<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><htmlxmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><metaname="viewport"content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"><metahttp-equiv="Content-Type"content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/><title>AppendixB.Release Notes</title><linkrel="stylesheet"type="text/css"href="style.css"/><scriptsrc="highlight.min.js"type="text/javascript"></script><scriptsrc="highlight.load.js"type="text/javascript"></script><metaname="generator"content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.79.2"/><linkrel="home"href="index.html"title="neovim-flake Manual"/><linkrel="up"href="index.html"title="neovim-flake Manual"/><linkrel="prev"href="options.html"title="AppendixA.Configuration Options"/></head><body><divclass="navheader"><tablewidth="100%"summary="Navigation header"><tr><thcolspan="3"align="center">AppendixB.Release Notes</th></tr><tr><tdwidth="20%"align="left"><aaccesskey="p"href="options.html">Prev</a></td><thwidth="60%"align="center"></th><tdwidth="20%"align="right"></td></tr></table><hr/></div><divclass="appendix"><divclass="titlepage"><div><div><h1class="title"><aid="ch-release-notes"></a>AppendixB.Release Notes</h1></div></div></div><divclass="toc"><dlclass="toc"><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="release-notes.html#sec-release-0.1">B.1. Release 0.1</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="release-notes.html#sec-release-0.1-changelog">B.1.1. Changelog</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="release-notes.html#sec-release-0.2">B.2. Release 0.2</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="release-notes.html#sec-release-0.2-changelog">B.2.1. Changelog</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="release-notes.html#sec-release-0.3">B.3. Release 0.3</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="release-notes.html#sec-release-0.3-changelog">B.3.1. Changelog</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="release-notes.html#sec-release-0.4">B.4. Release 0.4</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="release-notes.html#sec-release-0.4-changelog">B.4.1. Changelog</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="release-notes.html#sec-release-0.5">B.5. Release 0.5</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="release-notes.html#sec-release-0.5-changelog">B.5.1. Changelog</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></div><p>This section lists the release notes for tagged version of neovim-flake and current main.</p><divclass="section"><divclass="titlepage"><div><div><h2class="title"style="clear: both"><aid="sec-release-0.1"></a>B.1.Release 0.1</h2></div></div></div><p>This is the current master branch and information here is not final. These are changes from the v0.01 tag.</p><p>Special thanks to <aclass="link"href="https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/"target="_top">home-manager</a> for this release. Docs/manual generation, the new module evaluation system, and DAG implementation are from them.</p><divclass="section"><divclass="titlepage"><div><div><h3class="title"><aid="sec-release-0.1-changelog"></a>B.1.1.Changelog</h3></div></div></div><p><aclass="link"href="https://github.com/jordanisaacs"target="_top">jordanisaacs</a>:</p><divclass="itemizedlist"><ulclass="itemizedlist"style="list-style-type: disc; "><liclass="listitem">
Removed hare language support (lsp/tree-sitter/etc). <codeclass="literal">vim.lsp.hare</code> is no longer defined. If you use hare and would like it added back, please file an issue.
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<aclass="xref"href="options.html#opt-vim.startPlugins"><codeclass="option">vim.startPlugins</code></a>&<aclass="xref"href="options.html#opt-vim.optPlugins"><codeclass="option">vim.optPlugins</code></a> are now an enum of <codeclass="literal">string</code> for options sourced from the flake inputs. Users can still provide vim plugin packages.
</p><pclass="simpara">If you are contributing and adding a new plugin, add the plugin name to <codeclass="literal">availablePlugins</code> in <aclass="link"href="https://github.com/jordanisaacs/neovim-flake/blob/20cec032bd74bc3d20ac17ce36cd84786a04fd3e/modules/lib/types-plugin.nix"target="_top">types-plugin.nix</a>.</p></li><liclass="listitem">
<codeclass="literal">neovimBuilder</code> has been removed for configuration. Using an overlay is no longer required. See the manual for the new way to configuration.
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Treesitter grammars are now configurable with <aclass="xref"href="options.html#opt-vim.treesitter.grammars"><codeclass="option">vim.treesitter.grammars</code></a>. Utilizes the nixpkgs <codeclass="literal">nvim-treesitter</code> plugin rather than a custom input in order to take advantage of build support of pinned versions. See <aclass="link"href="https://discourse.nixos.org/t/psa-if-you-are-on-unstable-try-out-nvim-treesitter-withallgrammars/23321?u=snowytrees"target="_top">discourse</a> for more information. Packages can be found under the <codeclass="literal">vimPlugins.nvim-treesitter.builtGrammars</code> namespace.
