Fix: alpha not showed in new tabs if nvim started with a filename in command, i.e nvim file.txt

init.lua

@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ vim.g.loaded_netrwPlugin = 1
 -- keymaps.lua
 require 'keymaps'
 
--- Copy custom snippets from custom_friendly_snippets folder
-require 'replace_with_custom_snippets'
-
 -- :UpdateKickestEnd command to safely update KickestEnd.nvim config from origin/master
 require 'update_kickestend'
 
@@ -39,14 +36,14 @@ vim.opt.rtp:prepend(lazypath)
 --  You can also configure plugins after the setup call,
 --    as they will be available in your neovim runtime.
 
--- Disables which-key healthcheck notifications
+-- Disables which-key healthcheck notification
 do
 	local orig_notify = vim.notify
-	vim.notify = function(msg, ...)
+	vim.notify = function(msg, level, ...)
-		if type(msg) == 'string' and msg:match 'which%-key' then
+		if type(msg) == 'string' and msg:match 'issues reported with your' and msg:match 'which%-key' then
-			return -- ignore WhichKey health messages
+			return
 		end
-		return orig_notify(msg, ...)
+		return orig_notify(msg, level, ...)
 	end
 end
 
@@ -138,8 +135,7 @@ require('lazy').setup({
 		event = 'InsertEnter',
 		dependencies = {
 			-- Snippet Engine & its associated nvim-cmp source
-			'L3MON4D3/LuaSnip',
+			{ 'L3MON4D3/LuaSnip', dependencies = { 'rafamadriz/friendly-snippets' } },
-			dependencies = { 'rafamadriz/friendly-snippets' },
 			'saadparwaiz1/cmp_luasnip',
 			-- Adds LSP completion capabilities
 			'hrsh7th/cmp-nvim-lsp',
@@ -326,7 +322,7 @@ vim.o.completeopt = 'menuone,noselect'
 vim.o.termguicolors = true
 
 -- Tabs and indentation
-vim.o.expandtab = false -- use spaces instead of tabs
+vim.o.expandtab = false -- use tabs instead of spaces
 vim.o.shiftwidth = 4 -- number of spaces for autoindent
 vim.o.softtabstop = 0 -- number of spaces per Tab in insert mode
 vim.o.tabstop = 4 -- number of spaces a Tab counts for

lua/alpha_fix.lua

@@ -1,7 +1,45 @@
 -- Manages Alpha refresh when switching and preserves ASCII art
+-- Temporarily unlist other buffers so alpha.start(true) isn't skipped
+-- when other tabs have real files open, then restore them after.
+-- Also bypass argc()>0, which alpha's own should_skip_alpha() checks
+-- first -- this stays true for the whole session if nvim was launched
+-- as `nvim file.txt`, blocking alpha.start(true) everywhere afterward.
 
 _G.alpha_tab_ascii = {}
 
+local function force_alpha_start()
+	local alpha_loaded, alpha = pcall(require, 'alpha')
+	if not alpha_loaded then
+		return
+	end
+
+	local curbuf = vim.api.nvim_get_current_buf()
+	local restore = {}
+	for _, buf in ipairs(vim.api.nvim_list_bufs()) do
+		if buf ~= curbuf and vim.api.nvim_buf_is_valid(buf) and vim.api.nvim_buf_get_option(buf, 'buflisted') then
+			table.insert(restore, buf)
+			vim.api.nvim_buf_set_option(buf, 'buflisted', false)
+		end
+	end
+
+	local orig_argc = vim.fn.argc
+	vim.fn.argc = function(...)
+		return 0
+	end
+	local ok = pcall(alpha.start, true)
+	vim.fn.argc = orig_argc
+	if not ok then
+		vim.notify('Failed to start Alpha', vim.log.levels.ERROR)
+	end
+
+	for _, buf in ipairs(restore) do
+		if vim.api.nvim_buf_is_valid(buf) then
+			vim.api.nvim_buf_set_option(buf, 'buflisted', true)
+		end
+	end
+end
+_G.force_alpha_start = force_alpha_start
+
 local last_tab_count = #vim.api.nvim_list_tabpages()
 
 -- Save ASCII art
@@ -46,7 +84,7 @@ vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd('TabEnter', {
 				local dashboard_loaded, dashboard = pcall(require, 'alpha.themes.dashboard')
 				if not dashboard_loaded then
 					vim.cmd 'enew'
-					alpha.start(true)
+					force_alpha_start()
 					return
 				end
 
