Indent doesn't load when opening new files

[jagardaniel]

Hello! I'm still pretty new to the Neovim world so I'm not sure if this is something that requires extra configuration, expected behavior or if it could be a bug. Or just me trying to work with Neovim in a way you shouldn't (very likely!). The problem is that the indent feature doesn't seem to load if I start a new file without opening up an existing file.

Example:

1. Open up a new file that doesn't exist yet. (nvim test.go for example, or nvim and then :e test.go)
2. The indent lines does not show up and :lua Snacks.indent.* is unavailable. It doesn't matter if the file is saved.
3. As soon as I open up something else (another file, :help, etc) the indent feature loads and the lines are visible again.

This is with the latest Neovim nightly and snacks as the only lazy.nvim plugin loaded.

require('lazy').setup({
  {
    "folke/snacks.nvim",
    priority = 1000,
    lazy = false,
    ---@type snacks.Config
    opts = {
      indent = { enabled = true },
    },
  }
})

Thanks!

[folke]

the fact that :lua Snacks.indent.* is not available means snakcs isnt loaded.
So i suspect your lazy config is wrong.
Right after opening Neovim with and empty file, run :Lazy to see what's loaded.

[jagardaniel]

Thanks for the quick reply.

This is the output from :Lazy and I see the same result when I open up a new file and an existing file (and indent is available).

Total: 2 plugins

Loaded (2)
    ● lazy.nvim 1.63ms  init.lua
    ● snacks.nvim 0.47ms  start

I can see other parts of Snacks under :lua Snacks.* when opening a new file where indent doesn't load. Snacks.config.*, Snacks.did_setup.* etc. So it looks like Snacks loads but not the indent feature.

I use the suggested configuration under "Installation" from the Snacks repository documentation. I have the same issue if I use LazyVim.

[jagardaniel]

I took a look at the code and I think I found out why it doesn't load. From the init.lua file in Snacks:

  local events = {
    BufReadPre = { "bigfile" },
    BufReadPost = { "quickfile", "indent" },
    LspAttach = { "words" },
    UIEnter = { "dashboard", "scroll", "input", "scope", "picker" },
  }

https://github.com/folke/snacks.nvim/blob/main/lua/snacks/init.lua#L129

This is what the Neovim documentation says about BufReadPost:

Not triggered:
- for the :read file command
- when the file doesn't exist

The last point should be the reason why it doesn't load. And it works if I move indent to the UIEnter event instead. Again, I'm new to Neovim (and lua) so I don't know which event would be more appropriate.

So loading the indent feature on an event that is "BufReadPost but includes files that doesn't exist" would probably solve my problem.

Thanks!