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<aclass="xref"href="options.html#opt-vim.configRC"><codeclass="option">vim.configRC</code></a> and <aclass="xref"href="options.html#opt-vim.luaConfigRC"><codeclass="option">vim.luaConfigRC</code></a> are now of type DAG lines. This allows for ordering of the config. Usage is the same is in home-manager’s <codeclass="literal">home.activation</code> option.
<codeclass="literal">catppuccin</code> theme is now available as a neovim theme <aclass="xref"href="options.html#opt-vim.theme.style"><codeclass="option">vim.theme.style</code></a> and lualine theme <aclass="xref"href="options.html#opt-vim.statusline.lualine.theme"><codeclass="option">vim.statusline.lualine.theme</code></a>.
</li></ul></div></div></div><divclass="section"><divclass="titlepage"><div><div><h2class="title"style="clear: both"><aid="sec-release-0.2"></a>B.2.Release 0.2</h2></div></div></div><p>Release notes for release 0.2</p><divclass="section"><divclass="titlepage"><div><div><h3class="title"><aid="sec-release-0.2-changelog"></a>B.2.1.Changelog</h3></div></div></div><p><aclass="link"href="https://github.com/notashelf"target="_top">notashelf</a>:</p><divclass="itemizedlist"><ulclass="itemizedlist"style="list-style-type: disc; "><liclass="listitem">
Added two minimap plugins under <codeclass="literal">vim.minimap</code>. <codeclass="literal">codewindow.nvim</code> is enabled by default, while <codeclass="literal">minimap.vim</code> is available with its code-minimap dependency.
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A complementary plugin, ‘obsidian.nvim` and the Neovim alternative for Emacs’ orgmode with <codeclass="literal">orgmode.nvim</code> have been added. Both will be disabled by default.
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Smooth scrolling for ANY movement command is now available with <codeclass="literal">cinnamon.nvim</code>
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You will now notice a dashboard on startup. This is provided by the <codeclass="literal">alpha.nvim</code> plugin. You can use any of the three available dashboard plugins, or disable them entirely.
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There is now a scrollbar on active buffers, which can highlight errors by hooking to your LSPs. This is on by default, but can be toggled off under <codeclass="literal">vim.visuals</code> if seen necessary.
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Discord Rich Presence has been added through <codeclass="literal">presence.nvim</code> for those who want to flex that they are using the <spanclass="strong"><strong>superior</strong></span> text editor.
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An icon picker is now available with telescope integration. You can use <codeclass="literal">:IconPickerInsert</code> or <codeclass="literal">:IconPickerYank</code> to add icons to your code.
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A general purpose cheatsheet has been added through <codeclass="literal">cheatsheet.nvim</code>. Forget no longer!
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<codeclass="literal">ccc.nvim</code> has been added to the default plugins to allow picking colors with ease.
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Most UI components of Neovim have been replaced through the help of <codeclass="literal">noice.nvim</code>. There are also notifications and custom UI elements available for Neovim messages and prompts.
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A (floating by default) terminal has been added through <codeclass="literal">toggleterm.nvim</code>.
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Harness the power of ethical (<codeclass="literal">tabnine.nvim</code>) and not-so-ethical (<codeclass="literal">copilot.lua</code>) AI by those new assistant plugins. Both are off by default, TabNine needs to be wrapped before it’s working.
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Experimental mouse gestures have been addede through <codeclass="literal">gesture.nvim</code>. See plugin page and the relevant module for more details on how to use.
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Re-open last visited buffers via <codeclass="literal">nvim-session-manager</code>. Disabled by default as deleting buffers seems to be problematic at the moment.
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Most of NvimTree’s configuration options have been changed with some options being toggled to off by default.
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Lualine had its configuration simplified and style toned down. Less color, more info.
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Modules where multiple plugin configurations were in the same directory have been simplified. Each plugin inside a single module gets its own directory to be imported.
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Separate config options with the same parent attribute have been merged into one for simplicity.
</li></ul></div></div></div><divclass="section"><divclass="titlepage"><div><div><h2class="title"style="clear: both"><aid="sec-release-0.3"></a>B.3.Release 0.3</h2></div></div></div><p>Release 0.3 had to come out beore I wanted it to due to Neovim 0.9 dropping into nixpkgs-unstable. The treesitter changes
have prompted a treesitter rework, which was followed by reworking the languages system. Most of the changes to those are downstreamed
from the original repository. The feature requests that was originally planned for 0.3 have been moved to 0.4, which
should come out soon.</p><divclass="section"><divclass="titlepage"><div><div><h3class="title"><aid="sec-release-0.3-changelog"></a>B.3.1.Changelog</h3></div></div></div><divclass="itemizedlist"><ulclass="itemizedlist"style="list-style-type: disc; "><liclass="listitem">
We have transitioned to flake-parts, from flake-utils to extend the flexibility of this flake. This means the flake structure
is different than usual, but the functionality remains the same.
