How to Setup Neovim for Godot GDScript on Windows

Setup Neovim for Godot’s GDScript on Windows
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00:00 Intro
00:43 Installing Neovim
01:09 Kickstart Nvim Config
03:26 Treesitter
04:43 GDScript LSP
06:03 Git Hash For This Video
06:24 LSP Demo
07:13 Debug Adapter
09:04 External Editor
10:48 Outro
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[@gregbigwood4532]

for those looking for the neovim EXEC flags for external editor: --server 127.0.0.1:6004 --remote-send ":n {file}:call cursor({line},{col})"

[@bigturtleworks]

Thanks for putting it here. In hindsight I should have put this in the description as well.

[@tito-xz8mh]

thank you sm - in my past config, godot was properly sending the script i wanted to open to neovim, but the lsp didnt work. Now everything works like a charm!

[@bigturtleworks]

Awesome! Have fun coding your game in Neovim!

[@purplecat4464]

great tutorial im figuring out how to mash godot stuff into my config even tho this is for windows its still helpful for linux

[@bigturtleworks]

Thanks! I think is actually simpler for linux. You don't have to change the `cmd` for the lsp and just use a file for the external editor settings.

[@josh_da_guy]

This video feels tailor-made for me, thank you so much for putting this out there. How long did it take you to figure all this out? You certainly saved me at least a week haha

[@bigturtleworks]

It took an entire weekend to figure it out. I ended down some bad paths too. For example installing Visual Studio to get a C compiler. But I also had the benefit of using Neovim with Godot for over a year on Linux, so I didn't start from scratch.
Have fun coding your game in Neovim!

[@brunomello7499]

have you ever tried doing a similar setup on neovim with WSL2? my neovim configuration is built with linux first in mind so it would be nice if i could maintain it like that, but setting up neovim in WSL2 with godot is being a pain in the ass

[@bigturtleworks]

Sorry I haven't tried to do it with WSL2. It has been years since I played with WSL2, but back then I remember having a lot of problems when files running in WSL2 would edit files in C:\ and vice versa. I suspect your best chance of getting Godot working in harmony with Neovim in WSL2 is to launch Godot from WSL2 as well.

[@JustVoylin]

I can't get Shift+K to work, any idea of what I might be missing? It keeps saying that there are no man pages.
Also the whole debugging thing does not work. It starts, but I have no controls over the debugging and have no information pop up. I must say that I'm not using lazyvim so yeah :/ Don't really know if I should switch from the system I use now or if I can make it work either way

[@bigturtleworks]

For shift+k, you can check if there is an LSP attached to your buffer via: `:LspInfo` . In the popup it should say "1 client(s) attached to this buffer" and "Client: gdscript" if you have it successfully attached.
As for debugging, I assume you have the keymaps which why you can start it. You could try directly cloning my config and seeing if it works with that. Make a backup of your own init.lua and empty out your Neovim data directory via: `rm $HOME\AppData\Local
vim-data\ -r -force`. If it works with my config then at least, you've narrowed down the problem. If it doesn't work with my config, then there is probably a problem in the environment (are you missing an dependency?) or the communication settings between Neovim and Godot.
BTW the debug stuff that I showed in the video won't work with Godot 3.5, only 4.

[@flovnes]

whar
how is this 300 views??

[@bigturtleworks]

Well Neovim is pretty niche, and then indie game development is another smaller niche. Then I might have niched down too far by making it for Windows 😄.
But as long as a couple people find it useful then that's enough for me.