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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How can I create command abbreviations (`ca`) with the lua api?
In my init.vim, I have the following:
ca WQ wq
What would be the equivalent in my init.lua?
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How can I run a java file from a neovim terminal using a remap
For a bit of background, I'm trying to set up a function that runs a java file in Neovim, I've tried using the following autocmd:
vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd(
{ "FileType" },
{
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How to make zsh detect if terminal session is run inside nvim's :term
I were following the Modern Vim book by Drew Neil. In tip 20 he writes:
At a glance, you may not be able to tell whether a shell is running within a terminal buffer or outside of Neovim. In this tip, ...
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Spawning language server with cmd: `clangd` failed
I have a c project and I would like to use the feature of LSP in Neovim such as gd (go to definition).
I follow each of these materials to configure LSP
langserver.org/
Konwing that I need to use ...
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Devanagari in Neovim
It is an old issue, that Vim is not able to correctly display Devanagari (Sanskrit) ligatures as it is non GUI (emacs, gedit do well). In different forums it was discussed in the past (mostly before ...
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Autocmd is breaking my lsp and not working (neovim)
I’m new to neovim so there’s a decent chance this is just a rookie mistake. I wanted to make an autocmd to remap F5 to running the (python) file. I found a stack overflow post on how to do this (https:...
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vim-devicons not rendered properly
I am configuring vim-devicons for my neovim and this is my init.nvim:
:set number
:set autoindent
:set tabstop=4
:set shiftwidth=4
:set smarttab
:set softtabstop=4
:set mouse=a
call plug#begin()
Plug ...
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How to evaluate Lua in substitution field instead of vim script?
As simple example, take this:
:'<,'>s/\vs([A|B])\.size\(\)/\={"A":"a","B":"b"}[submatch(1)]/g
This substitution will replace sA.size() with a and sB.size(...
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NeoVim - Single Redo my mapping containing an <Escape>
Well I know it doesn't work because of the <Esc>, but is there any way to do it so that .(vim single redo) repeats the whole mapping and not only the part after the first <Esc> (without ...
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How to force bashls, shellcheck to treat zsh files as bash using lspconfig?
Most of my dotfile scripts are in zsh, with the .zsh extension and shebang - #!/usr/bin/env zsh.
Formatting and linting does not work in zsh files out of the box (understandably so); however, they can ...
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Ex global command is silenced, why is execution still stopped on error (Neovim)?
I have a sample text:
123
456
If I delete the first line, why does
:silent! execute 'g/123/d' | execute 'g/456/d'
work while
:silent! g/123/d | g/456/d
doesn't work, unless I bring back the first ...
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Cannot get block-wise visual selections in vimscript?
I am searching for how to get visual selection in vimscript. And I found this: https://stackoverflow.com/a/61486601/4438921, it is great, but the only issue is that, in block-wise visual mode, I ...
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How to pass an argument to a user command that contains a space
I have a user command that grep-replaces files recursively using vimgrep and cfdo:
-- Grep
vim.api.nvim_create_user_command(
'Grep',
function(opts)
if #opts.fargs < 1 then
print("...
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How to replace one char in Neovim?
I used to use s for replacing one char with another. e.g.
source: "bla". command: ss. result: "sla"
source: "bla". command: 3ss. result: "s"
Neovim (using ...
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Copy to android system clipboard in nvim from termux
I use Neovim on termux on android 11
I commonly use :y to yank/copy text to nvim clipboard
Then paste it to another files
Recently I've tried using helix-editor(hx) looks and feels so similar to ...
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CSS Syntax highlighting in NeoVim in a <style> inside an html file?
Just getting started learning Vim/Neovim and am just following along with some tutorials that said to just open up any repo on your system to play around.
I noticed that I don't have syntax ...
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JsDoc typechecks for JS files in Neovim
Is it possible in Neovim to use JsDoc for typechecking of javascript files?
Right now I use default LSP configurations for eslint and tsserver provided by lspconfig:
-- init.lua
require('lspconfig')....
