nvf/docs/release-notes/rl-0.7.md

# Release 0.7 {#sec-release-0.7}

Release notes for release 0.7

## Breaking Changes and Migration Guide {#sec-breaking-changes-and-migration-guide-0-7}

### `vim.configRC` removed {#sec-vim-configrc-removed}

In v0.7 we are removing `vim.configRC` in favor of making `vim.luaConfigRC` the
top-level DAG, and thereby making the entire configuration Lua based. This
change introduces a few breaking changes:

[DAG entries in nvf manual]: /index.xhtml#ch-dag-entries

- `vim.configRC` has been removed, which means that you have to convert all of
  your custom vimscript-based configuration to Lua. As for how to do that, you
  will have to consult the Neovim documentation and your search engine.
- After migrating your Vimscript-based configuration to Lua, you might not be
  able to use the same entry names in `vim.luaConfigRC`, because those have also
  slightly changed. See the new [DAG entries in nvf manual] for more details.

**Why?**

Neovim being an aggressive refactor of Vim, is designed to be mainly Lua based;
making good use of its extensive Lua API. Additionally, Vimscript is slow and
brings unnecessary performance overhead while working with different
configuration formats.

### `vim.maps` rewrite {#sec-vim-maps-rewrite}

Instead of specifying map modes using submodules (eg.: `vim.maps.normal`), a new
`vim.keymaps` submodule with support for a `mode` option has been introduced. It
can be either a string, or a list of strings, where a string represents the
short-name of the map mode(s), that the mapping should be set for. See
`:help map-modes` for more information.

For example:

```nix
vim.maps.normal."<leader>m" = { ... };
```

has to be replaced by

```nix
vim.keymaps = [
  {
    key = "<leader>m";
    mode = "n";
  }
  ...
];
```

### `vim.lsp.nvimCodeActionMenu` removed in favor of `vim.ui.fastaction` {#sec-nvim-code-action-menu-deprecation}

The nvim-code-action-menu plugin has been archived and broken for a long time,
so it's being replaced with a young, but better alternative called
fastaction.nvim. Simply remove everything set under
`vim.lsp.nvimCodeActionMenu`, and set `vim.ui.fastaction.enable` to `true`.

Note that we are looking to add more alternatives in the future like
dressing.nvim and actions-preview.nvim, in case fastaction doesn't work for
everyone.

### `type` based modules removed {#sec-type-based-modules-removed}

As part of the autocompletion rewrite, modules that used to use a `type` option
have been replaced by per-plugin modules instead. Since both modules only had
one type, you can simply change

- `vim.autocomplete.*` -> `vim.autocomplete.nvim-cmp.*`
- `vim.autopairs.enable` -> `vim.autopairs.nvim-autopairs.enable`

### `nixpkgs-fmt` removed in favor of `nixfmt` {#sec-nixpkgs-fmt-deprecation}

`nixpkgs-fmt` has been archived for a while, and it's finally being removed in
favor of nixfmt (more information can be found
[here](https://github.com/nix-community/nixpkgs-fmt?tab=readme-ov-file#nixpkgs-fmt---nix-code-formatter-for-nixpkgs).

To migrate to `nixfmt`, simply change `vim.languages.nix.format.type` to
`nixfmt`.

### leader changes {#sec-leader-changes}

This has been deprecated in favor of using the more generic `vim.globals` (you
can use `vim.globals.mapleader` to change this instead).

Rust specific keymaps now use `maplocalleader` instead of `localleader` by
default. This is to avoid conflicts with other modules. You can change
`maplocalleader` with `vim.globals.maplocalleader`, but it's recommended to set
it to something other than `mapleader` to avoid conflicts.

### `vim.*` changes {#sec-vim-opt-changes}

Inline with the [leader changes](#sec-leader-changes), we have removed some
options that were under `vim` as convenient shorthands for `vim.o.*` options.

::: {.warning}

As v0.7 features the addition of [](#opt-vim.options), those options are now
considered as deprecated. You should migrate to the appropriate options in the
`vim.options` submodule.

