Question 1

How to install symbol-usage.nvim with lazy.nvim?

Accepted Answer

Add the plugin to your lazy.nvim config with the event set to 'BufReadPre' for Neovim 0.9 or 'LspAttach' for 0.10, then call require('symbol-usage').setup() with your options. The README provides a clear snippet for this.

Question 2

symbol-usage.nvim vs lsp-lens.nvim: which should I use?

Accepted Answer

symbol-usage.nvim offers more display options (above, end of line, textwidth) and is LSP agnostic, while lsp-lens.nvim only supports 'above' view. Choose symbol-usage if you need flexibility or work with servers lacking codeLens.

Question 3

Why isn't symbol-usage showing counts for arrow functions in JavaScript?

Accepted Answer

This is a known issue with LSP servers like tsserver that classify arrow functions as SymbolKind.Variable instead of Function. Use the kinds_filter option to add custom filters for these symbols, as explained in the filtering section.

Question 4

How to filter out test file references in symbol-usage.nvim?

Accepted Answer

Use the symbol_filter option in the setup to define a custom filter that excludes references based on URI patterns. For example, skip symbols from files containing 'tests/' in their path, as shown in the README example.

Question 5

Does symbol-usage.nvim work with Neovim 0.8?

Accepted Answer

No, it requires Neovim >= 0.9.0 as stated in the requirements, so you need to upgrade your Neovim version. This dependency might break compatibility for users on older distributions.

Question 6

How to change the virtual text position to end of line?

Accepted Answer

Set the vt_position option in the setup function to 'end_of_line'. You can also customize this per filetype by overriding options in the filetypes table for more granular control.

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