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How to display LanguageTool suggestions with neovim
I want to see LanguageTool suggestions (not just errors) when using LanguageTool with my LaTeX documents. LanguageTool can output the Error, Context, and Suggestion. However, with my setup (ltex-ls ...
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In Neovim where is {lhs} of triggering a keymap stored? Can we access it?
If we set a keymap that {lhs} is abc in normal mode. For example,
local opts = { noremap = true, silent = true }
vim.keymap.set('n', 'abc', function() print("Keymap abc!"), opts)
If we type ...
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How can I make (Neo)Vim wrap lines in respect to indentation?
Currently, indented lines will wrap all the way to the left of the text area. This is what they look like:
This is a long line of text that is indented wi
th tabs. In order for it to properly fit ...
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Insert current branch name in insert mode in Neovim
I'd like to create a hotkey to insert the current branch name directly in insert mode with the hotkey <C-b>. I use the plugin gitsigns which has a variable vim.b.gitsigns_head containing the ...
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Neovim diagnostic virtual_text keep on showing only after save current file
this is my neovim diagnostic config, I have enabled "update_in_insert"
when diagnostic detect new error, It will show them correctly, but when error is fixed,
it still show the old virtual ...
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(neovim) nvim_win_get_cursor() gets same value after nvim_input("<CR><Esc>")?
I'm trying to set a key map like
local key_map = vim.keymap.set
local input = vim.api.nvim_input
local opts = { noremap = true, silent = true }
key_map('n', '<C-j>', function()
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Adding Colorscheme to Neovim conditionally?
I'm trying to create a status line and get the color scheme correctly. I have the function
function GetDiagnosticErrorCount()
local errorCount = #vim.diagnostic.get(0, { severity = vim.diagnostic....
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Problems with libEG.dll after installing neovide
After installing neovide on my Windows 11 Pro machine, several other apps started to fail because they do not find:
C:\tools\neovim\nvim-w64\bin\libEG.dll
So I uninstalled neovide, restarted my ...
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How to setup treesitter in vim script?
I have my entire nvim setup written in vim script at ~/.config/nvim/init.vim, but tresitter on it's GitHub says
require'nvim-treesitter.configs'.setup {
-- A list of parser names, or "all" ...
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Can't apply config changes to all windows in neovim without closing the buffer at least
I am trying to update the config and see the changes take place without exiting neovim.
I have structured my neovim config files like this
~/.config/nvim
├── init.lua
└── lua
└── [username]
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Neovim - using patched nerdfont but icon not working
I am using neovim 0.9. I liked JetBrains Mono font so I downloaded the nerd font patched JetBrains font and installed on my Linux Mint 21.1. All is well except when there is an error, neovim ...
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Neovim lua module not found even though it exist
I have structured my neovim config files like this
~/.config/nvim
├── init.lua
└── lua
└── [username]
├── core
│ └── options.lua
├── init.lua
└── plugins
These ...
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How do I change the color of the deleted text on the left side of a vimdiff?
My colors currently look like this, with the text highlighted green on both sides:
I would like it to be red on the left, and green on the right.
I tried to change the DiffDelete highlight, but that ...
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How to add fonts/icons to a remote terminal running on ubuntu vm?
I am using lunar vim, and want to add icons to a remote terminal running on ubuntu vm.
Is this possible?
On vm, output of echo $TERM is xterm-256color.
I tried the steps given here https://www....
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Cannot connect from python repl to neovim instance which waiting on '127.0.0.1:6666'
I tried to experiment with what the nvim documentation (connecting chapter in api.txt) says.
The experiment is to use python repl to execute an instruction to nvim listening for socket communication.
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If I set cmdheight=0 I get the "Press Enter or type command to continue" message
If I set my cmdheight=0 then any action I perform like saving the buffer or opening a new buffer or anything trigger the Press Enter or type command to continue message.
It annoys me. I want to ...
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How would I bind a keybind that uses Rubber to compile the current file on NvChad?
I'm new to NvChad and would like to learn how to bind <leader>t to execute rubber on the current file.
