Loaded question: have you considered porting to lua, integrating fully with neovim LSP?

[coxackie]

I know that this is probably not going to go down well, but I guess it is a legitimate inquiry. So here we go:

Neovim has a built-in LSP implementation that is getting quite stable now. VS-code (json) style snippets are the default choice for LSP integration. Which brings the natural question: vsnip can become the de-facto snippet implementation for neovim, especially given its great interoperability with completion-nvim. To do this in the most efficient (in terms of speed) way, an implementation of vsnip in Lua would be the optimal choice.

Any thoughts?

[hrsh7th]

I think pure Lua snippet implementation is already exists and nvim comminity accept it with welcoming.

You can see it on here. https://github.com/norcalli/snippets.nvim

[hrsh7th]

And I don't care about licensing.
thus anyone can port vsnip to Lua.

Currently, vsnip is large codebase so porting is a hard work. ( it includes tests that very important on vsnip

[coxackie]

Yeah, I saw snippets.nvim, but unfortunately it is not "done" or well-documented, and seems abandoned - I hope I am wrong. So, without having looked at the source code yet, if someone wanted to port this in Lua using only integration with completion-nvim and built-in nvim lsp, would it be a huge effort?

[hrsh7th]

I hope someone port vim-vsnip to Lua...

The vim-vsnip supports vim and neovim.
And I don't want to maintenance two snippet engine...

I understood and personally agree (because I'm neovim user) but I can't do it for the above reasons.

[coxackie]

ok, many thanks, feel free to close this, if you see fit. Or leave it open if you want it to have visibility. Your call.