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#Troubleshooting Firenvim

If you're having issues with Firenvim, here are the following steps you can take in order to check if everything is correctly set up on your side:

#Make sure the neovim plugin is installed

Run neovim without any arguments and then try to run the following line:

call firenvim#install(0)

  • If this results in Installed native matifest for ${browser} being printed, the firenvim plugin is correctly installed in neovim and you can move on to the next troubleshooting step.

  • If this results in No config detected for ${browser} and ${browser} is the browser you want to use firenvim with, this might be because your browser configuration files are in a non-standard directory. If this is the case, force-install firenvim by running call firenvim#install(1) and read the documentation about native manifest location for firefox or chrome in order to figure out where you should copy the native manifest generated by firenvim#install(1).

  • If this results in Unknown function: firenvim#install being printed, then firenvim is not correctly installed in neovim and this is likely a configuration error from your side. Check your configuration again.

  • If this results in nvim version >= 0.4.0 required. Aborting, you know what to do :).

#Make sure the firenvim script has been created

Running call firenvim#install(0) should have created a shell or batch script in $XDG_DATA_HOME/firenvim (on linux/osx, this usually is $HOME/.local/share/firenvim, on windows it's %APPDATA%\firenvim). Make sure that the script exists and that it is executable. Try running it in a shell, like this:

echo 'abcde{}' | $XDG_DATA_HOME/firenvim/firenvim

This should print a json object the content of which is the current version of the firenvim neovim plugin. If it doesn't, please open a new github issue.

#Make sure the firenvim native manifest has been created

Running call firenvim#install(0) should also have created a file named firenvim.json in your browser's configuration directory. Make sure it exists:

  • On Linux:
    • For Firefox: $HOME/.mozilla/native-messaging-hosts
    • For Chrome: $HOME/.config/google-chrome/NativeMessagingHosts/
    • For Chromium: $HOME/.config/chromium/NativeMessagingHosts/
  • On OSX:
    • For Firefox: $HOME/Library/Application Support/Mozilla/NativeMessagingHosts
    • For Chrome: $HOME/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/NativeMessagingHosts
    • For Chromium: $HOME/Library/Application Support/Chromium/NativeMessagingHosts
  • On Windows: in %APPDATA%\firenvim and check that the following registry keys exist and point to the native manifest:
    • For Firefox: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\NativeMessagingHosts\firenvim
    • For Chrome/Chromium: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\NativeMessagingHosts\firenvim

Also check the content of this json file to make sure that the path key points to the firenvim script you checked the existence of in the previous step. If the json file is missing or if the path attribute is wrong, please open a new github issue.

#Make sure the browser extension can communicate with neovim

In your browser, open the background console. This requires the following steps:

  • On Firefox:
    • Go to about:debugging
    • Select This Firefox in the left column.
    • Find firenvim.
    • Click on the inspect button.
    • If the console already contains messages, empty it by clicking on the trash icon.
  • On Chrome/ium:
    • Go to chrome://extensions
    • Enable Developer mode (the button is in the top right corner)
    • Find firenvim.
    • Click on the backround page link.
    • If the console already contains messages, empty by pressing <C-l>.

Then, navigate to a page with a textarea (I really like http://txti.es for this). Open the content console (<CS-I> on both firefox and chrome/ium). If you're using firefox, also open and clear the Browser Console (<CS-J>). Then, click on the textarea. This should result in messages being printed in the console. If it doesn't, try clicking on the Firenvim icon next to the urlbar. If no messages are logged there either, try clicking on the Reload settings button.

#Make sure it's not your init.vim

Clone the firenvim repository somewhere (e.g. git clone https://git.sr.ht/~glacambre/firenvim /tmp/firenvim) and edit the firenvim script so that it doesn't load your init.vim but loads firenvim, like this:

-exec '/usr/bin/nvim' --headless -c 'call firenvim#run()'
+exec '/usr/bin/nvim' -u NORC --cmd 'set rtp+=/tmp/firenvim' --headless -c 'call firenvim#run()'

Then, try reloading your config twice/focusing a textarea twice. If firenvim suddenly starts working, this might be a $PATH issue on your end. Revert the changes you just made and try the instructions in this section in order to fix it.

#Make sure firenvim's $PATH is the same as neovim's

Some operating systems (such as OSX) empty your browser's $PATH. This could be a problem if you want to use plugins that depend on other executables. In order to check if this is indeed happening, just run echo $PATH in your shell and :!echo $PATH in firenvim and compare the results. If they're different, this might be the culprit.

In order to fix this, call firenvim#install() and give it a prologue that sets the right path for you, like this:

nvim --headless -c "call firenvim#install(0, 'export PATH=\"$PATH\"')" -c quit

Note that this sets your $PATH in stone and that in order to update it you'll need to run the above command again. If you want to avoid doing that, you could also try the method described here.