Neovim

The Challenge

Neovim instances are isolated processes. Changing a config file doesn’t magically update running instances unless they are configured to watch that file. Alternatively, one can use nvr (Neovim Remote) to send commands to each instance.

2. Themis’s Approach (Simple)

Generate a Lua file with the theme variables. User adds a filesystem watcher in their init.lua to reload when this file changes.

3. Themis’s Approach (Advanced / Script)

Use a custom script to loop through nvr servers.

Script: scripts/update_nvim.sh

#!/bin/bash
MODE=$THEMIS_MODE
# ... loop through nvr --serverlist and run :set background=...

Configuration:

enroll:
  neovim_ipc:
    type: script
    path: "~/.config/themis/scripts/update_nvim.sh"