I can't get this plugin to work

[tepene]

I would love to use this extension but I can't get it to work. I must have misunderstood something.

My setup: NVIM v0.9.5 / VSCode 1.86.2 / vscode-neovim v1.6.1

I started with a simple init.lua provided in the README. Just to get started.

if vim.g.vscode then
    print("nvim-vscode")
else
    print("nvim")
end

My settings.json for VSCode has:

{
  // NeoVim
  "extensions.experimental.affinity": {
    "asvetliakov.vscode-neovim": 1
  },
  "vscode-neovim.logLevel": "info",
  "vscode-neovim.logOutputToConsole": true
}

Now, when I open a document in VSCode i see the following in the dedug log:

2024-02-19 21:06:36.753 [info] MainController: starting nvim: nvim -N --embed --cmd source /var/home/stephan/.vscode/extensions/asvetliakov.vscode-neovim-1.6.1/vim/vscode-neovim.vim -S /var/home/stephan/.vscode/extensions/asvetliakov.vscode-neovim-1.6.1/runtime/lua/vscode-neovim/force-options.lua -c cd /var/home/stephan/Code/playground
2024-02-19 21:06:37.161 [info] 
nvim

which for a start tells me, that the vim.g.vscode statement is not working. Anyhow, since I don't configure anything at the moment I went ahead to test basic functionality. If I go into INSERT mode I see:

in my VSCode status bar. But I can't insert anything into the document. Same goes for VISUAL mode. I see

but i can't highlight anything. The cursor is not moving at all.

Can someone help me to get this working? Am I missing something? Are there better ways to debug this?

Thanks. Any help is appreciated.

[justinmk]

which for a start tells me, that the vim.g.vscode statement is not working.

Seems like your init.lua isn't found or applied. In the next release, #1797 will add more info to the logs which might help with this.

but i can't highlight anything. The cursor is not moving at all.

Maybe some vscode mappings are interfering. Try removing your vscode shortcuts (rename/backup your keybindings.json file) and/or disabling all other vscode plugins.

[justinmk]

Try the "clean" setting: https://github.com/vscode-neovim/vscode-neovim?tab=readme-ov-file#troubleshooting

That won't help find your init.lua, but it hopefully fixes the "cursor not moving" issue.

[tepene]

Unfortunately not. Can't move the cursor in clean mode as well

[tepene]

ah ok, you led me on the right path. out of curiosity I downloaded the latest release as bin and modified my settings:

"vscode-neovim.neovimExecutablePaths.linux": "/var/home/stephan/Downloads/nvim-linux64/bin/nvim"

Now it looks way better. I can move the cursor and insert mode is looking good as well.

So it must have to do with my neovim installation. I have neovim installed in a bluefin-cli container with brew install neovim and exported it to the host with distrobox-export --bin /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/nvim --export-path ~/.local/bin. I'll have to investigate that further.

[tepene]

Alright, I can't find the exact problem with my setup at the moment. So I decided to go with the AppImage NeoVim version.

I modified my settings.json in VSCode as follows:

{
  // NeoVim Extension
  "extensions.experimental.affinity": {
    "asvetliakov.vscode-neovim": 1
  },
  "vscode-neovim.neovimExecutablePaths.linux": "/var/home/stephan/Code/__devcontainer/apps/nvim.appimage",
  "vscode-neovim.logOutputToConsole": true,
  "vscode-neovim.logLevel": "info"
}

This works for me. So, when in VSCode it uses the AppImage and when i use NeoVim directly I use my with brew installed version.

Thanks again @justinmk for giving me some hints!!

[justinmk]

So it must have to do with my neovim installation. I have neovim installed in a bluefin-cli container

Thanks for the followup. If you can find a way that vscode-neovim could detect this situation (i.e. some Nvim state or logs that can be checked), please create an issue.

We have created similar checks, for example: #1816