Unable to config neovim-qt

[Cruising0904]

In neovim I put gui font it works though
I can't configure from ginit.vim

in ginit.vim

it gives error like above 'not an editor blah blah' in neovim-qt
I want to config background transparent

I have looked through docs and issues seems like it does not recognize ginit.vim on my machine.

[jgehrig]

A few comments, and things to try...

You don't need to include the : in ginit.vim.

Check if :GuiWindowOpacity 0.9 works when run from neovim-qt manually.

Ensure the function GuiWindowOpacity exists in the file /usr/share/nvim-qt/runtime/plugin/nvim_gui_shim.vim.

Ensure ginit.vim is located at ~/.config/nvim/ginit.vim.

Try temporarily removing your dotfiles symlink.

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If it still doesn't work after all of the above, let me know and we can debug further.

[Cruising0904]

I am using lazyvim for my config when I launch nvim-qt it gives error first picture
When I remove my dotfiles does not complain though hard to tell if the option is affected, seems like nothing happens

[kierun]

I switched to lazy yesterday and lo and behold, I have the same issue. 💯 happy to blame lazy, but as it is popular, it might be worth getting to the bottom of this. As usual, I am happy to test things.

The commands that do not work are:

√ ; rg Gui ~/.config/nvim/ginit.vim
GuiFont! PragmataProMonoLiga Nerd Font:h8
GuiTabline 0
GuiPopupmenu 0
GuiRenderLigature 1

✓ ; nvim-qt --version
NVIM-QT v0.2.18.9999
Build type: Release
Compilation: -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wunused-variable
Qt Version: 5.15.9
Environment:
  nvim: nvim
  args: --cmd let &rtp.=',/home/usr/bin/../share/nvim-qt/runtime' --cmd set termguicolors
  runtime: /home/usr/bin/../share/nvim-qt/runtime

NVIM v0.10.0-dev-350+gc9f47fca8
Build type: RelWithDebInfo
LuaJIT 2.1.0-beta3
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I do not have the shim installed…

[kierun]

I checked lazy and found this issue, which describes the problem and solution: install the shim.

I added "equalsraf/neovim-gui-shim" to the list of plugins and now everything is fine.

[zacuke]

The linked issue suggests that Lazy isn't planning to address this. Would it be possible to integrate a solution like "equalsraf/neovim-gui-shim" or something similar directly into neovim-qt? Alternatively, is there a post-hook or another mechanism that could restore the path if it gets overwritten?

At the very least, it would be helpful to have a message or warning that points us toward a potential solution.

[equalsraf]

So it seems lazy clears the rtp somehow. lazy itself provides an option (config.performance.rtp.reset = false) to avoid this problem which is mentioned in both the tickets as the only workaround for this

folke/lazy.nvim#23 (comment)

but the default behavior is to reset the rtp, so whenever lazy is used with nvim-qt the gui plugin is never loaded.

The other fix I've seen in some issues is to manually load the gui shim as a plugin. Which works but it is just doing through the plugin manager what was already being done.

As for a solution on our side

At the very least, it would be helpful to have a message or warning that points us toward a potential solution.

It would. But we have a bit of bootstrapping problem here. The shim is already included with the install, it just can't be loaded through the rtp option in the command line. So the code that would help us warn the user cannot be loaded :D

We also cannot warn too hard and risk annoying the user - in particular when doing remote attachment the shim cannot be loaded and that is actually not an error.

I guess the path forward is to move to a setup where all the shim code is loaded through the api instead of relying on nvim finding it in the filesystem. But this will take a bit of work.