We can do better than `vim.g`

Thu, 14 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Returning to the use of globals for all neovim configuration would be a step backward for the Neovim plugin ecosystem, especially when another better and easier possibility exists.

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Recently, there’s been a bit of a debate going on in the Neovim community around how we should structure our plugins. One of the arguments that’s been put forward has been that we should return to the older “vim” style of plugin configuration, i.e global variables that are picked up by our plugins at runtime to handle configuration.

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We can do better than `vim.g`

Some History