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Has anyone tried writing their NeoVim config in Lua? Is this a good use case for Fennel?

marcofiset 2y ago
There is a plugin to help you do so: https://github.com/Olical/aniseed https://github.com/Olical/aniseed Didn't try it myself though.
Agentlien 2y ago
I just finished converting my rather large (just under 500 lines) init.vim to Lua. It took way longer than I had hoped. I feel like I've forgotten the motivation and what benefits it was supposed to bring. At this point I really don't want to consider another conversion, using Fennel or otherwise.
adregan 2y ago
I think about writing the config in fennel all the time, but I’m not a big config tinkerer and already worry about struggling with Lua when I have an upgrade gone awry. I’ve found the neovim ecosystem to churn way more in recent years than it did when I initially started using it 8 years ago. It really reminds me of the JS ecosystem of the past decade: full featured plugin that works great decides to strip things back so that it’s functionality is all plugable and you suddenly have to wade through 2 major release’s migration docs to get things kind of working like they were before. I digress to point out why it might be hard to have yet another layer to translate through. Though if you don’t have kids, I’d say “go for it!”
adelarsq 2y ago
I have 3500 lines config file in Lua that I have converted from VimScript last year. I see that Lua it's way easier to maintain than VimScript. Fennel solves some Lua kirks, so I think that is a good use case, since Fennel has some cool features that can help to maintain the code. Right now I am moving the plugins that I maintain to Fennel. If interested take a look on the https://github.com/Olical/nfnl https://github.com/Olical/nfnl and https://github.com/gpanders/fennel-repl.nvim https://github.com/gpanders/fennel-repl.nvim plugins.
asymmetric 2y ago
Edit: I meant writing it in Fennel
Graziano_M 2y ago
Yes, I converted mine. I have a bunch of macros that mapping super easy and ergonomic. https://github.com/Grazfather/dotfiles/blob/master/nvim/fnl/config.fnl https://github.com/Grazfather/dotfiles/blob/master/nvim/fnl/...
Olical 2y ago
I've been writing my config and plugins in it for years :) https://github.com/Olical/conjure https://github.com/Olical/conjure https://github.com/Olical/nfnl https://github.com/Olical/nfnl

There is a plugin to help you do so: https://github.com/Olical/aniseed https://github.com/Olical/aniseed Didn't try it myself though.

Agentlien 2y ago

I just finished converting my rather large (just under 500 lines) init.vim to Lua. It took way longer than I had hoped. I feel like I've forgotten the motivation and what benefits it was supposed to bring. At this point I really don't want to consider another conversion, using Fennel or otherwise.

adregan 2y ago

I think about writing the config in fennel all the time, but I’m not a big config tinkerer and already worry about struggling with Lua when I have an upgrade gone awry. I’ve found the neovim ecosystem to churn way more in recent years than it did when I initially started using it 8 years ago. It really reminds me of the JS ecosystem of the past decade: full featured plugin that works great decides to strip things back so that it’s functionality is all plugable and you suddenly have to wade through 2 major release’s migration docs to get things kind of working like they were before. I digress to point out why it might be hard to have yet another layer to translate through. Though if you don’t have kids, I’d say “go for it!”

adelarsq 2y ago

I have 3500 lines config file in Lua that I have converted from VimScript last year. I see that Lua it's way easier to maintain than VimScript. Fennel solves some Lua kirks, so I think that is a good use case, since Fennel has some cool features that can help to maintain the code. Right now I am moving the plugins that I maintain to Fennel. If interested take a look on the https://github.com/Olical/nfnl https://github.com/Olical/nfnl and https://github.com/gpanders/fennel-repl.nvim https://github.com/gpanders/fennel-repl.nvim plugins.

asymmetric 2y ago

Edit: I meant writing it in Fennel

Graziano_M 2y ago

Yes, I converted mine. I have a bunch of macros that mapping super easy and ergonomic. https://github.com/Grazfather/dotfiles/blob/master/nvim/fnl/config.fnl https://github.com/Grazfather/dotfiles/blob/master/nvim/fnl/...

Olical 2y ago

I've been writing my config and plugins in it for years :) https://github.com/Olical/conjure https://github.com/Olical/conjure https://github.com/Olical/nfnl https://github.com/Olical/nfnl