Custom Plugin path

[orhnk]

Not everyone probably wants a new file for each plugin they install.

Also there is no path variable for the location we want to put config in.

{
  "roobert/tabtree.nvim",
  config = function(_, opts)
    require("tabtree").setup(opts)
  end,
  opts = {
    path = [[lua/plugins/configs/]],
    config_path = [[lua/plugins/init.lua]],
    add_to_config = true, -- will append to a file (not create one)
  },
}

---

(e.g this is my file-tree)

.
├── core
│   ├── bootstrap.lua
│   ├── default_config.lua
│   ├── init.lua
│   ├── mappings.lua
│   └── utils.lua
└── plugins
    ├── configs
    │   ├── cmp.lua
    │   ├── lazy_nvim.lua
    │   ├── lspconfig.lua
    │   ├── mason.lua
    │   ├── nvimtree.lua
    │   ├── others.lua
    │   ├── telescope.lua
    │   └── treesitter.lua
    ├── init.lua
    └── venn_nvim.lua

[roobert]

Not everyone probably wants a new file for each plugin they install.

I think this would be too difficult to implement because it's not practical to parse and update source code in a simple, reliable, programmatic way.

Also there is no path variable for the location we want to put config in.

Agree that this should be configurable, I'll try to add this soon!

{
  "roobert/tabtree.nvim",
  config = function(_, opts)
    require("tabtree").setup(opts)
  end,
  opts = {
    path = [[lua/plugins/configs/]],
    config_path = [[lua/plugins/init.lua]],
    add_to_config = true, -- will append to a file (not create one)
  },
}

(e.g this is my file-tree)

.
├── core
│   ├── bootstrap.lua
│   ├── default_config.lua
│   ├── init.lua
│   ├── mappings.lua
│   └── utils.lua
└── plugins
    ├── configs
    │   ├── cmp.lua
    │   ├── lazy_nvim.lua
    │   ├── lspconfig.lua
    │   ├── mason.lua
    │   ├── nvimtree.lua
    │   ├── others.lua
    │   ├── telescope.lua
    │   └── treesitter.lua
    ├── init.lua
    └── venn_nvim.lua

[orhnk]

I think this would be too difficult to implement because it's not practical to parse and update source code in a simple, reliable, programmatic way.

You don't need to write a parser from scratch for lua. (I agree that it is a hard task)
But there are other ways to solve this problem:

• Using tree-sitter nvim

• Config option as line number in config file (below snippet)

• Taking a regex Query in config (and adding to the capture's end position):

  {
    "roobert/tabtree.nvim",
    config = function(_, opts)
      require("tabtree").setup(opts)
    end,
    opts = {
      path = [[lua/plugins/configs/]],
      config_path = [[lua/plugins/init.lua]],
      add_to_config = true, -- will append to a file (not create one)
      -- position = 300 -- file position as line nr
      position = [[local\splugins\s=\s\{(.)\}]]
      -- NOTE:
      -- The regexp above will catch the following:
      -- local plugins = { -- <- Anything between these brace pairs
      --     { "UTFeight/vim-case-change" } -- THIS
      --     --> plugins should insert HERE <--
      -- }
    },
  }