Neovim API for Dart (Experimental)

Features

Sync with Neovim nightly every week
Stream interfaces
Type safety *to the extent of type information provided by nvim --api-info
Runs in isolate, keep your application running fast

Currently supported channel types

Spawned child process using stdio
Socket using Socket.connect

Getting started

Currently, this package is not publishable on pub.dev due to using a fork of msgpack_dart while pending merge for #13.

Temporary installation method, in pubspec.yaml, add the following under dependencies

dart_nvim:
  git:
    url: https://github.com/SilverMira/dart_nvim
    ref: main # or any other commit refs

Usage

All api functions are accessible via Nvim.api with naming convention in camelCase. Consult neovim help with :help <api_name_snakecase> when in doubt.

import 'package:dart_nvim/dart_nvim.dart';

Future<void> main() async {
  final neovim = await DartNvim.spawn(
    binary: 'nvim',
    args: ['--embed'],
    isolate: true,
  );
  final result = await neovim.api.nvimEval('1 + 1');
  print(result); // 2
  try {
    await neovim.api.nvimEval('*');
  } on NvimError catch (err) {
    print(err);
  } 
  await neovim.api.nvimUiAttach(
    100,
    50,
    NvimUIOption(
      extLinegrid: true,
    ).toMap(),
  );
  neovim.api.notifications.typed.listen((notification) {
    notification.when(
      redraw: (redraw) {
        for (final event in redraw.events) {
          final result = event.maybeWhen(
            gridClear: (gridClear) => 'gridClear',
            $$unknown: (unknown) => 'unknown',
            orElse: (event) => 'exhaustive',
          );
          print(result);
        }
      },
      $$unknown: (unknown) =>
          print('received unknown notification: ${unknown.method}'),
    );
  });
  try {
    await neovim.api.nvimCommand('qall!');
  } on NvimChannelClosedError catch (_) {}
  await neovim.close(false); /// No [force]-closing
}

TODO

Implement alternative methods of establishing channel with neovim instance.

Additional Information

Pull requests are welcomed and feel free to open an issue!