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'
 
@@ -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

@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 -- 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 = {}
 
--- Temporarily unlist other buffers so alpha.start(true) isn't skipped
--- when other tabs have real files open, then restore them after
 local function force_alpha_start()
 	local alpha_loaded, alpha = pcall(require, 'alpha')
 	if not alpha_loaded then
@@ -19,7 +22,15 @@ local function force_alpha_start()
 		end
 	end
 
-	alpha.start(true)
+	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
@@ -91,9 +102,6 @@ vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd('TabEnter', {
 })
 
 -- Clean
--- <afile> here is the tab's position number, not its handle, so we
--- can't use it to key into alpha_tab_ascii directly. Prune any cached
--- handle that's no longer a live tabpage instead.
 vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd('TabClosed', {
 	pattern = '*',
 	callback = function()

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/replace_with_custom_snippets.lua

@@ -1,83 +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
--- Wait until lazy.nvim has finished loading plugins
-vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd('User', {
-	pattern = 'LazyDone',
-	callback = replace_snippets,
-})