How to use `volt` for neovim

[vlcinsky]

As I am using nvim as my default editor (and vim is used only in some exceptional cases), I am searching for ways to use volt to manage neovim plugins and configuration.

Currently it seems as volt is focusing only on vim and I had to use ~/.config/nvim/nvim/init.vim file with following content:

set runtimepath^=~/.vim runtimepath+=~/.vim/after
let &packpath = &runtimepath
source ~/.vim/vimrc

This allows reusing the ~/volt/rc/default/vimrc.vim by neovim, but it seems a bit too many steps.

It would be nice to have ~/.config/nvim/init.vim updated the same way, as is done for vim, e.g. by copying/symlinkng ~/volt/rc/<profile>/init.nvim file.

Another topic is location of plugin directory, which differs at neovim and shall put packages into ~/.config/nvim/pack.

Ideal solution would be, if volt would allow managing vimrc/init.vim files and plugin directories in their default location.

[felikcat]

Making volt function for Neovim development (prerelease) builds; tested on Windows 10.

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Pre-setup Run Powershell as Administrator, then execute: Set-ItemProperty 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem' -Name 'LongPathsEnabled' -Value 1 Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -scope CurrentUser

Run Powershell as non-administrator, then execute in order: Invoke-Expression (New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://get.scoop.sh') scoop install 7zip sudo innounp dark aria2 git scoop bucket add versions scoop install neovim-nightly

Create volt_for_neovim.bat and insert the following contents:

mklink /H %USERPROFILE%\scoop\apps\neovim-nightly\current\bin\vim.exe %USERPROFILE%\scoop\apps\neovim-nightly\current\bin\nvim.exe
mkdir %LOCALAPPDATA%\nvim\pack
mklink /D %LOCALAPPDATA%\nvim\pack %USERPROFILE%\vimfiles\pack
pause

Run volt_for_neovim.bat as Administrator, and you're done.

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