:::

The changes are, in no particular order:

- `colourTerm`, `mouseSupport`, `cmdHeight`, `updateTime`, `mapTime`,
  `cursorlineOpt`, `splitBelow`, `splitRight`, `autoIndent` and `wordWrap` have
  been mapped to their [](#opt-vim.options) equivalents. Please see the module
  definition for the updated options.

- `tabWidth` has been **removed** as it lead to confusing behaviour. You can
  replicate the same functionality by setting `shiftwidth`, `tabstop` and
  `softtabstop` under `vim.options` as you see fit.

## Changelog {#sec-release-0.7-changelog}

[ItsSorae](https://github.com/ItsSorae):

- Add support for [typst](https://typst.app/) under `vim.languages.typst` This
  will enable the `typst-lsp` language server, and the `typstfmt` formatter

[frothymarrow](https://github.com/frothymarrow):

- Modified type for
  [](#opt-vim.visuals.fidget-nvim.setupOpts.progress.display.overrides) from
  `anything` to a `submodule` for better type checking.

- Fix null `vim.lsp.mappings` generating an error and not being filtered out.

- Add basic transparency support for `oxocarbon` theme by setting the highlight
  group for `Normal`, `NormalFloat`, `LineNr`, `SignColumn` and optionally
  `NvimTreeNormal` to `none`.

- Fix [](#opt-vim.ui.smartcolumn.setupOpts.custom_colorcolumn) using the wrong
  type `int` instead of the expected type `string`.

[horriblename](https://github.com/horriblename):

- Fix broken treesitter-context keybinds in visual mode
- Deprecate use of `__empty` to define empty tables in Lua. Empty attrset are no
  longer filtered and thus should be used instead.
- Add dap-go for better dap configurations
- Make noice.nvim customizable
- Standardize border style options and add custom borders
- Remove `vim.disableDefaultRuntimePaths` in wrapper options.
  - As nvf uses `$NVIM_APP_NAME` as of recent changes, we can safely assume any
    configuration in `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvf` is intentional.

[rust-tools.nvim]: https://github.com/simrat39/rust-tools.nvim
[rustaceanvim]: https://github.com/mrcjkb/rustaceanvim

- Switch from [rust-tools.nvim] to the more feature-packed [rustaceanvim]. This
  switch entails a whole bunch of new features and options, so you are
  recommended to go through rustacean.nvim's README to take a closer look at its
  features and usage

[lz.n]: https://github.com/mrcjkb/lz.n

- Add [lz.n] support and lazy-load some builtin plugins.
- Add simpler helper functions for making keymaps

[jacekpoz](https://jacekpoz.pl):

[ocaml-lsp]: https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml-lsp
[new-file-template.nvim]: https://github.com/otavioschwanck/new-file-template.nvim
[neo-tree.nvim]: https://github.com/nvim-neo-tree/neo-tree.nvim

- Add [ocaml-lsp] support

- Fix "Emac" typo

- Add [new-file-template.nvim] to automatically fill new file contents using
  templates

- Make [neo-tree.nvim] display file icons properly by enabling
  `visuals.nvimWebDevicons`

[diniamo](https://github.com/diniamo):

- Move the `theme` dag entry to before `luaScript`.

- Add rustfmt as the default formatter for Rust.

- Enabled the terminal integration of catppuccin for theming Neovim's built-in
  terminal (this also affects toggleterm).

- Migrate bufferline to setupOpts for more customizability

- Use `clangd` as the default language server for C languages

- Expose `lib.nvim.types.pluginType`, which for example allows the user to
  create abstractions for adding plugins

- Migrate indent-blankline to setupOpts for more customizability. While the
  plugin's options can now be found under `indentBlankline.setupOpts`, the
  previous iteration of the module also included out of place/broken options,
  which have been removed for the time being. These are:

  - `listChar` - this was already unused
  - `fillChar` - this had nothing to do with the plugin, please configure it
    yourself by adding `vim.opt.listchars:append({ space = '<char>' })` to your
    lua configuration
  - `eolChar` - this also had nothing to do with the plugin, please configure it
    yourself by adding `vim.opt.listchars:append({ eol = '<char>' })` to your
    lua configuration

- Replace `vim.lsp.nvimCodeActionMenu` with `vim.ui.fastaction`, see the
  breaking changes section above for more details

- Add a `setupOpts` option to nvim-surround, which allows modifying options that
  aren't defined in nvf. Move the alternate nvim-surround keybinds to use
  `setupOpts`.