@@ -57,7 +95,7 @@ vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd('TabEnter', {
 				end
 
 				vim.cmd 'enew'
-				alpha.start(true)
+				force_alpha_start()
 			end)
 		end
 	end,
@@ -67,9 +105,14 @@ vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd('TabEnter', {
 vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd('TabClosed', {
 	pattern = '*',
 	callback = function()
-		local closed_tab = tonumber(vim.fn.expand '<afile>')
+		local live_tabs = {}
-		if closed_tab then
+		for _, tab in ipairs(vim.api.nvim_list_tabpages()) do
-			_G.alpha_tab_ascii[closed_tab] = nil
+			live_tabs[tab] = true
+		end
+		for cached_tab, _ in pairs(_G.alpha_tab_ascii) do
+			if not live_tabs[cached_tab] then
+				_G.alpha_tab_ascii[cached_tab] = nil
+			end
 		end
 	end,
 })

lua/buffer_deleted.lua

@@ -5,6 +5,19 @@ local M = {}
 -- List of buffer names or filetypes to skip (UndoTree, Neo-tree, etc.)
 local skip_buffers = { 'undotree', 'neo-tree' }
 
+-- getftime() returns -1 for both never-existed and deleted files
+local confirmed_existed = {}
+vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd({ 'BufReadPost', 'BufWritePost' }, {
+	callback = function(args)
+		confirmed_existed[args.buf] = true
+	end,
+})
+vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd('BufDelete', {
+	callback = function(args)
+		confirmed_existed[args.buf] = nil
+	end,
+})
+
 -- Helper function to determine if a buffer should be skipped in future
 local function should_skip(buf)
 	if not vim.api.nvim_buf_is_valid(buf) then
@@ -44,10 +57,9 @@ local function rename_deleted_buffers()
 			local bufname = vim.api.nvim_buf_get_name(buf)
 
 			if bufname ~= '' and vim.fn.filereadable(bufname) == 0 then
-				-- Skip buffers for files that have never been written (new files),
+				-- Skip never-written new files, but not deleted ones
-				-- regardless of whether they have unsaved (modified) content
 				local ftime = vim.fn.getftime(bufname)
-				if ftime == -1 then
+				if ftime == -1 and not confirmed_existed[buf] then
 					goto continue
 				end
 
@@ -70,6 +82,9 @@ local function rename_deleted_buffers()
 						vim.api.nvim_buf_set_option(buf, 'buflisted', false)
 						vim.api.nvim_buf_set_name(buf, new_name)
 						vim.api.nvim_buf_set_option(buf, 'buflisted', true)
+						-- Prevent accidental :w from creating this file on disk
+						vim.api.nvim_buf_set_option(buf, 'buftype', 'nofile')
+						vim.api.nvim_buf_set_option(buf, 'modifiable', false)
 					end
 				end
 			end
@@ -85,8 +100,8 @@ vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd({ 'FocusGained', 'BufEnter' }, {
 		if should_skip(buf) then
 			return
 		end
-		-- Force Neovim to check external changes
+		-- Restrict to current buffer; checktime with no arg checks all
-		vim.cmd 'checktime'
+		vim.cmd('checktime ' .. buf)
 		rename_deleted_buffers()
 	end,
 })

lua/custom_tabline.lua

@@ -23,10 +23,13 @@ function M.tabline()
 		local label = i .. ': ' .. vim.fn.fnamemodify(bufname, ':t') .. modified
 
 		-- truncate/pad to fixed tab_width
-		if #label > tab_width - 2 then
+		if vim.fn.strwidth(label) > tab_width - 2 then
-			label = label:sub(1, tab_width - 3) .. '…'
+			while vim.fn.strwidth(label) > tab_width - 3 and #label > 0 do
+				label = label:sub(1, -2)
+			end
+			label = label .. '…'
 		end
-		label = label .. string.rep(' ', tab_width - #label)
+		label = label .. string.rep(' ', tab_width - vim.fn.strwidth(label))
 
 		tabs[i] = (i == current_tab and '%#TabLineSel#' or '%#TabLine#') .. label
 	end

lua/keymaps.lua

@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ vim.keymap.set('n', '<leader>th', '<Cmd>vsplit | wincmd l | terminal<CR>i', { no
 vim.keymap.set('n', '<Leader>e', function()
 	vim.cmd 'tabnew' -- create a new tab
 	vim.cmd 'enew' -- create a new empty buffer in it
-	require('alpha').start(true) -- open Alpha dashboard in this new tab
+	_G.force_alpha_start() -- opens Alpha
 end, { noremap = true, silent = true, desc = 'Create a new tab' })
 
