Idea: Why re-produce NVIM's command system using slash commands?

[schilkp]

Hi!

Thanks for the cool plugin. Having a lot of fun playing around with it.

Writing my issue about slash command completion (#587) got me thinking - are slash commands the most "NVIM" way of handling that functionality?

NVIM already has a fully-featured command infrastructure (:) - why not leverage that instead of slash commands? It seems that by (ab-?)using autocompletion to re-implement commands will always see you fighting many edge-case bugs.

It should be possible to simply register all slash commands as buffer-local nvim commands. It may need some prefix/suffix to avoid a collision, but I would not mind typing something like :CCBuffer.

This would also make it easier to add keybinds for these.

These "normal" commands could probably co-exist with slash commands just fine.

Just food for thought. This is not a 100% baked idea :)

[olimorris]

Principally because it's not as productive.

If I understand you correctly:

1. I'm typing in a buffer
2. I press escape to get to normal mode
3. I then type : to get into the command line
4. I then begin to type CC to bring up CCBuffer if I have command line completions enabled
5. Or, I fully type CCBuffer

Or;

1. In the chat buffer, I type / to bring up a list of potential Slash Commands.
2. I select my chosen command

I understand you linking the use of the word "command" to Neovim Commands, however Slash Commands were designed to mimic the functionality in Zed.

are slash commands the most "NVIM" way of handling that functionality?

Please do share the "NVIM" way of doing things

[schilkp]

Please do share the "NVIM" way of doing things

I am by no means an expert :) Like I said - this is not a fully formed thought.

I see your point. I have not used zed so I am not used to this approach. It certainly seems intuitive and fast. But I can't quite put my finger on why this doesn't quite seem to fit for me.

I guess I have just never seen this type of UI in an (n)vim plugin. Everything is either a command or a keybind. Because I find I am always in normal mode by default, both a command and keybind are super fast.

Something like:

<leader>cf - /file
<leader>cb - /buffer
...

Sorry if this came off as rude - I was just brainstorming aloud :)

[olimorris]

Haha no it didn't come across as rude at all. Always appreciate a different perspective on how things are done in the plugin.

I take your point about slash commands being pointed to keymaps...that's an awesome idea. I'll add this to the roadmap as I think it would be very cool.