Override improvements

[appelgriebsch]

I just made big steps in my migration from a custom Neovim setup to a configuration based on the starter template for LazyVim (https://github.com/appelgriebsch/Nv).

During the work I figured that it would be nice to add some 'override' functionality to the following items:

• cmp key mappings (in coding.lua)

• cmp sources (in coding.lua)

• additional cmp options (like borders)

• telescope key mappings (in editor.lua)

• telescope extension and their options (in editor.lua)

• mason ui options (in lsp.lua)

• alpha dashboard buttons (in ui.lua)

Maybe a similar override function as in the lualine configuration will be handy to provide a way to override some of the settings in those scenarios?!

[appelgriebsch]

Also: how do I create descriptions for new which-key sub-menus without having to overwrite the whole which-key configuration?...

Here the new DAP menu in wk:

[folke]

I'm working on something that would make configuring plugins easier, but for now:

• cmp: you'll have to override the whole config function in your personal spec, so just plugin name and config function. The rest can stay the same.
• dependencies, keys, event, ft, cmd props are merged, so if you want to add extra keys, you can just specify them in your local spec
• you can also get the super spec that you are overriding in your own spec. See my telescope config as an example:
• https://github.com/folke/dot/blob/master/config/nvim/lua/plugins/telescope.lua
• mason & alpha: for now you need to override the whole config function

for which-key, you can do something like the below:

{
  "folke/which-key.nvim",
  config = function(plugin)
    -- run original config
    plugin._.super.config()
   require("which-key").register(add your own stuff here)

I hope this helps!

[folke]

I just released the new functionality in lazy.nvim that makes extending much easier.

See some examples from my config:

• cmp: https://github.com/folke/dot/blob/a93b0ca30aa8739f3c08800cf0214cd8d2fbbd80/config/nvim/lua/plugins/coding.lua#L179
• telescope: https://github.com/folke/dot/blob/master/config/nvim/lua/plugins/telescope.lua
• for mason, just add extra config in the opts property
• for dashboard, you can make opts a function with params opts = function(plugin, opts). That opts param will have the dashboard that you can then customize.

for which-key:

{
  "folke/which-key.nvim",
  opts = function()
   require("which-key").register(add your own stuff here)
  end
}

I removed all the special properties like override, ensure_installed, servers, setup_server. This is now all handled by the opts property.

For lsp check here

LazyVim/lua/lazyvim/plugins/lsp/init.lua

Line 14 in 2135bc1

opts = {

props are always merged with spec parents. When it is a function, the parent opts are passed as a parameter. You can then change the opts table directly, or return a whole new opts table that will be used instead.

Sorry again for breaking LazyVim, but I hope this will make it all a lot easier to configure and extend!

[appelgriebsch]

Hmmm I followed the changes you mentioned, and also replaced my custom jsonls with your new extra module. But when cleaning my .local/share/nvim files to start from scratch, it still don't load the Treesitter and Mason modules mentioned in the plugin spec opts override...

I also tried to add some print(vim.inspect(opts)) to those override functions, but it doesn't seem to call them....

[folke]

What module doesn't work for you as an example? And where did you put the print statement that doesn't work?

[folke]

@appelgriebsch You are overriding treesitter completely in https://github.com/appelgriebsch/Nv/blob/main/lua/plugins/treesitter.lua

Specs are loaded/merged in order they are specified, so
https://github.com/appelgriebsch/Nv/blob/4ff6e19d95d28fedddbef6e5055a88329dab4392/lua/config/lazy.lua#L18

Would override your extras.

You should probably move the import of the extras after your import = "plugins"

[folke]

You also don't need to add the lsp servers to ensure_installed for mason, since mason-lspconfig already takes care of that. You can fo course keep those additional tools in there. Just remove the lsp ones. (doesn't harm anything, just not needed)

[appelgriebsch]

Updated my configuration this morning and ran a bunch of tests especially with rust and java… works perfectly!

Thanks a lot!

[folke]

See also https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim#%EF%B8%8F-importing-specs-config--opts

[scottames]

This is all super helpful and awesome. Thanks for the awesome hard work @folke! Super excited to dig into Lazy more.