 -- [[ Horizontal split with new empty buffer below ]]
@@ -242,14 +242,12 @@ local function smart_save(force_save_as)
 					return
 				end
 			end
-			-- Preserve cursor position and undo history
+			-- Preserve cursor position
 			local old_buf = vim.api.nvim_get_current_buf()
 			local cursor_pos = vim.api.nvim_win_get_cursor(0)
-			local undo_history = vim.fn.getbufinfo(old_buf)[1].changedtick
 			vim.cmd('edit ' .. vim.fn.fnameescape(filename))
 			vim.cmd 'filetype detect'
 			vim.api.nvim_win_set_cursor(0, cursor_pos)
-			vim.cmd 'undojoin'
 			vim.api.nvim_buf_delete(old_buf, { force = true })
 		end
 		print('Saved as ' .. filename)
@@ -744,4 +742,17 @@ for i = 32, 126 do
 		end, { noremap = true, expr = true, silent = true })
 	end
 end
-vim.keymap.set({ 'i', 'v', 't' }, 'q', q_double_escape, { noremap = true, expr = true, silent = true })
+-- Insert/terminal mode:
+vim.keymap.set({ 'i', 't' }, 'q', q_double_escape, { noremap = true, expr = true, silent = true })
+-- Visual mode:
+vim.keymap.set('v', 'q', function()
+	local ok, nr = pcall(vim.fn.getchar)
+	if not ok then
+		return ''
+	end
+	local nextchar = type(nr) == 'number' and vim.fn.nr2char(nr) or nr
+	if nextchar == 'q' then
+		return vim.api.nvim_replace_termcodes('<Esc>', true, false, true)
+	end
+	return 'q' .. nextchar
+end, { noremap = true, expr = true, silent = true })

lua/plugins/custom/filetree.lua

@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ return {
 			end
 			-- Reuse empty buffer in current tab
 			local wins = vim.api.nvim_tabpage_list_wins(0)
-			local empty_buf = nil
 			for _, win in ipairs(wins) do
 				if vim.api.nvim_win_is_valid(win) then
 					local buf = vim.api.nvim_win_get_buf(win)
@@ -165,11 +164,8 @@ return {
 					end
 				end
 			end
-			if empty_buf then
+			-- No reusable window found, open in a new tab
-				vim.cmd('edit ' .. vim.fn.fnameescape(path))
+			vim.cmd('tabnew ' .. vim.fn.fnameescape(path))
-			else
-				vim.cmd('tabnew ' .. vim.fn.fnameescape(path))
-			end
 			-- Always close Neo-tree window if open
 			for _, win in ipairs(vim.api.nvim_list_wins()) do
 				if vim.api.nvim_win_is_valid(win) then

lua/plugins/custom/lsp.lua

@@ -121,7 +121,45 @@ return {
 			local cmp = require 'cmp'
 			local luasnip = require 'luasnip'
 			require('luasnip.loaders.from_vscode').lazy_load()
-			--require('luasnip.loaders.from_vscode').lazy_load({ paths = { "~/.config/nvim/my_snippets" } })
+			do
+				local parser = require 'luasnip.util.parser'
+				local custom_dir = vim.fn.stdpath 'config' .. '/custom_friendly_snippets'
+				local handle = vim.loop.fs_scandir(custom_dir)
+				if handle then
+					while true do
+						local name, ftype = vim.loop.fs_scandir_next(handle)
+						if not name then
+							break
+						end
+						if ftype == 'file' and name:match '%.json$' then
+							local filetype = name:gsub('%.json$', '')
+							local lines_ok, lines = pcall(vim.fn.readfile, custom_dir .. '/' .. name)
+							if lines_ok then
+								local decode_ok, data = pcall(vim.json.decode, table.concat(lines, '\n'))
+								if decode_ok and type(data) == 'table' then
+									local snippets = {}
+									for snip_name, snip in pairs(data) do
+										local prefixes = type(snip.prefix) == 'table' and snip.prefix or { snip.prefix }
+										local body = type(snip.body) == 'table' and table.concat(snip.body, '\n') or snip.body
+										for _, prefix in ipairs(prefixes) do
+											local parse_ok, parsed =
+												pcall(parser.parse_snippet, { trig = prefix, name = snip_name, desc = snip.description }, body)
+											if parse_ok then
+												table.insert(snippets, parsed)
+											end
+										end
+									end
+									luasnip.add_snippets(filetype, snippets, { default_priority = 2000 })
+								else
+									vim.notify('Failed to decode custom snippet file: ' .. name, vim.log.levels.ERROR)
+								end
+							else
+								vim.notify('Failed to read custom snippet file: ' .. name, vim.log.levels.ERROR)
+							end
+						end
+					end
+				end
+			end
 			luasnip.config.setup {}
 			cmp.setup {
 				snippet = {

