Neovim-qt: Can't open file passed as argument

Created on 24 Jun 2018 · 10Comments · Source: equalsraf/neovim-qt

I've installed Neovim 0.3.0 from Chocolatey using --pre on Windows 10.

I've added C:\Tools\neovim\Neovim\bin to my path.

I can run nvim file.txt and it loads file.txt for editing.

However, if I run nvim-qt file.txt I get [No Name] and the file is not loaded.
I get the same response if I do nvim-qt -- file.txt. I've also tried specifying full paths to executable, the file to open, the nvim executable but the file still does not load.

I'm assuming it's an issue on my machine as others would no doubt have reported this already but I can't think what it could be.

I also tried installing 0.3.1 but I get an error saying it couldn't find the Qt platform plugin.

Any ideas?

Source

PhilT

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I solved the 0.3.1 platform plugin error by copying qwindows.dll to the platforms subfolder in bin/

PhilT on 24 Jun 2018

solved the 0.3.1 platform plugin error by copying qwindows.dll to the platforms subfolder in bin/

@b-r-o-c-k ist seems like the new cmake script isn't copying to this subfolder.

justinmk on 24 Jun 2018

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I'm seeing the same issue with it not opening a file passed as an argument. 0.3.1-dev didn't solve the issue either - do you need any further debug information from us to help find a fix?

jamesvl on 24 Jun 2018

@jamesvl yes, try the .zip from here: https://ci.appveyor.com/project/neovim/neovim/build/21318/job/jsnoyn9ho38hrw2l/artifacts

justinmk on 24 Jun 2018

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This loads Neovim okay but still does not solve the main issue.

PhilT on 24 Jun 2018

@PhilT the main issue was addresed by https://github.com/equalsraf/neovim-qt/pull/419 but we've haven't pulled that into Nvim's builds yet.

justinmk on 24 Jun 2018

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Aha! Great! Does it also not currently work when using the -- syntax? That PR seems to indicate that it should but maybe I misunderstand.

PhilT on 24 Jun 2018

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I fiddled 30 minutes trying to get nvim-qt open files via cli/cmd on windows until I found this thread.

ITSecMedia on 19 Jul 2018

I have the same issue on windows. Neovim Qt runs fine, but when opening files associated with neovim-qt it simply opens an empty buffer in the directory and not the existing file.

Raincode on 26 Jul 2018

To anyone else having this problem, version 0.3.1 on Chocolatey (the current version at this time) doesn't work. You need to install the "--pre" version: