Questions tagged [neovim-qt]

Neovim-qt is a client library and minimalistic GUI (QT5) for neovim.

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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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Portable Neovim. How to change default data folder? How to avoid registry entries?

I'm trying to make a protable Neovim so I can use my plug&play IDE from a USB thumbdrive on any offline Windows computer. I managed to store my plugins and my sysinit.vim onto the USB drive and ...
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How to use colored icons for autocomplete menu nvim.coc?

I am using neovim-qt for typescript react development. From last week I am configuring my neovim. I have configured coc.nvim which is giving pretty good autocompletion. I wanted to add icons for ...
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Neovim clangd semantic highlighting

So I'm using nvim-lsp-clangd-highlight plugin to try and set up semantic highlighting with clangd in my ~/.config/nvim/init.nvim call plug#begin() Plug 'neovim/nvim-lsp' Plug 'neovim/nvim-...
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Git bash / Neovim not working

I'm trying to get Neovim to work in Git bash. When I type nvim in cmd, everything works as expected and it opens Neovim, when I do the same in the Git bash, the whole editor just turns blank until I ...
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How can I close only one tab in tabufline?

I'm using NvChad. It uses the tabufline to show the tab buffers (tablet) All the commands I try (:q, :close, :bd) close the whole tab not the tablet. What command to close only one tablet? What is ...
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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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How can I wrap LSP errors?

I have checked this post but the answer does not work for me. It is also quite old and archived.Basically I tried a big bunch of vim.lsp.util commands but none of them were recognized. https://www....
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neovim-qt : Is it possible open files in the existing window?

When I open a file (either from dolphin or terminal) a window of nvim-qt is created. Is there a way to open the file in the existing nvim-qt window and raise/focus to the window? Note: I know there ...
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How to set the size of the Neovim-qt GUI?

I am using neovim-qt but cannot figure out how to set the size of the window. I tried: nvim-qt -h nvim-qt --help nvim-qt --width=80 nvim-qt --geom 80x120 But nothing gave me any indication as to ...
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How to make columns number display properly in Neovim's airline?

Resizing the window doesn't help, but when I use neovim-qt, I can see the columns number without issues. I am using Manjaro Linux, Plasma 5.25.5, konsole terminal.
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Make `%!` work in windows

I am on windows natively with neovim-qt . I tried to use %!python -m json.tool on a valid json file . It says Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0) . In powershell : cat .\graphs.json | python -m ...
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Neovim-Qt: environment variable TERM not set

Running :checkhealth in NeoVim-Qt (v0.3.5) I get the following report on terminal: ERROR: command failed: infocmp -L infocmp: environment variable TERM not set How can I set the environment variable ...
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Sign column font is cut off

I have an issue where the signs in my sign column are cut off in the middle (screenshot below). Changing the Guifont or the font size doesn't seem to matter. It looks fine in terminal neovim. I am ...
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Integration between vrapper (Eclipse) and nvim-qt

I use Vrapper, which is a great plugin, providing some vim emulation to Eclipse. One of the features of Vrapper is that from anywhere you can type :vim and it will reopen the file you are currently ...
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FileType autocommand not working in Neovim

My init.vim is just au FileType * echom "test" However, if I open a file, neovim-qt will not echo test. If I load a new file while the window is open, it will also not work. I have managed to find ...
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Getting Server languageserver.ccls failed to start: error, when ever I open cpp file inside neovim

I get the following error: Server languageserver.ccls failed to start: Launching server "languageserver.ccls" using command ccls failed. I have installed coc-ccls, and I have pasted this ...
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How to add a new buffer to opening nvim-qt instead of opening a new instance on Windows?

I have set up nvim-qt version 0.6 on my Windows 10 to use it instead of Notepad++. And when I double-click on a file, a new nvim-qt instance will open. But now, what I want is if I double-click on a ...
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Why vim creates an extra last line when importing a template?

My init.vim code: autocmd BufNewFile *.cpp 0r C:\Users\User\Desktop\cp\Template.cpp When i create a .cpp file, Template.cpp code is imported in that cpp file. upto this point, everything is fine. ...
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Increment or Decrement font in a neovim GUI?

I have crawled around forums and didn't found an answer which suits my needs. I want to use Neovim in a GUI, but not being able to change the font size on the fly with a keypress is a complete ...
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Remapping the menu key in Neovim-Qt

I would like to map the menu key (aka application key) on my keyboard to various behaviors in Vim, but in Neovim-Qt on Windows 7, Vim does not recognize presses of the menu button. For example, when I ...
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Portable NeoVIM configuration / Folder confusion

I'm attempting to create a portable Neovim configuration for Windows. I'm a bit confused about all the directories. Maybe someone can shed a little light on me :) So I downloaded a pre-built archive ...
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Can I use local .swp files with neovim-qt?

I've found that neovim-qt is storing my .swp files in AppData/Local/nvim-data/swap and I was wondering if it's possible to change this to get the standard vim behaviour of creating them locally.
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Using Nvim-Qt colors with regular Vim

I have been using nvim-qt and I like it. However I want to switch to regular nvim, but like other users I have had trouble with it. So then I thought maybe I will just use plain vim. The issue is ...
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Can I debug marks being deleted?

As I'm using Neovim, I'm noticing my marks are just disappearing mid session. I keep having to define them over and over again. I swear it's got to be a bug, either in Neovim or a plugin I'm using, ...
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How to override ftplugin set commands in Neovim

One thing I hate about a lot of the default Vim plugins is that they add o to formatoptions. In Vim I would get around this by using au FileType * set formatoptions-=o in my vimrc, but for some reason ...
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Ctrl-6 doesn't switch to the last buffer (Neovim)

Just noticed that this doesn't work for me. I have to hit Ctrl-Shift-6 (Ctrl-^) to activate the shortcut. Launching up my Vim it worked just fine so it's not something weird going on with my machine. ...
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Can I configure nvim-qt to look like a terminal?

In gVim there's guioptions which lets you disable the gui-specific features. I'm curious if I can configure this in Neovim somehow. If it can't be done across the board, what I want most is it be ...
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Tilde (~) paths do not work in windows neovim

I'm using Neovim v0.2.2 on Windows and I'm finding that editing files using paths with the tilde key (~) doesn't work as I'm expecting, for example if I enter the following command: :e ~\AppData\...
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How do I install Neovim with GUI and msgpack support in Ubuntu?

I would like to get Neovim because of its msgpack API and clear roadmap of development, but it is not in Ubuntu 16.04's repositories. Command 'gvim' from package 'vim' (main) Command 'gvim' from ...