lualine.nvim Bug: Intro screen cleared immediately

Self Checks

[x] I'm using the latest lualine.
[x] I didn't find the issue in exsisting issues or prs.

How to reproduce the problem

Run neovim with --clean option and load lualine

nvim --clean \
    -c 'packadd lualine.nvim' \
    -c 'lua require("lualine").setup()'

Expected behaviour

Neovim opens with an intro screen

Actual behaviour

The intro screen cleared immediately

Minimal config to reproduce the issue

No need for minimal config as the reproduction steps mimic a fresh install of neovim and skip all initialization step

Aug 01 '22 06:08 fitrh

https://github.com/nvim-lualine/lualine.nvim/issues/259#issuecomment-1200083574

Intro gets cleared on first redraw and setting stl in scheduled function seems to act as a redraw.

Aug 01 '22 06:08 shadmansaleh

I've asked the nvim devs . It's a bug in neovim.

Aug 04 '22 03:08 shadmansaleh

Any updates?

Sep 12 '22 23:09 jacobsonryan

Any updates?

No it's a low priority issue for neovim. Most likely I'll have to fix it myself but I don't currently have time for this. You can try out the dashboard like plugins to give you a nicer intro if you find this annoying the default one doesn't really provide much info. Since this can't be fixed in lualines side I think this will take a while to get resolved.

Sep 17 '22 14:09 shadmansaleh

This was fixed on my latest build (7fc5f66)

Sep 22 '22 11:09 fitrh

Still having the same problem, with the latest lualine and neovim v0.9.0-dev-3-gafb7efb373.

Oct 02 '22 13:10 yannjor

@yannjor can you reproduce it using the minimal config?

Oct 02 '22 13:10 fitrh

Yes, I removed everything from my config leaving only require("lualine").setup() and still the same.

Oct 02 '22 13:10 yannjor

I can confirm it, it's weird, my full config does not have the issue but the minimal config has

Oct 02 '22 14:10 fitrh

Same here

Oct 14 '22 13:10 tony-sol

Disabling separators keeps the intro screen up for me. @fitrh @Tony-Sol any chance this explains the difference between your full config and the minimal config?

Nov 09 '22 14:11 ryanburda

@ryanburda you are right, I didn't realize it since I always disable the separator, the following setup doesn't have this issue

nvim --clean \
    -c 'packadd lualine.nvim' \
    -c 'lua require("lualine").setup({ options = { section_separators = "", component_separators = "" } })'

Nov 09 '22 15:11 fitrh

Solution with empty separators is not working for me - it skips intro screen even with empty require('lualine').setup {}

Full config here: https://github.com/Tony-Sol/.config/blob/master/nvim/lua/configs.lua

UPD 29.07.2023

After switch from packer to lazy.nvim, solution with empty string as section separators works for me. Still keep looking how to save desired separators and start screen

Feb 03 '23 13:02 tony-sol

In my case startup screen is displayed by only set options.section_separators = ''

Feb 07 '23 04:02 sahibalejandro

I noticed it works if you call require('lualine').setup from after/plugin.

Mar 02 '23 20:03 wardw

options.section_separators = '' also works for me. But of course I don't want that. I like having separators.

May 23 '23 19:05 jsatk

I was not sure what was causing this issue. I came here looking for something else but found this issue. Its happening to me and I was trying to fix it but nothing mentioned above worked for me.