Neovide: I am facing a problem in opening neovide

[harish2222]

I have downloaded windows binary from neovide release but it is not even opening

[PyGamer0]

can you try running it from the command line;
if that also doesnt work try running it with --log as an argument

[harish2222]

Yes, I done it and got the log file uploaded it
neovide_rCURRENT.log

but I haven't builder it using rust
it have installed the binary from neovide releases version 0.7

[Kethku]

What version of neovim do you have installed? Is it on the path? Do you set guifont in your config?

[harish2222]

I am using neovim NVIM v0.5.0-dev+1385-g93f15db5d

[harish2222]

can you tell me how to use neovide if I had installed the binary from github release

[Kethku]

I'm guessing that the issue is due to guifont settings in your vim config. The release version of neovide fails if the guifont is set to a name which the font system can't find. I'd try running with neovide --clean to see if it runs that way. If it does, then that indicates that the problem is with the guifont setting

[harish2222]

So should I clear my nvim folder and do it

[Kethku]

--clean should run without your config. No need to clear your nvim folder

[harish2222]

I am not able to understand how to use neovide could you please explain how to link it with my neovim

[harish2222]

When I am trying to build neovide I am getting this error
LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'SDL2.lib'

[j4qfrost]

@harish2222 It seems like you might have downloaded an older binary. We have builds that use opengl now, here is the latest one https://github.com/Kethku/neovide/actions/runs/933593677

This removes SDL as a dependency.

[harish2222]

I have downloaded it and runned it but no getting this error
Check the log file
neovide_rCURRENT.log

[j4qfrost]

That isn't really an error. Is neovide just not starting up now? What is the behavior?

[harish2222]

it is starting the neovide window and then collapsing without showing any output

[harish2222]

And when I built the vulken based neovide I get an error.
Saying neovide is not a command

[jackysee]

I cannot open it in windows too. When I run neovide --version with RUST_BACKTRACE=full, it gives:

Neovide version: 0.7.0
dpi fix applied
thread 'main' panicked at 'Failed to create window: SdlError("Failed loading vulkan-1.dll: The specified module could not be found.\r\n")', src\window\sdl2\mod.rs:442:10
stack backtrace:
   0:     0x7ff79ca0a898 - <unknown>
   1:     0x7ff79c8fb8cb - <unknown>
   2:     0x7ff79ca097c8 - <unknown>
   3:     0x7ff79ca08d4c - <unknown>
   4:     0x7ff79ca07eb2 - <unknown>
   5:     0x7ff79ca115a5 - <unknown>
   6:     0x7ff79ca114ff - <unknown>
   7:     0x7ff79ca1149f - <unknown>
   8:     0x7ff79c8f9d50 - <unknown>
   9:     0x7ff79c8fff33 - <unknown>
  10:     0x7ff79c875174 - <unknown>
  11:     0x7ff79c8089ac - <unknown>
  12:     0x7ff79c859a66 - <unknown>
  13:     0x7ff79c8058c9 - <unknown>
  14:     0x7ff79cf68bc0 - SDL_wcsstr
  15:     0x7fff72d97034 - BaseThreadInitThunk
  16:     0x7fff74682651 - RtlUserThreadStart

[PyGamer0]

@jackysee try running an executable from here https://github.com/Kethku/neovide/actions/runs/947940077

[jackysee]

@PyGamer0 this build can be opened OK on my windows!

[Kethku]

And when I built the vulken based neovide I get an error.
Saying neovide is not a command

@harish2222 can you paste exactly what command you run? Neovide is not a command means that you don't have neovide on your path. Closing immediately after running is usually due to either an invalid font setting in your vim config or not finding the neovim executable on your path.

[harish2222]

I have used all the commands to run neovide
used remote TCP
used ssh
nothing worked.
also removed the nvim config folder and make a new one with the same name and insert an init.vim file having just one setting that is
set number
set relativenumber
After adding these to my new neovim config I used the same commands again but nothing showed up rather a new console opened up with plain black screen

[Kethku]

Neovide when run on windows trys to run an executable called neovim on startup. If it can't find it, it will likely just close out. If you are running neovide with the wsl command, it will try to locate a neovim executable inside your wsl install and run that. I'm guessing the problem you are encountering is that Neovide can't find the neovim executable.

@harish2222 its almost certainly something weird about your configuration or path. Neovim must be on your path to run. Also "neovide is not a command" means that neovide itself isn't on your path. I'm not sure we can help you unless you can verify that both of those things are true.

With respect to which version of neovide to use, I recommend using one from the github actions page rather than the releases. The current release on the releases page requires both sdl2 and vulkan to work properly which may be confusing things.

Could you also give some details about what version of windows are your running?

[harish2222]

My neovim is set to system variable in environment variables. And I am using windows 21H1 build version

1. With that I am using spacevim for instance and wanted to try neovide, now spacevim config is controlling neovim so is it necessary to remove it.
2. even used --wsl it looks for neovim but doesn't show any output only the neovide window is opened and crashes.
3. I use an old system would that be a problem

[harish2222]

Check out the log file output that I am getting
neovide_rCURRENT.log

[xianzheTM]

I installed neovide (0.5.0) with scoop and had the same problem.
neovide_rCURRENT.log

[harish2222]

@xianzheTM Is your window collapsing after you run neovide. If so you are facing the same problem that I am facing

[xianzheTM]

@harish2222 yes,Open it, the shape of the window appears, and then it crashes.

[harish2222]

@xianzheTM Was neovide working for you before if so

Can it be the neovim version that can be trouble or any other for neovide's crashing

[xianzheTM]

@harish2222 I am using neovide for the first time ...😢

[PyGamer0]

@xianzheTM try an executable from here

[harish2222]

I am getting the same error again this time I am have used both versions of neovim version = 0.4.4 and version = 0.5
nothing worked gave the same error as pervious

[xianzheTM]

@xianzheTM try an executable from here

It's worked for me!