Add Neovim details in README

[thewatts]

I've been making the switch over to Neovim (just to see if it's a viable option).

So far so good, but I found out that Neovim doesn't use bang commands the same as Vim. As such - the runner has to be adjusted to use the new format for terminal commands.

Using the default configuration doesn't output colors, because the bang command is used to open a pipe, read output and display to the user

The term command has to be used instead:

let g:rspec_command = "term rspec #{spec}"

Adding documentation here so that others making the switch will know about the needed adjustment!
Thanks for an excellent plugin!

[eoinkelly]

It could be good to encourage constraining this change to just nvim so that we can go back & forth between vim and nvim e.g.

if has("nvim")
  let g:rspec_command = "term bundle exec rspec {spec}"
endif

[tpbowden]

The problem with using term is that if you're using splits, closing the terminal will also kill the split so it's not as simple as that.

[jastkand]

I ended up with running the command in a new tab

if has("nvim")
  let g:rspec_command = "tabnew | term bundle exec rspec {spec}"
endif

[letmein]

Hey guys, in case anyone is still interested, here is my solution with a horizontal split:

let g:rspec_command = ':call RunMySpecs("{spec}")'

function! RunMySpecs(specs)
  execute 'split | terminal bundle exec rspec ' . a:specs
  execute feedkeys("\<c-\>\<c-n>")
endfunction

I added execute feedkeys("\<c-\>\<c-n>") to prevent split from auto-closing on keypress, which is the default behavior since neovim 0.2.

[Ammet]

Hey all. 8 years later. Still having problems with the neovim and colors, the one I ended up is this:

let g:rspec_command = ':call RunMySpecs("{spec}")'

function! RunMySpecs(specs)
  botright split
  execute 'terminal bundle exec rspec --force-color ' . a:specs
  startinsert
  autocmd! TermClose * stopinsert
endfunction

botright split Makes it full screen horizontal split, not a part of vertical pane.
startinsert Makes it follow the output and auto-scroll as it's adding.
autocmd! TermClose * stopinsert prevents auto-closing as execute feedkeys("\<c-\>\<c-n>") but works with auto-scrolling

[thewatts]

👋 I actually moved away from vim-rspec a number of years ago (for the ability to run other test types).

I use vim-test now, along with vim-floaterm.

CleanShot.2025-11-05.at.19.48.34.mp4

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Gist of the configuration: https://gist.github.com/thewatts/a000be0ef684ffcf85fa4e05f64e2389

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EDIT:

Absolutely nothing against this project - it's wonderful and worked beautifully for me for many years.

I switched to vim-test so that I could run tests from other frameworks with the same config.

My many thanks to the authors and maintainers for their hard work!