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--- neovim [2025/04/15 16:11] – [Copilot] dblume
+++ neovim [2025/07/26 08:08] (current) – [Installation] dblume
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 [[https://github.com/cli/cli/blob/trunk/docs/install_linux.md#snap-do-not-use|GitHub recommends against snap for gh]], and in WSL2, although I had ''snap'', it didn't work, so I [[https://github.com/neovim/neovim/blob/master/INSTALL.md#install-from-download|downloaded the tarball]]. (If you click Linux, it'll download the tarball. Otherwise [[https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases|scroll down and find/expand "Assets"]].) Then I extracted it into $HOME/.local/bin/.
+  uname -m  # x86_64
   cd ~/.local/bin/
-  wget https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/latest/download/nvim-linux64.tar.gz
+  wget https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/download/stable/nvim-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
-  tar -xvf nvim-linux64.tar.gz
+  tar -xvf nvim-linux64.tar.gz.1
   ln -s nvim-linux64/bin/nvim nvim
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   - [[https://github.com/github/copilot.vim?tab=readme-ov-file|Install plugin]] (used ''--filter=blob:none'')
     - ''%%git clone --filter=blob:none https://github.com/github/copilot.vim.git ~/.config/nvim/pack/github/start/copilot.vim%%''
+  - Assure you're logged in to GitHub with the profile you want to connect. The next step's setup will launch the browser.
+  - Start nvim and run '':Copilot setup''
   - read [[https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/using-github-copilot/getting-started-with-github-copilot?tool=vimneovim#about-github-copilot-and-vimneovim|docs]].
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 <code bash>
-# (Done as part of CoPilot installation) mkdir -p ~/.config/nvim/pack/copilotchat/start
+mkdir -p ~/.config/nvim/pack/copilotchat/start
 cd ~/.config/nvim/pack/copilotchat/start
 # (Done as part of CoPilot installation) git clone --filter=blob:none --single-branch https://github.com/github/copilot.vim
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 git clone --filter=blob:none --single-branch https://github.com/CopilotC-Nvim/CopilotChat.nvim
 </code>
+==== macOS tweak ====
 On macOS, I initially had trouble with diffs of the form ''[file:main.cpp](#file:main.cpp-context)'', so I edited [[https://github.com/CopilotC-Nvim/CopilotChat.nvim/blob/main/lua/CopilotChat/client.lua#L25|~/.config/nvim/pack/copilotchat/start/CopilotChat.nvim/lua/CopilotChat/client.lua:25]].
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 sed -i 's/(#file:%s-context)/(%s)/' ~/.config/nvim/pack/copilotchat/start/CopilotChat.nvim/lua/CopilotChat/client.lua
 </code>
+==== WSL tweak ====
+WSL sets ''$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR'' to a path that cannot be written to. So either:
+  - ''export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/tmp''
+  - or modify plenary's curl.lua to not find it. (Mangle it.) (See ''sed'' below.)
+  - or ''[[https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/10846#issuecomment-1840548054|sudo chown 1000:1000 /mnt/wslg/run/user/1000]]'' (untested)
+<code bash>
+sed -i 's/XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/DXB_HIDDEN_XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/' ~/.config/nvim/pack/copilotchat/start/plenary.nvim/lua/plenary/curl.lua
+</code>
+==== Optional Settings ====
 Optional, [[https://github.com/CopilotC-Nvim/CopilotChat.nvim/wiki/Examples-and-Tips#markdown-rendering|MarkDown rendering]]: