Document updating component upon user events

[gbroques]

As a beginner new to Neovim autocommands, configuring heirline.nvim with a plugin that requires updatin a component upon a user event was a challenge.

For example, I created an LspMessages component with heirline.nvim that relies on linrongbin16/lsp-progress.nvim for the provider and needs to be updated when the LspProgressStatusUpdated user event is emitted:

local LspMessages = {
  provider = require('lsp-progress').progress,
  update = {
    'User',
    pattern = 'LspProgressStatusUpdated',
    callback = vim.schedule_wrap(function()
      vim.cmd('redrawstatus')
    end),
  }
}

The only example of update with a pattern in the cookbook is a builtin event for refreshing a cmoponent when the mode changes:

update = {
    "ModeChanged",
    pattern = "*:*",
    callback = vim.schedule_wrap(function()
        vim.cmd("redrawstatus")
    end),
},

The mistake I made was extrapolating the builtin event example for the user event:

local LspMessages = {
  provider = require('lsp-progress').progress,
  update = {
    'LspProgressStatusUpdated', -- ❌ Needs to be 'User'
    pattern = '*:*', -- ❌ Needs to be 'LspProgressStatusUpdated'
    callback = vim.schedule_wrap(function()
      vim.cmd('redrawstatus')
    end),
  }
}

The error you get with the above is "Invalid 'event': 'LspProgressStatusUpdated'".

I'm sure those more familiar with autocommands in Neovim wouldn't make this mistake, but for beginners an example for user events might be helpful!

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Thank you again. heirline.nvim is very cool for building a customized statusline! :sunglasses:

[linrongbin16]

hi @gbroques, also please pay attention that default 'lsp-progress' will handle the escaping of '%' char, e.g. double the '%'.

see: https://github.com/linrongbin16/lsp-progress.nvim/blob/cabf7fde50cc0dad367a03a1542d9670d1118bd0/lua/lsp-progress/defaults.lua#L83

and: https://github.com/linrongbin16/lsp-progress.nvim/blob/cabf7fde50cc0dad367a03a1542d9670d1118bd0/lua/lsp-progress/defaults.lua#L88

these two lines will transfer '%' to '%%'. also see related discuss why I am doing it: https://github.com/linrongbin16/lsp-progress.nvim/issues/98

heirline could have different behavior from lualine.

also it's super welcome if you could submit PR to give people a sample, share how you integrate lsp-progress with heirline.

[gbroques]

hi @gbroques, also please pay attention that default 'lsp-progress' will handle the escaping of '%' char, e.g. double the '%'.

see: https://github.com/linrongbin16/lsp-progress.nvim/blob/cabf7fde50cc0dad367a03a1542d9670d1118bd0/lua/lsp-progress/defaults.lua#L83

and: https://github.com/linrongbin16/lsp-progress.nvim/blob/cabf7fde50cc0dad367a03a1542d9670d1118bd0/lua/lsp-progress/defaults.lua#L88

these two lines will transfer '%' to '%%'. also see related discuss why I am doing it: linrongbin16/lsp-progress.nvim#98

heirline could have different behavior from lualine.

Thank you for note about the % escaping behavior!

also it's super welcome if you could submit PR to give people a sample, share how you integrate lsp-progress with heirline.

Sure! I'll consider submitting a PR for that then. Thanks again! :)