No --server option

[xelra]

I'd like to connect to a remote Neovim session. Similar to how it's done in Neovim-Qt, I tried nyaovim --server <tcpSocket>, but there doesn't seem to be a --server option. Can NyaoVim connect to a remote Neovim? If not, I'd like to request that feature.

[justinmk]

nvr provides this. Also, starting with NVIM_LISTEN_ADDRESS environment variable, should work.

[xelra]

It is unclear to me how nvr is going to do this for NyaoVim. From what I read on the project page, nvr is a tool for controlling Neovim from cli and scripts.

I understand the NVIM_LISTEN_ADDRESS approach though. Thanks.

I'll simply create a nvim process on the server and bind it to a specific unix socket. Then I will run NyaoVim on my local machine and also bind it to a specific unix socket with NVIM_LISTEN_ADDRESS. Then I use ssh -L local_socket:remote_socket to connect both sockets.

[xelra]

After spending the evening on getting this to work with NVIM_LISTEN_ADDRESS, I can say it doesn't work.

I can create the listening server process and the ssh socket forward, but the only way I can connect from my local machine is with nvim-qt --server user@1.2.3.4.

Connecting to the server was not possible with either NVIM_LISTEN_ADDRESS=/tmp/nvim.socket nvim or NVIM_LISTEN_ADDRESS=/tmp/nvim.socket nyaovim.

So as far as I can see, the --server option seems to be a necessity.