Setting clipboard provider

[staticdev]

When I am running the standard config (not maximal) on NixOS, I see the clipboard provider does not come pre-configured since it is considered optional. That is ok, but the manual for nvf does not mention at any point clipboard - it would be great to have a paragraph with a suggested config for those who want this optional feature.

After digging into the options I found vim.useSystemClipboard = true;, but even that does not make the clipboard tool found on checkhealth.

The other options [vim.filetree.nvimTree.setupOpts.actions.use_system_clipboard](https://notashelf.github.io/nvf/options.html#opt-vim.filetree.nvimTree.setupOpts.actions.use_system_clipboard) and vim.ui.breadcrumbs.navbuddy.mappings.yankName do not seem related.

I am used to enabling it on nixvim with options:

clipboard = {
  register = "unnamedplus";
  providers.wl-copy.enable = true;
}

Is this part not implemented on nvf or I am missing something?

[NotAShelf]

You're looking for vim.options to manually set (Neo)vim options that modify clipboard behaviour. We have found over time that abstractions over basic Neovim options cause more confusion than they provide they efficiency, and some of those have been removed--as useSystemClipboard might be in the future.

Please note that Nixvim does not dictate our design choices; I do not aim to provide a Nixvim alternative, and as such module options tend to diverge drastically. That said, I do see some value in providing a small module for configuring Neovim's clipboard, possibly as a direct replacement to useSystemClipboard that has been controversial in the past. Since LSPs, diagnostics, etc. have their own submodules, I think clipboard might be given its own module as well. If you would like to propose an API that makes sense to you, I am happy to hear your thoughts. Otherwise I will have to visit this at a later date as my backlog is already full to the brim. In the meantime, an addition to the "tips and tricks" section of the manual is possible. If we decide not to go with a submodule, I'll add a section on how the clipboard behaviour might be controlled.

[staticdev]

@NotAShelf when there is a plan for a new release?

[NotAShelf]

I plan to merge the clipboard module to main this weekend. If you're asking for the next tagged release, I intend to release 0.8 as soon as we finish the internal LSP refactor. Probably shortly after 25.05.

[staticdev]

No problem, but I plan to retest nvf with all new features once, then I wait for 0.8 =) Thanks a lot.

[nil-andreas]

Thanks for addressing this, I was very confused by this as well. If someone else is looking for how to do it before the PR reaches us regulars, this is how I solved it:

Remove this from your nvf-config file (if present):
useSystemClipboard = true;
Instead add:
vim.options.clipboard = "unnamedplus";

and importantly, make sure to have a clipboard installed. Using NixOS I installed wl-clipboard

This might be obvious to most, but I wanted to add a comment now that I found out how I could make it work. Looking forward to the PR, thanks for all the hard work.

[NotAShelf]

The PR is technically done, but I'm waiting on a review from one of my co-maintainers. Though the change is small enough I could probably just merge it in.

Thank you for your comment, I'll add a note on the usage of unnamedplus requiring the package to be installed.