https://omarcrosby.com/tags/plugin-development/ Recent content in Plugin-Development on Omar Crosby https://omarcrosby.com/images/og.jpg https://omarcrosby.com/images/og.jpg Hugo en-us Sat, 18 Jul 2026 03:34:20 -0400 https://omarcrosby.com/posts/five-structural-decisions-neovim-plugin-quality/ Sat, 18 Jul 2026 03:34:20 -0400 https://omarcrosby.com/posts/five-structural-decisions-neovim-plugin-quality/ Five choices every plugin author makes by omission. Get them right and future features fit on top; get them wrong and you rewrite in a year. https://omarcrosby.com/posts/neovim-plugin-directory-structure-that-scales/ Sat, 18 Jul 2026 03:22:54 -0400 https://omarcrosby.com/posts/neovim-plugin-directory-structure-that-scales/ A plugin can start as one file. Once it grows, the same directories consistently appear — this is each stage and what each new file earns you. https://omarcrosby.com/posts/how-neovim-actually-loads-a-plugin/ Sat, 18 Jul 2026 03:10:58 -0400 https://omarcrosby.com/posts/how-neovim-actually-loads-a-plugin/ The runtime path, the seven directories Neovim treats specially, and the startup order that determines when each of your plugin's files gets sourced. Once you know the rules, the directory structure stops looking arbitrary. https://omarcrosby.com/posts/your-first-neovim-plugin/ Sat, 18 Jul 2026 02:59:14 -0400 https://omarcrosby.com/posts/your-first-neovim-plugin/ A hands-on walkthrough from empty directory to a working command, using nothing but Neovim's built-in plugin discovery. Skip the theory; build the plugin first.