Feature request: suggest best way to get Vim +lua

[kylecordes]

I recently updated with a git pull, on branch 3.0, to commit 91d3d8e. These details are not important, I'm not looking for support, but rather making a feature request. When I run, I get the following warning:

neocomplete does not work with this version of Vim.
It requires Vim 7.3.885 or later with Lua support ("+lua").

I will assume without any research that neocomplete is amazing, and totally worth the effort of getting a Vim with Lua running. I looked briefly at how to get such a thing, and did not see a single obvious recommended way.

So here's my feature request: concurrent with this new need for Vim +lua, please update the website installation instructions to point out the most idiomatic, convenient, upgradable way to obtain a suitable Vim on the most common operating systems and distributions. For example, if I happen to be on a recent Ubuntu, what would I do to get this to them in such a way that I can continue to update via the package system etc.? I'm not looking for the answer here, just hoping it ends up on the website eventually.

By the way, I'm a big fan of Lua; I gave a talk about it strange loop a few years ago, video and slides below if anyone is interested.

http://kylecordes.com/2010/lua-strange-loop

[bronzehedwick]

This doesn't directly address your issue, but Neovim has +lua built in by default, and if #777 gets merged in, most of spf-13 should work with Neovim.

[junjiemars]

@bronzehedwick I had the same problem with @kylecordes , How to get Neovim in?

[bronzehedwick]

@junjiemars - If you want to try Neovim out, follow the install instructions on the project page, then checkout #777, or just symlink .vimrc to .nvimrc as a quick way of enabling spf13.

We really shouldn't enable neocomplete if we don't detect that our vim has +lua

[lu19961121]

You can recompile vim with lua, here is a Tutorial on Ubuntu 18.04 !
You need install :

1. ncurses

2. lua

3. vim (remove old vim !)