use a cmp-fork for now

Until cmp is maintained again or switch??

init.lua

@@ -16,25 +16,18 @@ local utils = require("utils")
 local expected_version = "0.10.1"
 utils.is_compatible_version(expected_version)
 
-local core_conf_files = {
-  "globals.lua", -- some global settings
-  "options.vim", -- setting options in nvim
-  "custom-autocmd.lua", -- various autocommands
-  "mappings.lua", -- all the user-defined mappings
-  "plugins.vim", -- all the plugins installed and their configurations
-  "colorschemes.lua", -- colorscheme settings
-}
+local config_dir = vim.fn.stdpath("config")
+---@cast config_dir string
 
-local viml_conf_dir = vim.fn.stdpath("config") .. "/viml_conf"
--- source all the core config files
-for _, file_name in ipairs(core_conf_files) do
-  if vim.endswith(file_name, 'vim') then
-    local path = string.format("%s/%s", viml_conf_dir, file_name)
-    local source_cmd = "source " .. path
-    vim.cmd(source_cmd)
-  else
-    local module_name, _ = string.gsub(file_name, "%.lua", "")
-    package.loaded[module_name] = nil
-    require(module_name)
-  end
-end
+-- some global settings
+require("globals")
+-- setting options in nvim
+vim.cmd("source " .. vim.fs.joinpath(config_dir, "viml_conf/options.vim"))
+-- various autocommands
+require("custom-autocmd")
+-- all the user-defined mappings
+require("mappings")
+-- all the plugins installed and their configurations
+vim.cmd("source ".. vim.fs.joinpath(config_dir, "viml_conf/plugins.vim"))
+-- colorscheme settings
+require("colorschemes")

lua/config/hlslens.lua

@@ -35,33 +35,48 @@ keymap.set("n", "N", "", {
   end,
 })
 
-local no_word_under_cursor = function()
+local check_cursor_word = function()
   local cursor_word = vim.fn.expand("<cword>")
-
   local result = cursor_word == ""
   if result then
     local msg = "E348: No string under cursor"
     api.nvim_err_writeln(msg)
   end
 
-  return result
+  return result, cursor_word
 end
 
 keymap.set("n", "*", "", {
   callback = function()
-    if no_word_under_cursor() then
+    local cursor_word_empty, cursor_word = check_cursor_word()
+    if cursor_word_empty then
       return
     end
-    vim.fn.execute("normal! *N")
+
+    local cmd = string.format([[normal! /\v<%s>]], cursor_word)
+
+    -- In order to say that we are pressing Enter key, instead of typing literally the character,
+    -- we need to replace special notation with their internal representation.
+    local escaped_enter = vim.api.nvim_replace_termcodes("<CR>", true, false, true)
+
+    -- character `N` is used to keep the cursor when pressing `*`
+    local full_cmd = cmd .. escaped_enter .. "N"
+    vim.fn.execute(full_cmd)
     hlslens.start()
   end,
 })
 keymap.set("n", "#", "", {
   callback = function()
-    if no_word_under_cursor() then
+    local cursor_word_empty, cursor_word = check_cursor_word()
+    if cursor_word_empty then
       return
     end
-    vim.fn.execute("normal! #N")
+
+    local cmd = string.format([[normal! ?\v<%s>]], cursor_word)
+    local escaped_enter = vim.api.nvim_replace_termcodes("<CR>", true, false, true)
+
+    local full_cmd = cmd .. escaped_enter .. "N"
+    vim.fn.execute(full_cmd)
     hlslens.start()
   end,
 })

lua/config/live-command.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+require("live-command").setup {
+  enable_highlighting = true,
+  inline_highlighting = true,
+}

lua/config/lsp.lua

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ local custom_attach = function(client, bufnr)
   map("n", "<space>wa", vim.lsp.buf.add_workspace_folder, { desc = "add workspace folder" })
   map("n", "<space>wr", vim.lsp.buf.remove_workspace_folder, { desc = "remove workspace folder" })
   map("n", "<space>wl", function()
-    inspect(vim.lsp.buf.list_workspace_folders())
+    vim.print(vim.lsp.buf.list_workspace_folders())
   end, { desc = "list workspace folder" })
 
   -- Set some key bindings conditional on server capabilities

lua/custom-autocmd.lua

@@ -163,8 +163,16 @@ api.nvim_create_autocmd("FileType", {
       -- vim.print(string.format("mark_pos: %s", vim.inspect(mark_pos)))
       -- it seems that without vim.schedule, the cursor position can not be set correctly
       vim.schedule(function()
-        api.nvim_win_set_cursor(0, mark_pos)
+        local status, result = pcall(api.nvim_win_set_cursor, 0, mark_pos)
+        if not status then
+          api.nvim_err_writeln(string.format("Failed to resume cursor position. Context %s, error: %s",
+          vim.inspect(ev), result))
+        end
       end)
+      -- the following two ways also seem to work,
+      -- ref: https://www.reddit.com/r/neovim/comments/104lc26/how_can_i_press_escape_key_using_lua/
+      -- vim.api.nvim_feedkeys("g`\"", "n", true)
+      -- vim.fn.execute("normal! g`\"")
     end
   end,
 })
@@ -257,7 +265,7 @@ api.nvim_create_autocmd("BufReadPre", {
     if fn.getfsize(f) > file_size_limit or fn.getfsize(f) == -2 then
       vim.o.eventignore = "all"
       --  turning off relative number helps a lot
-      vim.bo.relativenumber = false
+      vim.wo.relativenumber = false
 
       vim.bo.swapfile = false
       vim.bo.bufhidden = "unload"

lua/globals.lua

@@ -3,11 +3,6 @@ local api = vim.api
 
 local utils = require('utils')
 
--- Inspect something
-function _G.inspect(item)
-  vim.print(item)
-end
-
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 --                          custom variables                          --
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------

lua/plugin_specs.lua

@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ end
 local plugin_specs = {
   -- auto-completion engine
   {
-    "hrsh7th/nvim-cmp",
+    "iguanacucumber/magazine.nvim",
+    name = "nvim-cmp",
     -- event = 'InsertEnter',
     event = "VeryLazy",
     dependencies = {
@@ -38,7 +39,6 @@ local plugin_specs = {
       require("config.nvim-cmp")
     end,
   },
-
   {
     "neovim/nvim-lspconfig",
     event = { "BufRead", "BufNewFile" },
@@ -563,6 +563,16 @@ local plugin_specs = {
       require("copilot").setup {}
     end,
   },
+  {
+    "smjonas/live-command.nvim",
+    -- live-command supports semantic versioning via Git tags
+    -- tag = "2.*",
+    cmd = "Preview",
+    config = function()
+      require("config.live-command")
+    end,
+    event = "VeryLazy",
+  },
 }
 
 require("lazy").setup {