- Remove `autopairs.type`, and rename `autopairs.enable` to
  `autopairs.nvim-autopairs.enable`. The new
  [](#opt-vim.autopairs.nvim-autopairs.enable) supports `setupOpts` format by
  default.

- Refactor of `nvim-cmp` and completion related modules

  - Remove `autocomplete.type` in favor of per-plugin enable options such as
    [](#opt-vim.autocomplete.nvim-cmp.enable).
  - Deprecate legacy Vimsnip in favor of Luasnip, and integrate
    friendly-snippets for bundled snippets. [](#opt-vim.snippets.luasnip.enable)
    can be used to toggle Luasnip.
  - Add sorting function options for completion sources under
    [](#opt-vim.autocomplete.nvim-cmp.setupOpts.sorting.comparators)

- Add C# support under `vim.languages.csharp`, with support for both
  omnisharp-roslyn and csharp-language-server.

- Add Julia support under `vim.languages.julia`. Note that the entirety of Julia
  is bundled with nvf, if you enable the module, since there is no way to
  provide only the LSP server.

- Add [`run.nvim`](https://github.com/diniamo/run.nvim) support for running code
  using cached commands.

[Neovim documentation on `vim.cmd`]: https://neovim.io/doc/user/lua.html#vim.cmd()

- Make Neovim's configuration file entirely Lua based. This comes with a few
  breaking changes:

  - `vim.configRC` has been removed. You will need to migrate your entries to
    Neovim-compliant Lua code, and add them to `vim.luaConfigRC` instead.
    Existing vimscript configurations may be preserved in `vim.cmd` functions.
    Please see [Neovim documentation on `vim.cmd`]
  - `vim.luaScriptRC` is now the top-level DAG, and the internal `vim.pluginRC`
    has been introduced for setting up internal plugins. See the "DAG entries in
    nvf" manual page for more information.

- Rewrite `vim.maps`, see the breaking changes section above.

[NotAShelf](https://github.com/notashelf):

[ts-error-translator.nvim]: https://github.com/dmmulroy/ts-error-translator.nvim
[credo]: https://github.com/rrrene/credo
[tiny-devicons-auto-colors]: https://github.com/rachartier/tiny-devicons-auto-colors.nvim

- Add `deno fmt` as the default Markdown formatter. This will be enabled
  automatically if you have autoformatting enabled, but can be disabled manually
  if you choose to.

- Add `vim.extraLuaFiles` for optionally sourcing additional lua files in your
  configuration.

- Refactor `programs.languages.elixir` to use lspconfig and none-ls for LSP and
  formatter setups respectively. Diagnostics support is considered, and may be
  added once the [credo] linter has been added to nixpkgs. A pull request is
  currently open.

- Remove vim-tidal and friends.

- Clean up Lualine module to reduce theme dependency on Catppuccin, and fixed
  blending issues in component separators.

- Add [ts-ereror-translator.nvim] extension of the TS language module, under
  `vim.languages.ts.extensions.ts-error-translator` to aid with Typescript
  development.

- Add [neo-tree.nvim] as an alternative file-tree plugin. It will be available
  under `vim.filetree.neo-tree`, similar to nvimtree.

- Add `nvf-print-config` & `nvf-print-config-path` helper scripts to Neovim
  closure. Both of those scripts have been automatically added to your PATH upon
  using neovimConfig or `programs.nvf.enable`.

  - `nvf-print-config` will display your `init.lua`, in full.
  - `nvf-print-config-path` will display the path to _a clone_ of your
    `init.lua`. This is not the path used by the Neovim wrapper, but an
    identical clone.

- Add `vim.ui.breadcrumbs.lualine` to allow fine-tuning breadcrumbs behaviour on
  Lualine. Only `vim.ui.breadcrumbs.lualine.winbar` is supported for the time
  being.