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We now provide a home-manager module. Do note that it is still far from perfect, but it works.
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<codeclass="literal">nodejs_16</code> is now bundled with <codeclass="literal">Copilot.lua</code> if the user has enabled Copilot assistant.
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which-key section titles have been fixed. This is to be changed once again in a possible keybind rewrite, but now it should
display the correct titles instad of <codeclass="literal">+prefix</code>
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Most of <codeclass="literal">presence.nvim</code>'s options have been made fully configurable through your configuration file.
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Most of the modules have been refactored to separate <codeclass="literal">config</code> and <codeclass="literal">options</code> attributes.
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Darwin has been deprecated as the zig package is marked as broken. We will attempt to use the zig overlay to return Darwin
support.
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<codeclass="literal">Fidget.nvim</code> has been added as a neat visual addition for LSP installations.
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<codeclass="literal">diffview.nvim</code> has been added to provide a convenient diff utility.
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Treesitter grammars are now configurable with <aclass="xref"href="options.html#opt-vim.treesitter.grammars"><codeclass="option">vim.treesitter.grammars</code></a>. Utilizes the nixpkgs <codeclass="literal">nvim-treesitter</code> plugin rather than a custom input in order to take advantage of build support of pinned versions. See <aclass="link"href="https://discourse.nixos.org/t/psa-if-you-are-on-unstable-try-out-nvim-treesitter-withallgrammars/23321?u=snowytrees"target="_top">discourse</a> for more information. Packages can be found under the <codeclass="literal">pkgs.vimPlugins.nvim-treesitter.builtGrammars</code> attribute. Treesitter grammars for supported languages should be enabled within the module. By default no grammars are installed, thus the following grammars which do not have a language section are not included anymore: comment, toml, make, html, css, graphql, json.
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A new section has been added for language support: <codeclass="literal">vim.languages.<language></code>. The options <aclass="xref"href="options.html#opt-vim.languages.enableLSP"><codeclass="option">vim.languages.enableLSP</code></a>, <aclass="xref"href="options.html#opt-vim.languages.enableTreesitter"><codeclass="option">vim.languages.enableTreesitter</code></a>, etc. will enable the respective section for all languages that have been enabled.
<codeclass="literal">plantuml</code> and <codeclass="literal">markdown</code> have been moved here
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A new section has been added for <codeclass="literal">html</code>. The old <codeclass="literal">vim.treesitter.autotagHtml</code> can be found at <aclass="xref"href="options.html#opt-vim.languages.html.treesitter.autotagHtml"><codeclass="option">vim.languages.html.treesitter.autotagHtml</code></a>.
</li></ul></div></li><liclass="listitem">
<aclass="xref"href="options.html#opt-vim.git.gitsigns.codeActions"><codeclass="option">vim.git.gitsigns.codeActions</code></a> has been added allowing you to turn on gitsigns codeactions.
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Removed the plugins document in the docs. Was too unwieldy to keep updated.
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<codeclass="literal">vim.visual.lspkind</code> has been moved to <aclass="xref"href="options.html#opt-vim.lsp.lspkind.enable"><codeclass="option">vim.lsp.lspkind.enable</code></a>
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Improved handling of completion formatting. When setting <aclass="xref"href="options.html#opt-vim.autocomplete.sources"><codeclass="option">vim.autocomplete.sources</code></a>, can also include optional menu mapping. And can provide your own function with <aclass="xref"href="options.html#opt-vim.autocomplete.formatting.format"><codeclass="option">vim.autocomplete.formatting.format</code></a>.
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For <aclass="xref"href="options.html#opt-vim.visuals.indentBlankline.fillChar"><codeclass="option">vim.visuals.indentBlankline.fillChar</code></a> and <aclass="xref"href="options.html#opt-vim.visuals.indentBlankline.eolChar"><codeclass="option">vim.visuals.indentBlankline.eolChar</code></a> turning them off should use <codeclass="literal">null</code> rather than <codeclass="literal">""</code> now.
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Transparency has been made optional and has been disabled by default. <aclass="xref"href="options.html#opt-vim.theme.transparent"><codeclass="option">vim.theme.transparent</code></a> option can be used to enable or
disable transparency for your configuration.
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Fixed deprecated configuration method for Tokyonight, and added new style "moon"
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Dart language support as well as extended flutter support has been added. Thanks to @FlafyDev for his contributions towards Dart
language support.
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Elixir language support has been added through <codeclass="literal">elixir-tools.nvim</code>.
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<codeclass="literal">hop.nvim</code> and <codeclass="literal">leap.nvim</code> have been added for fast navigation.
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<codeclass="literal">modes.nvim</code> has been added to the UI plugins as a minor error highlighter.
