CODEWITHSUNDEEP
luaneovim
AlgoQ
AlgoQ

Reputation: 177

How to map a shell command in the lua nvim config?

How to map a shell command in the lua nvim config?

maps.n["<F4>"] = { function() io.popen("python3 " + vim.fn.expand("%")) end, desc = "Run current Python file"}

Error:

E5108: Error executing lua: /home/kobe/.config/nvim/lua/core/mappings.lua:19: attempt to perform arithmetic on a string value                                                                               
stack traceback:
        /home/kobe/.config/nvim/lua/core/mappings.lua:19: in function </home/kobe/.config/nvim/lua/core/mappings.lua:19>

Upvotes: 1

Views: 5720

Answers (2)

lcheylus
lcheylus

Reputation: 2342

In Lua, operand to concatenate 2 strings is .. not + as in Python.

Correct your code : function() io.popen("python3 " .. vim.fn.expand("%")) end

Upvotes: 2

StarDrummer
StarDrummer

Reputation: 11

Maybe this isn't exactly what you're looking for, but I use plugins like toggleterm for this. You can setup keymappings to run whatever shell command or program you want, and also have it show up in a floating or none-floating window, too.

As for just mapping it without any plugins and having the command be executing, I'm not entirely sure.

Upvotes: 1

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