mattn / mattn/emmet-vim

`emmet-expand-abbr` fails in `getFileType` when there is no treesitter syntax (`E701: Invalid type for len()`)

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Description

getFileType contains this piece of code:

if get(g:, 'loaded_nvim_treesitter', 0)
    let type = luaeval('require"emmet_utils".get_node_at_cursor()')
" […]

However the assumptions here are flawed. g:loaded_nvim_treesitter is v:true, even if there is no treesitter parser or grammar for the current filetype. Thus type gets set to v:null in files with only regex syntax highlighting. This then causes an error later down the line when trying to call len(type). There needs to be an alternative or more thorough check, that treesitter actually returns a file type.

The error is: E701: Invalid type for len()

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Research direction

Start at getFileType, which is used by emmet-expand-abbr, and inspect the result of emmet_utils.get_node_at_cursor() when no Tree-sitter parser or grammar exists. Reproduce the issue in a filetype using regex syntax highlighting and verify that the resulting file-type handling no longer passes v:null to len().

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Assessment

Tech stack
lua, vim
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
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Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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