feat: Add tasks for debugging neovim on linux

.vscode/tasks.json

@@ -205,7 +205,12 @@
           "tell app \"Terminal\" to do script \"${workspaceFolder}/packages/cursorless-neovim/scripts/debug-neovim.sh ${workspaceFolder} development\" activate"
         ]
       },
-      // TODO: Add linux
+      "linux": {
+        "command": "packages/cursorless-neovim/scripts/linux-terminal.sh",
+        "args": [
+          "${workspaceFolder}/packages/cursorless-neovim/scripts/debug-neovim.sh ${workspaceFolder} development"
+        ]
+      },
       "group": "build",
       "options": {
         "env": {
@@ -233,7 +238,12 @@
           "tell app \"Terminal\" to do script \"${workspaceFolder}/packages/cursorless-neovim/scripts/debug-neovim.sh ${workspaceFolder} test\" activate"
         ]
       },
-      // TODO: Add linux
+      "linux": {
+        "command": "packages/cursorless-neovim/scripts/linux-terminal.sh",
+        "args": [
+          "${workspaceFolder}/packages/cursorless-neovim/scripts/debug-neovim.sh ${workspaceFolder} test"
+        ]
+      },
       "group": "build",
       "options": {
         "env": {

docs/contributing/cursorless-in-neovim.md

@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ Note that the `C:\path\to\cursorless` path above should match your cloned cursor
 
 ## Running / testing extension locally
 
-In order to test out your local version of the extension or to run unit tests locally, you need to run the extension in debug mode. To do so you need to run the `workbench.action.debug.selectandstart` command in VSCode and then select either "Run neovim extension" or "Run neovim extension tests".
+In order to test out your local version of the extension or to run unit tests locally, you need to run the extension in
+debug mode. To do so you need to run the `workbench.action.debug.selectandstart` (aka `Debug: Select and Start Debugging`) command in VSCode and then select either "Neovim: Run" or "Neovim: Test".
 
 The debug logs are written in `C:\path\to\cursorless\packages\cursorless-neovim\out\nvim_node.log`.
 

flake.nix

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 {
   description = "A Nix-flake-based development environment for Cursorless";
 
-  inputs.nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable";
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable";
+  };
 
   outputs =
     { self, nixpkgs }:
@@ -13,7 +15,43 @@
         "aarch64-darwin"
       ];
       forEachSupportedSystem =
-        f: nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs supportedSystems (system: f { pkgs = import nixpkgs { inherit system; }; });
+        f:
+        nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs supportedSystems (
+          system:
+          f {
+            pkgs = import nixpkgs {
+              inherit system;
+              overlays = [
+                # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/317333
+                (final: prev: {
+                  nodePackages = prev.nodePackages // {
+                    neovim = prev.buildNpmPackage rec {
+                      pname = "neovim-node-client";
+                      version = "5.1.1-dev.0";
+                      src = prev.fetchFromGitHub {
+                        owner = "neovim";
+                        repo = "node-client";
+                        rev = "d99ececf115ddc8ade98467417c1bf0120b676b5";
+                        hash = "sha256-eiKyhJNz7kH2iX55lkn7NZYTj6yaSZLMZxqiqPxDIPs=";
+                      };
+                      npmDeps = prev.fetchNpmDeps {
+                        inherit src;
+                        hash = "sha256-UoMq+7evskxtZygycxLBgeUtwrET8jYKeZwMiXdBMAw=";
+                      };
+                      postInstall = ''
+                        mkdir -p $out/bin
+                        ln -s $out/lib/node_modules/neovim/node_modules/.bin/neovim-node-host $out/bin
+                      '';
+                    };
+                  };
+                  neovim = prev.neovim.override { withNodeJs = true; };
+
+                })
+
+              ];
+            };
+          }
+        );
       pythonVersion = builtins.replaceStrings [ "py" ] [
         "python"
       ] (nixpkgs.lib.importTOML ./pyproject.toml).tool.ruff.target-version;
@@ -37,17 +75,18 @@
                     --set PYTHONPATH $PYTHONPATH
                   '';
                 }))
-
                 python
+                pkgs.neovim
               ];
             # To prevent weird broken non-interactive bash terminal
             buildInputs = [ pkgs.bashInteractive ];
             shellHook = ''
               if [ ! -f .git/hooks/pre-commit ]; then
                 echo "You can run 'pre-commit install' to install git commit hooks if you want them."
               fi
-
               pnpm install
+
+              PATH=${pkgs.lib.getBin pkgs.neovim}/bin:$PATH}
             '';
           };
         }

init.lua

@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ require("lazy").setup({
 })
 
 local repo_root = os.getenv("CURSORLESS_REPO_ROOT")
+if not repo_root then
+  error("CURSORLESS_REPO_ROOT is not set. Run via debug-neovim.sh script.")
+end
 vim.opt.runtimepath:append(repo_root .. "/cursorless.nvim")
 
 require("talon").setup()

packages/cursorless-neovim/scripts/debug-neovim.sh

@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ export NVIM_NODE_LOG_FILE="${workspaceFolder}/packages/cursorless-neovim/out/nvi
 export NVIM_NODE_LOG_LEVEL="info"
 export CURSORLESS_MODE="${cursorless_mode}"
 
-nvim -u "${workspaceFolder}/init.lua"
+command nvim -u "${workspaceFolder}/init.lua"

packages/cursorless-neovim/scripts/linux-terminal.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# shellcheck disable=SC2068
+set -euo pipefail
+
+if command -v gnome-terminal &>/dev/null; then
+  # FIXME: Possibly have to use ;exec bash to not auto-close the terminal
+  gnome-terminal -- $@
+elif command -v gnome-console &>/dev/null; then
+  gnome-console -- $@
+elif command -v konsole &>/dev/null; then
+  konsole --hold -e $@
+elif command -v xfce4-terminal &>/dev/null; then
+  xfce4-terminal --hold -e $@
+elif command -v kitty &>/dev/null; then
+  kitty -1 --hold $@
+elif command -v alacritty &>/dev/null; then
+  alacritty --hold -e $@
+elif command -v wezterm &>/dev/null; then
+  wezterm --config "exit_behavior='Hold'" start --always-new-process $@
+else
+  echo "No supported terminal emulator found. File an issue to get it added."
+  exit 1
+fi

packages/cursorless-neovim/scripts/populate-dist.sh

@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 echo "Populating dist directory..."
+if [ ! -e "${CURSORLESS_REPO_ROOT-nonexistent}" ]; then
+  CURSORLESS_REPO_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+fi
 echo "CURSORLESS_REPO_ROOT: $CURSORLESS_REPO_ROOT"
 cursorless_nvim_dir="$CURSORLESS_REPO_ROOT/cursorless.nvim"
 cursorless_neovim_node_in_dir="$CURSORLESS_REPO_ROOT/packages/cursorless-neovim"