lua/plugins/custom/telescope.lua

@@ -311,19 +311,8 @@ return {
 			require('telescope.builtin').git_files {
 				attach_mappings = function(_, map)
 					map('n', 'q', actions.close)
-					local actions = require 'telescope.actions'
+					map('i', '<CR>', smart_open)
-					local action_state = require 'telescope.actions.state'
+					map('n', '<CR>', smart_open)
-
-					local function open_smart(prompt_bufnr)
-						local entry = action_state.get_selected_entry()
-						if not entry then
-							return
-						end
-						pcall(actions.close, prompt_bufnr)
-						smart_open(prompt_bufnr)
-					end
-					map('i', '<CR>', open_smart)
-					map('n', '<CR>', open_smart)
 					return true
 				end,
 			}

lua/replace_with_custom_snippets.lua

@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-local uv = vim.loop
-local home = uv.os_homedir()
--- Detect OS and base path of friendly-snippets
-local function get_friendly_snippets_base_path()
-	local os_name = uv.os_uname().sysname
-	if os_name == 'Windows_NT' then
-		return home .. '\\.local\\share\\nvim\\lazy\\friendly-snippets\\snippets\\'
-	else
-		return home .. '/.local/share/nvim/lazy/friendly-snippets/snippets/'
-	end
-end
-local target_base = get_friendly_snippets_base_path()
-local custom_snippets_dir = vim.fn.stdpath 'config' .. '/custom_friendly_snippets/'
--- Read all files in custom_snippets_dir
-local function get_custom_snippet_files()
-	local handle = uv.fs_scandir(custom_snippets_dir)
-	if not handle then
-		vim.notify('Custom snippets folder not found: ' .. custom_snippets_dir, vim.log.levels.ERROR)
-		return {}
-	end
-	local files = {}
-	while true do
-		local name, type = uv.fs_scandir_next(handle)
-		if not name then
-			break
-		end
-		if type == 'file' then
-			table.insert(files, name)
-		end
-	end
-	return files
-end
--- Replace each snippet file
-local function replace_snippets()
-	local files = get_custom_snippet_files()
-	for _, filename in ipairs(files) do
-		local source_path = custom_snippets_dir .. filename
-		local target_path = target_base .. filename
-		local source_file = io.open(source_path, 'r')
-		if not source_file then
-			vim.notify('Failed to read: ' .. source_path, vim.log.levels.ERROR)
-			goto continue
-		end
-		local source_content = source_file:read '*a'
-		source_file:close()
-		-- Read target content (if exists)
-		local target_content = ''
-		local target_file = io.open(target_path, 'r')
-		if target_file then
-			target_content = target_file:read '*a'
-			target_file:close()
-		end
-		-- Only update if different
-		if source_content ~= target_content then
-			-- Create backup if not exists
-			local backup_path = target_path .. '.bak'
-			if not uv.fs_stat(backup_path) and target_content ~= '' then
-				local backup_file = io.open(backup_path, 'w')
-				if backup_file then
-					backup_file:write(target_content)
-					backup_file:close()
-				else
-					vim.notify('Failed to create backup: ' .. backup_path, vim.log.levels.ERROR)
-				end
-			end
-
-			local output = io.open(target_path, 'w')
-			if output then
-				output:write(source_content)
-				output:close()
-				vim.notify('Updated snippet: ' .. filename, vim.log.levels.INFO)
-			else
-				vim.notify('Failed to write: ' .. target_path, vim.log.levels.ERROR)
-			end
-		end
-		::continue::
-	end
-end
-replace_snippets()

lua/update_kickestend.lua

@@ -27,15 +27,21 @@ vim.api.nvim_create_user_command('UpdateKickestEnd', function()
 	local origin_master = vim.fn.systemlist({ 'git', '-C', config_path, 'rev-parse', 'origin/master' })[1]
 	local is_uptodate = (head == origin_master)
 
+	-- Check for local commits not yet pushed to origin/master -- a
+	local ahead_count = tonumber(vim.fn.systemlist({ 'git', '-C', config_path, 'rev-list', '--count', 'origin/master..HEAD' })[1]) or 0
+	local has_unpushed_commits = ahead_count > 0
+
 	-- Skip update if nothing to do
 	if not dirty and is_uptodate then
 		vim.notify('KickestEnd.nvim is already up-to-date with origin/master.', vim.log.levels.INFO)
 		return
 	end
 
-	-- If there are local changes or untracked files, confirm overwrite
+	-- If there are local changes, untracked files, or unpushed commits, confirm overwrite
-	if dirty then
+	if dirty or has_unpushed_commits then
-		local answer = vim.fn.input 'Local changes or new files detected! Overwrite and delete them? (y/N): '
+		local prompt = dirty and 'Local changes or new files detected! Overwrite and delete them? (y/N): '
+			or string.format('%d local commit(s) not on origin/master will be lost! Continue? (y/N): ', ahead_count)
+		local answer = vim.fn.input(prompt)
 		if answer:lower() ~= 'y' then
 			vim.notify('Update cancelled to preserve your modifications.', vim.log.levels.WARN)
 			return