When then pressing ENTER it ...
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Apt doesn't get the latest Neovim version
I had Neovim v0.4 installed via apt (on Ubuntu).
But then I saw there is a newer version and tried to install it following instructions here.
Now if I use
./nvim.appimage
from ~/.config/nvim folder, ...
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To whom do I report error "LSP: unable to edit document because not previously opened"?
I have this repeatable error running Neovim 0.8 with dartls.
It occurs if I :-
open a dart file
make a change, eg add a blank line
:w to save it
immediately :e!
on the next change attempt, I get the ...
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How to set all files under a folder to a specified filetype?
I have some zsh function files that I should not add extensions to for the convenience of calling, i.e. my_func instead of my_func.zsh. But this causes an issue that Neovim cannot detect their ...
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relative numbers neovim, number colors
I'm trying to add realtive numbers to neovim the only thing I can find is regarding to vim which is "set relativenumber" which doesn't work in my init.lua. Not only that, but I'm trying to ...
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Neovim `vim.lsp.buf.format{async=true}` cause buffer change?
I am using autocmd BufWritePre to do code format with vim.lsp.buf.format().
It is sync and stuck for seconds. But when I use vim.lsp.buf.format{async=true}. The buffer is been changed.
Is there a way ...
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Vimtex - How to run :VimtexCompile on start using lua
How do I execute :VimtexCompile automatically whenever I open a .tex file? As mentioned in this GitHub thread, this is done in Vimscript via:
augroup vimtex_config
autocmd User VimtexEventInitPost ...
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Link cwd of vim with parent shell
Is it possible to link the cwd of vim to the cwd of the shell running it, or change the cwd of the parent shell within vim?
I run neovim+tmux with the tmux-resurrect plugin, and it would be nice if I ...
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how do I perform a code action on a visual range in neovim 0.9?
In neovim 0.8, I had the following command mapped
vnoremap <leader>a :lua vim.lsp.buf.range_code_action()<cr>
which in visual mode, gave me options such as Wrap In Try-Catch/Extract Method ...
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How do I organize imports with `tsserver` using Neovim LSP?
I'm using Neovim 0.9 and lsp-zero to edit Typescript files. tsserver has an organize imports feature. How do I map that back through LSP to a user-defined key? Basically, I'd like to add a new ...
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Dynamic load plugin when using Neovim?
I want to dynamically load the local plugins when using Neovim.
For example, there are some directories ~/plugin1 and ~/plugin2 (they're colorscheme plugins).
When using Neovim, I try to add ~/plugin1 ...
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`Cmd+V`/`Ctrl+V` pasting has an extra new line
In init.vim I have:
set clipboard^=unnamed,unnamedplus
In order to ensure text is yanked into the system clipboard.
In Neovim, I select the lines in line mode (V) and copy them with y:
a
b
c
In a ...
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Why do Neovim builtin colorschemes do this awful fake cursor jump?
I'm using Neovim 0.9 with LSP configured via lsp-zero, as vanilla as I can make it. On every built-in Neovim colorscheme I've tried, the cursor becomes evil when it hits a parentheses/bracket ...
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How to make the 81st column stand out in Lua?
Like this for Vim, I'm trying to convert (with no success):
matchadd('ColorColumn', '\%81v\s*\zs\S', 100)
from vimscript to a Lua autocmd:
autocmd({'BufRead'}, {
pattern = "*",
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Is there a popular config for Neovim? [closed]
I found a lot of repositories in Github about init.vim like
amix vimrc but I couldn't find anything about init.lua.
Do you know some repository? I think many of people still using Vim.
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How come `pip install cmake` is not enough to build neovim?
I just built neovim from source for the first time on linux (Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS x86_64), and I got stuck for a while on something silly.
In the Build prerequisites I saw that CMake was (of course) ...
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nvim-treesitter not working; throws error E5113
I just installed nvim-treesitter and it throws me this error message when starting nvim:
Error detected while processing /home/MYUSERNAME/.local/share/nvim/plugged/nvim-treesitter/plugin/nvim-...
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Enable github copilot in Neovim for shell command editing
I use bash and like to use the built-in command Ctrl xCtrl e to invoke an editor in the shell in order to edit the current line.
This creates a temporary file, named /tmp/bash-fc.[Some random ...
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Getting syntax file to load for typescriptreact files
I am very likely missing something very obvious, for I am very new to the vim world.
The effect I intended to achieve was to mimic the Inline Fold extension for vscode using vim's Conceal.
In short, I'...
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lazyvim removal/uninstall guidance
I installed lazyvim and have a bunch of missing things with it so I want to know how do i remove it and go back to just default neovim so I can build it back up from scratch
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System wide sysinit.vim but in lua
sysinit.vim works like a charm, but I want to fully transit into lua.
