impatient.nvim and vim-plug

[luetage]

I haven’t seen this mentioned here. I used vim-plug as package manager before making the switch to packer. The impatient readme only mentions instructions for packer, but I tried impatient out on both managers to compare the results, otherwise same plugins and settings. Startup times tested with vim-startuptime (command line program). Mentioned times are averages after 10 loads.

• vim-plug: In init.lua I loaded options, then required my plugin setup file and in this file required impatient directly after plug#end without impatient: 126ms with impatient: 84ms
• packer: Startup with compiled packer file and required impatient at top of init.lua. No lazy loaded plugins. without impatient: 121ms with impatient: 82ms

I’d argue it’s perfectly viable to run impatient in combination with vim-plug on a modern neovim setup with lua config. I probably won’t go back to vim-plug, but it could be mentioned in the readme. The savings are comparable.

[lewis6991]

People can use any plugin manager they want. The README just specifies packer as an example. It isn't a goal to specify instructions for every plugin manager.

[luetage]

I understand that now. But reading the instructions it isn’t obvious. I thought I am forced to use packer, or it won’t work.