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How to debug command failure? (gc for comment with mini.comment plugin)

As title, I'v installed mini.comment plugin, but when I type gc for commenting a line nothing happen. How can I know what's wrong without disable every other extension or proceding incrementaly from scratch? (don't want to intterrupt my workflow) Thanks

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  • Try using :verbose nmap gc to find out what the shortcut is currently mapped to.

    I don't use mini.comment, but I assume it needs an operator after gc to for commenting. I have seen gcc used to comment out the line. Just wanted to make sure you are using the correct mapping.

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    • This is what is showed after doing :verbose namp gc, seems that all is ok....still if I press gc // on commentig line a search command is done...if I try on commented line with gcc command the line is cleared...

      n g * lua require("which-key").show("g", {mode = "n", auto = true}) Last set from Lua

      n gcc * Comment line Last set from Lua line 293

      n gc * Comment Last set from Lua line 293

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      • Like I said, I haven't used mini.comment, but having both gc and gcc mapping may cause problems. If I remember correctly, in these situations, neovim waits after receiving gc command to figure out if you are trying to execute comment last or gcc with comment line. Depending on timelen (or timeout, forgot the exact name) setting the command you actually execute will defer based on the key pressed/not pressed after gc.

        Also, if gc is mapped to comment last, and there was no last comment action performed, it might do nothing (maybe check the readme to be sure). So maybe try changing the mapping to see if that helps.

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