Unable to autocommand ZenMode in init.lua (neovim 0.6.1)

[ruvido]

Hi I'd like to automatically start ZenMode everytime a markdown file is opened. To that end I wrote to my init.lua (neovim 0.6.1):

vim.cmd [[
au FileType markdown,mkd ZenMode ]]

When a markdown is opened the plugin starts but the buffer is limited to the first page, ie I am unable to scroll down the file.

How am I supposed to call ZenMode? How can I call it together with other plugins (like Pencil)? This is my first init.lua, so hopefully the question does not sound too stupid. Thanks for your help

[Hubro]

Try using WinEnter instead:

autocmd VimEnter *.md :ZenMode

[David-Else]

in Neovim 0.7 WinEnter gives:

E5108: Error executing lua ...site/pack/paqs/start/zen-mode.nvim/lua/zen-mode/view.lua:209: Failed to switch to window 1000                                                                     
stack traceback:                                                                                                                                                                                
        [C]: in function 'nvim_set_current_win'                                                                                                                                                 
        ...site/pack/paqs/start/zen-mode.nvim/lua/zen-mode/view.lua:209: in function 'fix_hl'                                                                                                   
        ...site/pack/paqs/start/zen-mode.nvim/lua/zen-mode/view.lua:157: in function 'create'                                                                                                   
        ...site/pack/paqs/start/zen-mode.nvim/lua/zen-mode/view.lua:68: in function 'open'                                                                                                      
        ...site/pack/paqs/start/zen-mode.nvim/lua/zen-mode/view.lua:76: in function 'toggle'                                                                                                    
        [string ":lua"]:1: in main chunk 

VimEnter seemed to work then stopped, BufEnter does not work, WinBufEnter the cursor is in the wrong place. What is going on here?

[ronateds]

past vim.cmd('autocmd VimEnter *.md :ZenMode') in the .config/nvim/after/ftplugin/markdown.lua worked for me

[alycklama]

The layout will only be correct if I have this code in place:

vim.cmd('autocmd VimEnter *.md,*.txt :ZenMode')

vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd(
  { "VimEnter", "BufReadPost" },
  {
    pattern = { "*.md", "*.txt", },
    callback = function()
      local zen_mode = require("zen-mode")

      zen_mode.open()
    end
  }
)

It'll then work when:

• Opening a file from the terminal (e.g. nvim README.md)
• Opening a file within Neovim (e.g. :e README.md)

What I noticed:

• If I remove vim.cmd('autocmd VimEnter *.md,*.txt :ZenMode'), one of the use cases above will no longer work.
• If I remove "VimEnter" from nvim_create_autocmd, it will also no longer work.
• Adding just 2 times vim.cmd('autocmd with VimEnter and BufReadPost also doesn't work.

Any idea why this could be the case?