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lualine.nvim errors when calling setup in init.lua #536

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playa4l opened this issue Sep 15, 2024 · 2 comments · May be fixed by nvim-lualine/lualine.nvim#1300
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lualine.nvim errors when calling setup in init.lua #536

playa4l opened this issue Sep 15, 2024 · 2 comments · May be fixed by nvim-lualine/lualine.nvim#1300

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playa4l commented Sep 15, 2024 •
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Expected behavior

Lualine is loaded.

Current behavior

Lualine throws an error , doesn't load and the rest of the Neovim files are sourced properly.

Reproducing

  1. Make sure you installed luarocks for your distro.

  2. Get the first init.lua from my Neovim settings.

  3. Open Neovim then run :Rocks! install lualine.nvim | q.

  4. Subsitute the last line (require('init')) with require('lualine').setup({}).

  5. Reopen Neovim.

  6. Open Neovim again.

Additional info

I visited the Lualine GH repo and followed the steps to make an issue, including the part involving making an isolated Neovim settings and, after testing, I reached the conclusion the problem is within rocks.nvim, since the actual setup works as intended in the isolated environment.
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mrcjkb commented Sep 16, 2024 •
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Hey 👋

Thanks for reporting 🙏

@mrcjkb mrcjkb transferred this issue from nvim-neorocks/rocks.nvim Sep 16, 2024
@mrcjkb mrcjkb changed the title Lualine doesn't loads lualine.nvim doesn't load Sep 16, 2024
@mrcjkb mrcjkb transferred this issue from nvim-neorocks/nurr Sep 16, 2024
@mrcjkb mrcjkb changed the title lualine.nvim doesn't load lualine.nvim errors when calling setup in init.lua Sep 16, 2024
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mrcjkb commented Sep 16, 2024

Result of my investigation:

This is because lualine uses vim.api.nvim_get_runtime_file instead of package.searchpath to search for its themes, which are in the lua directory.
This works if the package is installed with a flat hierarchy (which is how most plugin managers install plugins), but not if it is installed as a luarocks package.

I will look into PRing a fix to lualine.nvim.

In the meantime, there are these workarounds:

  • Call lualine.setup() in a plugin script, e.g. ~/.nvim/plugin/lualine.lua
  • Use rocks-config.nvim to configure lualine
  • Use rocks-git.nvim to install lualine.nvim

@mrcjkb mrcjkb linked a pull request Sep 16, 2024 that will close this issue
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fix(loader): look for themes on package.path mrcjkb/lualine.nvim
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