My previous nvim setup had the code nnoremap <leader>t :!rubber --pdf %<CR>.
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How to use `Ctrl+c` in Nvim if GNOME terminal SIGINT call was remapped to Ctrl+x?
GNOME terminal SIGINT call was remapped to ctrl+x using stty intr ^X, and ctrl+c was mapped to be 'copy'. In Neovim config I have vim.keymap.set("v", "<C-c>", "\"+y&...
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fzf.vim - How to search git branch command with git log preview?
I'm trying to create neovim fzf command FzfGBranches to use git branch -a as query, and use git log --oneline as fzf preview:
command! -bang -nargs=0 FzfGBranches
\ call fzf#vim#grep(
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Neovim+PHP basic set up
I’ve been using Vim for years want to try out nvim and a bit confused. Can someone please assist me on how to set up a simple config with Lsp intelephense for php, commenting lines, show folds and fzf....
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Packer or config structure problem
I'm trying to port my nvim configuration to another desktop, but I can't seem to figure out how to make packer work.
I enter nvim and I don't see any errors regarding packer at startup, just about ...
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How to prevent left/right arrow from cycling through completion candidates on the :cmdline?
Say I have 4 files in current directory:
file-bar-01.txt
file-bar-02.txt
file-foo-01.txt
file-foo-02.txt
Next, I want to save current buffer to a new file file-foo-03.txt. So I enter :w f and then ...
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NeoVim: Following the instructions in ":h clipboard-wsl" not work? It shows "no provider" but also "ok" in ":checkhealth"?
I am using neovim on archlinux/WSL2, and try to communicate with the Windows clipboard in neovim.
Following the instructions in :h clipboard-wsl, I filled in init.lua with code:
vim.g.clipboard = {
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Alt > or Alt < mappings do not work
I am trying to configure the key mappings for the barbar plugin commands, specifically the BufferMovePrevious and BufferMoveNext actions. The desired key combinations are Alt < and Alt >. ...
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How to autoformat with efm-langserver
I just want autoformat on save, I don't want it to have any delay.
And they say efm-langserver is best choice.
After I installed via AUR yay -S efm-langserver, that's only I know what to do.
How do I ...
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Neovim append method does not works on matchpairs
I want to append <:> to vim.opt.matchpairs, which AFAIK is a string type.
Neovim lua doc says:
vim.opt:append()
Option:append(value)
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LeftMouse focus window without moving cursor
Is there a way for clicking on a Vim window to focus that window if inactive (without moving the cursor), then move the cursor if the window is already active?
Here's what I've got so far:
function ...
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How to check if a function is deprecated using NeoVim Lua api
I'm currently working on neovim plugins that use vim functions through the Lua API. However, I'm not sure how to determine if a particular Vim API function is deprecated or not using the Lua API. For ...
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How to remove non printable chars in lua?
I am using astronvim.
Installed copilot and set hotkey ctrl+l.
Here is the code itself, lua on top, plugin below.
mappings.lua file
return {
n = {
["b"] = { "<Plug>Sneak_S&...
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Neovim startup: faster on the second run, how do I warm it up?
I noticed that the second time I run nvim it loads much faster (on Windows 11).
Ideally, what I want is this something like nvim --warmup-then-exit, which I would run on session startup/login. How ...
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error "attempt to index global 'keymaps' (a nil value)"
I am on Mac with nvim v0.9.0. I have the following „init.lua“ config loaded:
vim.g.mapleader = '<Space>'
local keymap = vim.keymap
keymap.set("i","jk","<ESC>")...
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Making vim-fugitive compatible with file explorers
I have the vim-fugitive plugin and use :G a lot. If I have NERDTree as a plug or netrw enabled then :G will open either a NERDTree file or a netrw file instead of the usual fugitive file with the ...
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NeoVim - Interact with the thing that pop ups when you type in a command
Questions
How can I type something in there?
What even is the name of this thing?
Problem
If you type in for example
:!echo 'Hello World'
This kinda terminal thing pops up
I want to interact with ...
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