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Trigger abbreviations when inserting pair signs

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
lua

Research direction

Start by reading the mini.pairs module and the MiniPairs.open entry point, focusing on how pair signs are mapped in insert mode. Check how Neovim's default abbreviation expansion interacts with those mappings, then verify that the proposed behavior remains compatible with the rest of the plugin. Done means abbreviations expand correctly when inserting pair signs without breaking pairing behavior.

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Description

feature-request mini.pairs
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Module(s)

mini.pairs

Description

mini.pairs remaps all pair signs in insert mode, which breaks the default abbreviation expansion in Neovim.
I think one simple way to solve this would be to add <C-]> at the beginning of mappings in the MiniPairs.open function to manually trigger abbreviation expansion.
Would this modification be compatible with the rest of the plugin ?
Thanks !

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