  - [](#opt-vim.ui.breadcrumbs.lualine.winbar.enable) has been added to allow
    controlling the default behaviour of the `nvim-navic` component on Lualine,
    which used to occupy `winbar.lualine_c` as long as breadcrumbs are enabled.
  - `vim.ui.breadcrumbs.alwaysRender` has been renamed to
    [](#opt-vim.ui.breadcrumbs.lualine.winbar.alwaysRender) to be conform to the
    new format.

- Add [basedpyright](https://github.com/detachhead/basedpyright) as a Python LSP
  server and make it default.

- Add [python-lsp-server](https://github.com/python-lsp/python-lsp-server) as an
  additional Python LSP server.

- Add [](#opt-vim.options) to set `vim.o` values in in your nvf configuration
  without using additional Lua. See option documentation for more details.

- Add [](#opt-vim.dashboard.dashboard-nvim.setupOpts) to allow user
  configuration for [dashboard.nvim](https://github.com/nvimdev/dashboard-nvim)

- Update `lualine.nvim` input and add missing themes:

  - Adds `ayu`, `gruvbox_dark`, `iceberg`, `moonfly`, `onedark`,
    `powerline_dark` and `solarized_light` themes.

- Add [](#opt-vim.spellcheck.extraSpellWords) to allow adding arbitrary
  spellfiles to Neovim's runtime with ease.

- Add combined nvf configuration (`config.vim`) into the final package's
  `passthru` as `passthru.neovimConfiguration` for easier debugging.

- Add support for [tiny-devicons-auto-colors] under
  `vim.visuals.tiny-devicons-auto-colors`

- Move options that used to set `vim.o` values (e.g. `vim.wordWrap`) into
  `vim.options` as default values. Some are left as they don't have a direct
  equivalent, but expect a switch eventually.

[ppenguin](https://github.com/ppenguin):

- Telescope:
  - Fixed `project-nvim` command and keybinding
  - Added default ikeybind/command for `Telescope resume` (`<leader>fr`)
- Add `hcl` lsp/formatter (not the same as `terraform`, which is not useful for
  e.g. `nomad` config files).

[Soliprem](https://github.com/Soliprem):

- Add LSP and Treesitter support for R under `vim.languages.R`.
  - Add formatter support for R, with styler and formatR as options
- Add Otter support under `vim.lsp.otter` and an assert to prevent conflict with
  ccc
- Fixed typo in Otter's setupOpts
- Add Neorg support under `vim.notes.neorg`
- Add LSP, diagnostics, formatter and Treesitter support for Kotlin under
  `vim.languages.kotlin`
- changed default keybinds for leap.nvim to avoid altering expected behavior
- Add LSP, formatter and Treesitter support for Vala under `vim.languages.vala`
- Add [Tinymist](https://github.com/Myriad-Dreamin/tinymist] as a formatter for
  the Typst language module.
- Add LSP and Treesitter support for Assembly under `vim.languages.assembly`
- Move [which-key](https://github.com/folke/which-key.nvim) to the new spec
- Add LSP and Treesitter support for Nushell under `vim.languages.nu`
- Add LSP and Treesitter support for Gleam under `vim.languages.gleam`

[Bloxx12](https://github.com/Bloxx12)

- Add support for [base16 theming](https://github.com/RRethy/base16-nvim) under
  `vim.theme`
- Fix internal breakage in `elixir-tools` setup.

[ksonj](https://github.com/ksonj):

- Add LSP support for Scala via
  [nvim-metals](https://github.com/scalameta/nvim-metals)

[nezia1](https://github.com/nezia1):

- Add [biome](https://github.com/biomejs/biome) support for Typescript, CSS and
  Svelte. Enable them via [](#opt-vim.languages.ts.format.type),
  [](#opt-vim.languages.css.format.type) and
  [](#opt-vim.languages.svelte.format.type) respectively.
- Replace [nixpkgs-fmt](https://github.com/nix-community/nixpkgs-fmt) with
  [nixfmt](https://github.com/NixOS/nixfmt) (nixfmt-rfc-style).

[Nowaaru](https://github.com/Nowaaru):

- Add `precognition-nvim`.

[DamitusThyYeeticus123](https://github.com/DamitusThyYeetus123):

- Add support for [Astro](https://astro.build/) language server.