paq-nvim VS targets.vim

If you want a dead simple package mamage that only puts packages in opt and start, you can use paq.nvim

Is there anyone here who can share some feedback on how much lazy.nvim has been better than what you were using previously? If my context helps, I'm using paq-nvim, previously was using packer.

This was a problem when I was using paq as my manager, now I have the same problem with packer. It never happened when I wanted to install new plugins, only on updating. With packer I have a workaround: after it fails to sync it allows to re-run all failed jobs, and each times about a half of failed jobs fail again, others update successfully, so I can iteratively sync everything, but that's a terrible waste of time;

Options: - packloadall command family and maybe git submodules - minpac which is a thin utility around the above - vim-plug - old but still popular for it does the job - packer.nvim is a popular choice for lua configs, never got to using it myself - paq-nvim is another often mentioned lua solution - dozens of other solutions

that sounds like paq, but slow?

On my Neovim setup, I simply have the following plugins. I use paq as a plugin manager:

paq.nvim

targets is nice too.

The thing that has the biggest impact on me is ci”, ca”, da”, etc.. so I suggested getting used to using those.. and then you can get more pedantic with it using https://github.com/wellle/targets.vim

I do recommend getting, targets.vim https://github.com/wellle/targets.vim .. which unlocks the n(ext) and l(ast) verbs(?) ..ahhhh it’s REALLY REALLY good, I use 2in” like a lot

In fact, as /u/Chillbrosaurus_Rex points out, there's a plugin, targets.vim, that expands on Vim's built-in text objects, and one of the things it does is to provide this kind of forward and reverse direction functionality.

Hey, I use targets.vim, how does it compare with that?

You might benefit from targets.vim, it works well with your thought process. It adds a bunch of new really useful editing targets (which should be builtin imo).

https://github.com/wellle/targets.vim

Thanks for the through explanation. I has seen that and considered using it in the past. Can I ask how it compares to https://github.com/wellle/targets.vim? Would you consider mini.ai a replacement or complementary?

This is provided by targets.vim, along with a bunch of other useful text objects.