How file should be called? sysinit.lua doesn't work.
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Do I need to set `:filetype on` myself in Neovim?
As title. I'm a user of Neovim and am trying to learn something very basic. My point is that I don't want to set things that will be enabled by Vim by default. And what's the relation between
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Abnormal behaviour in LuaSnips
Basically I'm following this guide to writing snippets in neovim using LuaSnips. One of the first steps in the basic configuration is to set some key bindings to jump through the snippet tabstops, ...
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init.lua does not run, silent failure
Trying to set up a new VM, I copied over my dotfiles and they weren't working. I've reduced my init.lua to something very simple. All it has is,
vim.opt.tabstop = 2
Yet, when I start up vim, nothing ...
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Neovim: mapping A-b
I am trying to map <A-b> to <C-left> in insert mode in neovim. When I press <A-b> it just inserts the character 0, but when I start neovim with --clean (so all configurations are ...
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How can we know if we can intall a plugin on both Vim and Neovim?
I find in noevimcraft a list of Neovim plugins
Can we install them inside Vim or gVim?
It seems that the plugins in vimawsome can be installed on Neovim but not always in Vim.
Is that correct?
How can ...
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In Neovim is there a way at nvim level to set priorities to control highlight resolution?
Background:
It's possible for multiple highlights to affect the same areas in the buffer and work correctly. For example syntax-related colors usually affect fg (foreground, text glyph) color, ...
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Prevent message when writing buffer
Whenever I write a file in Neovim, I get a message like this:
"config/nvim/lua/config/keymaps.lua" 55L, 2256B
Sometimes, this can cause a press ENTER or type command to continue message to ...
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How to use `syn` in regex match?
I'm trying to follow a link using <CR> in a markdown file.
I was giving a look into the native markdown syntax file vim ships with and found a few that use the syn command syntax
syn region ...
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How to include/configure lua_ls on lspconfig?
I am trying to include lua_ls on my lspconfig but I am getting this error
[lspconfig] Cannot access configuration for lua_ls. Ensure this server is listed in `server_configurations.md` or added as a ...
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How to install dashboard-nvim with vim-plug?
How to install the dashboard-nvm plugin written in lua with vim-plug?
If I want to set some configurations, which file I should modify?
I am using init.vim and vim-plug has been installed. The version ...
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Angularls root directory not found
I have the angular language server installed but client doesn't attach when I'm in an angular project because it doesn't have an angular.json in the root (since it is an Nx workspace), which (...
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How do I get coc.nvim to auto-open?
I installed
Plug 'neoclide/coc.nvim', {'branch': 'release'}
And now I seem to be able to use <C-n> and <C-p> to trigger autocomplete menu but it doesn't show up automatically as I type.
I ...
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Is there a recommended way to recompute folds every time a buffer is changed in Neovim?
According to the documentation, the only command that recompute folds is the zx command. However, the problem is that zx automatically undoes all manually opened or closed folds. If I have a bunch of ...
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LSP server is not starting on vue file
I am using neovim v0.8.3 and using kickstart to configure my setup.
I added volar = {} in the mason configuration section. But vue language server is not starting on vue file type.
It is working if I ...
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GNU Octave octave.vim syntax file auto indent not working
Before introducing the octave syntax file in ~/.config/nvim/syntax/octave.vim from here auto-indent worked as expected.
After introducing the file, the syntax coloring works, but the auto-indentation ...
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What's the usage of jobresize?
As title. I'm learning Neovim's terminal-emulator related API. To explain the problem I need to show you the code first. I have a Lua script like this:
local win = vim.api.nvim_get_current_win()
local ...
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Setup Telescope to save and close all buffers, when opening a new file
I'm following a Neovim tutorial on LaraCasts from Jess Archer, setting up Neovim.
I've used Vim for a while, but I'm new with Neovim.
You can see Jess Archers dotfiles here: Jess Archers Dotfiles.
I ...
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Working with multiple git branches of Neovim config
I am working with multiple NVim configs through multiple git branches but it appears to be broken like it doesn't update the config after I switch branch and restart Neovim. Restarting my computer ...
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Check if cursor is inside a pair of quotes
What I'm looking for is basically a programmatic version of vi", va', etc.
Say my cursor is at |:
function_call(arg, "stri|")
I want to be able to find the location/range of the quote ...
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Why is my AppData folder not indexed by Telescope and how can I fix it simply?
I could not find help with Google nor ChatGPT. Maybe there's something wrong with my telescope config?
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Icons are not showing in nvim-tree
Unfortunately, I am not able to make the nvim-tree plugin working for me. I installed the nvim-web-devicons as recommended, google a lot but can't find a solution. Please find a screenshot and my init....
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