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<codeclass="literal">smartcollumn.nvim</code> has been added to dynamically display a colorcolumn when the limit has been exceeded, providing
per-buftype column position and more.
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<codeclass="literal">project.nvim</code> has been added for better project management inside Neovim.
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More configuration options have been added to <codeclass="literal">nvim-session-manager</code>.
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Editorconfig support has been added to the core functionality, with an enable option.
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<codeclass="literal">venn-nvim</code> has been dropped due to broken keybinds.
</li></ul></div></div></div><divclass="section"><divclass="titlepage"><div><div><h2class="title"style="clear: both"><aid="sec-release-0.4"></a>B.4.Release 0.4</h2></div></div></div><p>Following the release of v0.3, I have decided to release v0.4 with a massive new change: customizable keybinds. As of the 0.4 release, keybinds will no longer be hardcoded and instead provided by each module’s own keybinds section. The old keybind system (<codeclass="literal">vim.keybinds = {}</code>) is now considered deprecated and the new lib functions are recommended to be used for adding keybinds for new plugins, or adding keybinds to existing plugins.</p><p>Alongside customizable keybinds, there are a few quality of life updates, such as <codeclass="literal">lazygit</code> integration and the new experimental Lua loader of Neovim 0.9 thanks to our awesome contributors who made this update possible during my absence.</p><divclass="section"><divclass="titlepage"><div><div><h3class="title"><aid="sec-release-0.4-changelog"></a>B.4.1.Changelog</h3></div></div></div><p><aclass="link"href="https://github.com/n3oney"target="_top">n3oney</a>:</p><divclass="itemizedlist"><ulclass="itemizedlist"style="list-style-type: disc; "><liclass="listitem">
Streamlined keybind adding process towards new functions in extended stdlib.
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Moved default keybinds into keybinds section of each module
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Simplified luaConfigRC and configRC setting - they can now just take strings
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Refactored the resolveDag function - you can just provide a string now, which will default to dag.entryAnywhere
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Fixed formatting sometimes removing parts of files
Streamlined and simplified extra plugin API with the addition of <aclass="xref"href="options.html#opt-vim.extraPlugins"><codeclass="option">vim.extraPlugins</code></a>
Added Deno Language Server for javascript/typescript
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Added support for multiple languages <aclass="xref"href="options.html#opt-vim.spellChecking.languages"><codeclass="option">vim.spellChecking.languages</code></a>, and added vim-dirtytalk <aclass="xref"href="options.html#opt-vim.spellChecking.enableProgrammingWordList"><codeclass="option">vim.spellChecking.enableProgrammingWordList</code></a>
Renamed <codeclass="literal">vim.visuals.cursorWordline</code> to <aclass="xref"href="options.html#opt-vim.visuals.cursorline.enable"><codeclass="option">vim.visuals.cursorline.enable</code></a>
Added <aclass="xref"href="options.html#opt-vim.visuals.cursorline.lineNumbersOnly"><codeclass="option">vim.visuals.cursorline.lineNumbersOnly</code></a> to display cursorline only in the presence of line numbers
Added GitHub Copilot to nvim-cmp completion sources.
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Added <aclass="xref"href="options.html#opt-vim.ui.borders.enable"><codeclass="option">vim.ui.borders.enable</code></a> for global and individual plugin border configuration.
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LSP integrated breadcrumbs with <aclass="xref"href="options.html#opt-vim.ui.breadcrumbs.enable"><codeclass="option">vim.ui.breadcrumbs.enable</code></a> through nvim-navic
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LSP navigation helper with nvim-navbuddy, depends on nvim-navic (automatically enabled)
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Addeed nvim-navic integration for catppuccin theme
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Fixed mismatching zig language description
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Added support for <codeclass="literal">statix</code> and <codeclass="literal">deadnix</code> through <aclass="xref"href="options.html#opt-vim.languages.nix.extraDiagnostics.types"><codeclass="option">vim.languages.nix.extraDiagnostics.types</code></a>
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Added lsp_lines plugin for showing diagnostic messages
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Added a configuration option for choosing the leader key
The package used for neovim is now customizable by the user, using <aclass="xref"href="options.html#opt-vim.package"><codeclass="option">vim.package</code></a>. For best results, always use an unwrapped package
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Added highlight-undo plugin for highlighting undo/redo targets
Changed type of <codeclass="literal">statusline.lualine.activeSection</code> and <codeclass="literal">statusline.lualine.inactiveSection</code> from <codeclass="literal">attrsOf str</code> to <codeclass="literal">attrsOf (listOf str)</code>
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Added <codeclass="literal">statusline.lualine.extraActiveSection</code> and <codeclass="literal">statusline.lualine.extraInactiveSection</code>
