Visual Studio Code and Neovim extension

Cromulent · 13 Jun 2024 at 13:44

I've been using Visual Studio Code for some time now and it has been pretty good. I decided I wanted to learn Vim then found the Neovim plugin which embeds Neovim into VS Code. This works fine for awhile but after a period of time I get a message saying that Neovim has disconnected and then the editor just goes back to the standard controls and I have no idea why.

Has anyone else had this problem?

Craig321 · 13 Jun 2024 at 16:39

You hitting a shortcut to turn it off or something?

Cromulent · 13 Jun 2024 at 16:44

Craig321 said:
You hitting a shortcut to turn it off or something?

Not that I am aware of. It sometimes comes up with a message similar to this: "Neovim has disconnected". But it is sporadic and not predictable.

shifty_uk · 14 Jun 2024 at 14:01

Can you not raise this with the developers?
https://github.com/vscode-neovim/vscode-neovim/issues (assuming it's this plugin)

Tried vim, couldn't get to grips with it quickly enough to be productive so bailed.

MatteRB26 · 24 Jun 2024 at 21:41

Is this at all similar to your issue? https://github.com/vscode-neovim/vscode-neovim/issues/1684

I took the deep dive this year and went straight from JetBrains into raw nvim, but I can have a try with Vscode tomorrow.

I haven't personally checked but how different is the neovim extension to Vim? Try the Vim plugin as that provides Vim motions which is what most people actually want out of (neo)vim anyway. A current co-worker has used Vscode with the Vim extension for years.

Cromulent · 25 Jun 2024 at 08:39

MatteRB26 said:
Is this at all similar to your issue? https://github.com/vscode-neovim/vscode-neovim/issues/1684

I took the deep dive this year and went straight from JetBrains into raw nvim, but I can have a try with Vscode tomorrow.

I haven't personally checked but how different is the neovim extension to Vim? Try the Vim plugin as that provides Vim motions which is what most people actually want out of (neo)vim anyway. A current co-worker has used Vscode with the Vim extension for years.

That looks similar. I get the "Neovim has disconnected" message but not the error code message. I'm half thinking of going back to Jetbrains as I just want something that works all the time.

MatteRB26 · 25 Jun 2024 at 10:43

So I just installed VSCode Neovim and it seems to work fine for me out of the box, I'll keep using it for a bit and see what happens.

I occasionally miss Rider for .NET stuff - right now I'm using nvim for editing and VS for debugging which sucks. I need to sort netcoredbg out so I can debug in nvim...

Cromulent · 25 Jun 2024 at 14:45

Started using PyCharm with the Vim plugin and it is pretty good. I have a 30 day trial and I'll see if I can move over to it in that period.

Cromulent · 26 Jun 2024 at 16:36

Went back to Pycharm so just need to make an ideavimrc file to customise it now.

MatteRB26 · 4 Jul 2024 at 21:49

Cromulent said:
Went back to Pycharm so just need to make an ideavimrc file to customise it now.

I'm debating looking at just getting Rider going with the Vim extensions as getting nvim to work nicely with .net is... Hassle.

What's the customisation like on the JetBrains side for vim? Used Rider for years but not with the Vim plugin

Cromulent · 5 Jul 2024 at 04:53

MatteRB26 said:
I'm debating looking at just getting Rider going with the Vim extensions as getting nvim to work nicely with .net is... Hassle.

What's the customisation like on the JetBrains side for vim? Used Rider for years but not with the Vim plugin

The README file in the repo explains some of what can be done:

GitHub - JetBrains/ideavim: IdeaVim – A Vim engine for JetBrains IDEs

IdeaVim – A Vim engine for JetBrains IDEs. Contribute to JetBrains/ideavim development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com