config/home.nix

@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ in {
         tldr
         unzip
         vim
+        vimPlugins.vim-packer
         virtio-win
         vscode
         wget

config/packages/neovim/init.lua

@@ -52,27 +52,16 @@ vim.opt.fixeol = false
 
 local data_dir = vim.fn.has('nvim') == 1 and vim.fn.stdpath('data') .. '/site' or '~/.vim'
 
--- Ensure packer is installed
+if vim.fn.empty(vim.fn.glob(data_dir .. '/autoload/plug.vim')) == 1 then
-local install_path = vim.fn.stdpath('data')..'/site/pack/packer/start/packer.nvim'
+  vim.fn.system({
-if vim.fn.empty(vim.fn.glob(install_path)) > 0 then
+    'curl', '-fLo', data_dir .. '/autoload/plug.vim', '--create-dirs',
-  vim.fn.system({'git', 'clone', '--depth', '1', 'https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim', install_path})
+    'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim'
-  vim.cmd [[packadd packer.nvim]]
+  })
+  vim.cmd('autocmd VimEnter * PlugInstall --sync | source $MYVIMRC')
 end
 
--- Use a protected call so we don't error out on first use
+-- Initialize packer.nvim
-local status_ok, packer = pcall(require, "packer")
+vim.cmd [[packadd packer.nvim]]
-if not status_ok then
-  return
-end
-
--- Have packer use a popup window
-packer.init {
-  display = {
-    open_fn = function()
-      return require('packer.util').float { border = 'rounded' }
-    end,
-  },
-}
 
 return require('packer').startup(function(use)
     -- Packer can manage itself
@@ -97,7 +86,6 @@ return require('packer').startup(function(use)
     use 'github/copilot.vim'
     use {'CopilotC-Nvim/CopilotChat.nvim', branch = 'canary'}
 end)
-vim.cmd [[packadd packer.nvim]]
 
 -- Copilot Chat
 local prompts = require('CopilotChat.prompts')