So, I’ve been a Neovim user for a few years now. I started as most of you (I assume) with vim, and just kept on using and expanding that config file over the years.
I only recently realized there’s quite a split between the Vim and Neovim plugins and that the Neovim community is pushing Lua as a better development platform. From what I can see, some users are switching their configs from Vimscript to Lua. To be honest all I know about Lua is that it means moon in Portuguese…
Should I too? What would the advantages be? What would the disadvantages be? For those who did switch, why did you switch and what was your experience? For those who didn’t why did you not?
p.s. review (roast) my dotfiles
edit: thank you all for your input! I will consider slowly switching to lua by modifying only some parts of the config as some of you suggested.
It depends on what your expectations are and how you see your relationship to your editor (sorry for the cringe anthropomorphism)
If you want to tinker and think of tweaking your editor as a hobby, then sure dive in
If your config already works and you don’t need the hassle, then don’t
In between? Want to use a specific lua plugin but don’t want to commit? You can do that too