New in v2.0.0 to v2.2.0 - ✨ Slash Commands and more

[olimorris]

Slash Commands

Slash.Commands.mp4

Slash Commands (as per 91adfac) have now been added. See the Zed AI blog post which showcases how they use them. A big shout out to @SDGLBL who showcased how this could be possible in the plugin in this PR.

As you'll see from the config, Slash Commands are trivial to extend. And in #167 we had the first PR which added mini.pick to the file Slash Command. I sincerely hope more of you can add the providers that you use in your own config besides Telescope.

The challenge in adding Slash Commands was actually around the folding of the code in the chat buffer. I wanted code to be automatically folded and also wanted users to be able to import a file and then edit its code in the buffer...after all you may only want to share a function or two from the file. The challenge with the latter was that manual folding (where you define a region), breaks if a user edits their imported code. So I tried expr folds where I used Tree-sitter...I just couldn't get that to work even with my own folds.scm file. I tried my own custom expr function which just felt expensive and high latency. So in the end I wrote my own custom Tree-sitter query which parses the user messages and sets the fold manually...I'm falling asleep just sharing this with you 😆 .

Currently there are two Slash Commands:

• /file - to share a file in your repository (leverages telescope or mini.pick)
• /buffer - to share a buffer (leverages native vim.ui.select or `telescope)

Please try them out, feedback and share your suggestions for more commands.

Custom Token Output

b68a283 added the ability to format the token output message in the chat buffer.

Roadmap

There's a few things I want to tidy up (improved cache prompting with Anthropic, some bug fixes) before I move onto Tools and especially the ability to update your code base from the Chat Buffer.

[bassamsdata]

Thanks for all the effort on these features! I do have one question though about the folds you showed in the video—how did you do that? I tried using gf, but it didn’t work at all. I even tried it in the LazyVim distro, and it had the same issue, just showing the full file code (for the /file or /buffer) in the chat without any folds.

So in the end I wrote my own custom Tree-sitter query which parses the user messages and sets the fold manually

Are you referring to your config or is this part of the plugin? I noticed the function fold_code(), but I think foldmethod=expr and foldexpr=nvim_treesitter#foldexpr() are better.

I really don't like folds in neovim, but I have to use it sometimes.

Thank you!

[olimorris]

Nope this was all in fold_code(). If you can make foldexpr=nvim_treesitter#foldexpr() work then please do share. I'd love to have it working natively.

That being said, I'm trying out folding in the minimal.lua file and can't get it to work...

[olimorris]

I was actually able to recreate the issue with a minimal.lua file...Looks like I needed to make the role lowercase in my tree-sitter comparisons. Should be fixed now.

[bassamsdata]

If you can make foldexpr=nvim_treesitter#foldexpr() work then please do share. I'd love to have it working natively.

I’ll give it a try and see if I can get it to work. I’ll let you know if I manage to figure something out.

At the moment, after the latest update, I’m getting this error, but it’s happening in my config, not in the minimal.lua setup. I’ll test it again with a minimal config and report back here.

11:08:55 │ vim/_editor.lua:0: nvim_exec2(): Vim(fold):E16: Invalid range: 3,170fold

Thank you

[olimorris]

Hmmmm that's a strange error. Maybe there's a plugin that's overwriting foldmethod?!

[kristopolous]

I really truly don't get this, you type in /file followed by what? ctrl-x? enter? tab? what? It's completely undocumented and just typing in /file doesn't work. When you press enter something flashes on the screen for a milisecond and goes away. I'm lookin here: https://github.com/olimorris/codecompanion.nvim/blob/fc9509884b23adbd26938611d6ba53464b7c8d0c/lua/codecompanion/strategies/chat/init.lua#L333C2-L346C5 trying to figure this out

[olimorris]

Whatever you've setup your completion provider to complete. Search keymaps in the docs