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Development of Lunarvim

Getting started​

We recommend setting up a symlink to your fork:

cd ~/.local/share/lunarvim/
ln -s ~/dev/Lunarvim ~/.local/share/lunarvim/lvim_dev

Your output should be something like:

$ ls -a
lrwxrwxrwx  1 user user   37 sep 23 14:35 lvim_dev -> /home/user/dev/LunarVim

Now switch your lvim to the development setup:

cd ~/.local/share/lunarvim/
mv lvim lvim_back
mv lvim_dev lvim

Going back to lvim

cd ~/.local/share/lunarvim/
mv lvim lvim_dev
mv lvim_back lvim

To test that you can get some output from lvim add the following to your init.lua file in your fork.

print ("it works")
lvim

Now type :messages. Happy contributing!

Lua + Neovim = ❤️​

To get started, this guide covers many points that will get you going with Lua and how Neovim works.

Official Documentation​

The reference manual is the official definition of the Lua language.

If you don't know about it, DevDocs combines multiple API documentations in a fast, organized, and searchable interface.

Neovim Documentation​

Neovim provides a standard library which you should know about.

It provides many functions that you wish were implemented in Lua's stdlib, for instance strings.split.

It also comes with a LSP framework and much more.

Style Guide​

LuaRock style guide is a complete work that deserves a look if you want learn how to write consistent and robust code.

It is based on many pre-existing guides, provides rationals for all their decisions, and worked successfully in a long-running project.

Code Quality​

To ensure code quality and a consistent style, our CI uses the following tools:

  • Lua:
    • Stylua. An opinionated Lua code formatter.
    • Luacheck. A tool for linting and static analysis of Lua code.
  • Shell
    • Shfmt. A shell parser, formatter, and interpreter with bash support.
    • Shellcheck. A static analysis tool for shell scripts.