Issues

Tip

This page is not frequently updated, so if you can't find anything useful here, please also check the open and closed issues.

What is the procedure for uninstalling all plugins?

rm -rf ~/.local/share/nvim/site/lazy/*

Caution

The aforementioned command is exclusively for Unix-like systems. If you are using a different operating system, the most reliable method to determine the path of installed plugins is by typing

:echo stdpath("data")."/site/lazy/*"

in Neovim.

Telescope colorscheme preview is not working

Check out this comment.

nvim-qt command not showing up

lazy.nvim will reset the rtp for better performance. In this case, nvim-qt's rtp got reset, so it's not shown in the command candidate. Add vim.api.nvim_command("set runtimepath+=" .. global.home .. "/path/to/nvim-qt/runtime") after require("core.pack") in core/init.lua to add nvim-qt's rtp back.

Clipboard for WSL2 users

Please refer to the FAQ and ensure that win32yank.exe is added to your $PATH. We avoid using clip.exe for copying because it does not handle UTF-8 strings correctly. For more details, please see this issue.

LSP servers do not start automatically

Please review this file to ensure that your directory can be detected as a valid working directory. For example (gopls):

Your root directory need a go.mod and your .go file need to be created first. Then LSP will autostart when you edit .go file next time.

How to setup GitHub Copilot

First ensure that your GitHub account is registered for Copilot. Then use the :Copilot auth command to complete the setup.

Warning

If your GitHub account does not have an active Copilot subscription, you may encounter unexpected issues if, for some reason, you have completed the authentication process.

How do I add my custom snippets?

Tip

The base configuration includes a verbatim copy of package.json from friendly-snippets in the snips directory. For more advanced usage, please refer to LuaSnip's documentation.

To add your own snippets, follow these steps (assuming you want to add snippets for golang):

1. Verify the location of the snippet file for your language as defined in package.json.

2. Create a snippets/go.json file and populate it with content similar to this:

touch snippets/go.json

3. Finally, confirm that your new snippets are working as expected.

LSP server startup failed

To ensure that the LSPs installed from npm operate correctly, it's crucial to use the latest LTS version (e.g., v16.13.2).

Detailed debugging information can be found in ~/.cache/nvim/lsp.log.

To review the most recent error details, you can use tail ~/.cache/nvim/lsp.log.

Breakpoint not reached when debugging C/C++ projects

Ensure that you compile your program with the -g flag (or equivalent) enabled to include debugging information.

Change dashboard startup image

Set dashboard_image in lua/user/settings.lua, i.e.:

settings["dashboard_image"] = {
	-- Your ascii image
}

How to remove nvimdots

• *nix:

rm -rf ~/.config/nvim
rm -rf ~/.local/share/nvim

• Windows:

Remove these two folders: ~\AppData\Local\nvim and ~\AppData\Local\nvim-data.

Tip

To completely uninstall Neovim and delete all associated data, refer to :h stdpath() and remove all paths listed there.

Issues while using clangd

Ensure that at least one of the following tools is available on your $PATH (depending on the language you are using with the server):

• clang++
• clang
• gcc
• g++

macOS

For macOS users, you can often achieve this by installing LLVM, which includes the entire suite:

brew install llvm

If you are using nix-darwin, then add pkgs.llvm to environment.systemPackages:

Example darwin-configuration.nix

{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }:

let
  inherit (pkgs) callPackage fetchFromGitHub;
  inherit (builtins) fetchTarball;

  homeDir = builtins.getEnv "HOME";

in
{
  # auto gc
  nix = {
    gc = {
      automatic = true;
      options = "--max-freed $((25 * 1024**3 - 1024 * $(df -P -k /nix/store | tail -n 1 | awk '{ print $4 }')))";
    };
    package = pkgs.nixUnstable;

    # enable flake and experimental command
    extraOptions = ''
      auto-optimise-store = true
      experimental-features = nix-command flakes
      keep-outputs = true
      keep-derivations = true
      trusted-users = root ${username}
    '' + lib.optionalString (pkgs.system == "aarch64-darwin") ''
      extra-platforms = x86_64-darwin aarch64-darwin
    '';
  };

  environment = {
    systemPackages = with pkgs; [
    llvmPackages
    ];

    # add shell installed by nix to /etc/shells
    shells = with pkgs; [
      zsh
    ];

    # Setup environment variables to pass to zshrc
    variables = {
      PATH = "${pkgs.llvmPackages.out}/bin:$PATH";
    };
  };

  services = {
    # Auto upgrade nix package and the daemon service.
    nix-daemon.enable = true;
  };

}