A simple set of instructions to write a greeting with the Python Neovim API.

This is a quick guide to writing a simple Python Plugin for Neovim. You will first need Neovim installed. I then installed pynvim from source following their instructions.

Write the following code to

• /home/yourname/.config/nvim/rplugin/python3/greet.py
• or another directory that ends .../nvim/rplugin/python3/some_filename.py where ... is a folder on your runtime path. Use set runtimepath? to see that.

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import pynvim

@pynvim.plugin
class Greeting(object):

    def __init__(self, vim):
        self.vim = vim

    @pynvim.command('Greet', range='', nargs='*', sync=True)
    def command_handler(self, args, range):
        self.vim.command('echo "Hello, World!"')

After writing this file, run :UpdateRemotePlugins to tell Neovim to load the new file. You can then see "Hello, World!" echoed with the command :Greet