Super slow loading times loading snippets with LuaSnip

[0xfraso]

Loading friendly-snippets using LuaSnip require("luasnip.loaders.from_vscode").load({ paths = { "~/.local/share/nvim/lazy/friendly-snippets/" } }) works fine but takes about 6-700ms according to lazy.nvim startup stats.

[rafamadriz]

If you use lazy_load() loading time will improve a lot. However note that if you use lazy_load() friendly-snippets will need to be added as a dependencie of LuaSnip, like mentioned in the README https://github.com/rafamadriz/friendly-snippets#with-lazynvim

I get these loading times (I'd say they are fast considering there's no lazyloading for plugins being made):

With the following config:

local temp_dir = vim.loop.os_getenv("TEMP") or "/tmp"
local install_dir = temp_dir .. "/lazy-nvim"

-- set stdpaths to use "/tmp/lazy-nvim"
for _, name in ipairs({ "config", "data", "state", "cache" }) do
    vim.env[("XDG_%s_HOME"):format(name:upper())] = install_dir .. "/" .. name
end

-- bootstrap lazy
local lazypath = install_dir .. "/plugins/lazy.nvim"
if not vim.loop.fs_stat(lazypath) then
    vim.fn.system({
        "git",
        "clone",
        "--filter=blob:none",
        "--single-branch",
        "https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim.git",
        lazypath,
    })
end
vim.opt.runtimepath:prepend(lazypath)

-- install plugins
-- modify according to which snippet engine,etc you're using
local plugins = {
    {
        -- snippet engine is necessary to load snippets
        "L3MON4D3/LuaSnip",
        dependencies = { "rafamadriz/friendly-snippets" },
        config = function()
            require("luasnip.loaders.from_vscode").lazy_load({})
        end,
    },
    {
        -- completion engine is not needed but makes debuggin much easir
        -- since you type and instantly see if snippets are being loaded
        "hrsh7th/nvim-cmp",
        config = function()
            local cmp = require("cmp")
            cmp.setup({
                snippet = {
                    expand = function(args)
                        require("luasnip").lsp_expand(args.body)
                    end,
                },
                mapping = cmp.mapping.preset.insert({
                    ["<C-b>"] = cmp.mapping.scroll_docs(-4),
                    ["<C-f>"] = cmp.mapping.scroll_docs(4),
                    ["<C-Space>"] = cmp.mapping.complete(),
                    ["<C-e>"] = cmp.mapping.abort(),
                    ["<CR>"] = cmp.mapping.confirm({ select = true }),
                }),
                sources = cmp.config.sources({
                    { name = "luasnip" },
                }),
            })
        end,
    },
    -- cmp completion source for snippets
    "saadparwaiz1/cmp_luasnip",
}
require("lazy").setup(plugins, {
    root = install_dir .. "/plugins",
})

vim.opt.termguicolors = true

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