Easymotion crashes NeoVim

[synic]

This is my lazy.nvim configuration for easymotion:

	{
		"Lokaltog/vim-easymotion",
		init = function()
			vim.g.EasyMotion_smartcase = true
			vim.g.EasyMotion_do_mapping = false
			vim.g.EasyMotion_inc_highlight = false
			vim.g.EasyMotion_disable_two_key_combo = true
			vim.g.EasyMotion_keys = "abcdefhjkmnoprstuvwxyz;"
		end,
		keys = {
			{ "<leader><leader>", "<plug>(easymotion-overwin-f)", desc = "Jump to location", mode = "n" },
			{ "<leader><leader>", "<plug>(easymotion-bd-f)", desc = "Jump to location", mode = "v" },
		},
	},

My NeoVim version is: v0.10.0-dev-2786+gb3f9da952, though this happens with 0.9 as well.

I mostly just use <space><space> and then a character to jump anywhere in neovim, even across windows. However, sometimes when I press the target key, neovim just crashes immediately.

I have not determined exactly what causes this. It seems to be random, but more often when there's more than one split window visible.

[synic]

Oh wow, I just realized I haven't updated the repository from Lokaltog. I'll try that to see if it helps.

[synic]

Nope, that definitely did not help.

[synic]

Found a solution. Didn't really fix the NeoVim+EasyMotion crashing problem, but I did find a way to emulate EasyMotion using hop.nvim:

https://synic.dev/article/2024-12-07/bringing-easymotion-back-to-neovim

	{
		"smoka7/hop.nvim",
		version = "*",
		opts = { keys = "etovxpdygfblzhckisuran;,", quit_key = "q" },
		config = function(_, opts)
			local hop = require("hop")
			hop.setup(opts)

			-- Create custom command for hopping to character/word matches
			vim.api.nvim_create_user_command("HopEasyMotion", function()
				local char = vim.fn.getchar()
				-- Convert numeric char code to string
				char = type(char) == "number" and vim.fn.nr2char(char) or char

				-- Create pattern based on input character type
				local pattern
				if char:match("%a") then
					-- For letters: match words starting with that letter (case insensitive)
					pattern = "\\c\\<" .. char
				elseif char:match("[%(%)]") then
					-- For parentheses: match them literally
					pattern = char
				elseif char == "." then
					-- For period: match literal period
					pattern = "\\."
				else
					-- For other non-letters: escape special characters
					pattern = char:gsub("([%^%$%(%)%%%.%[%]%*%+%-%?])", "%%%1")
				end

				---@diagnostic disable-next-line: missing-fields
				hop.hint_patterns({
					current_line_only = false,
					multi_windows = true,
					hint_position = require("hop.hint").HintPosition.BEGIN,
				}, pattern)
			end, { desc = "Hop to words starting with input character" })
		end,
		keys = {
			{ "<leader><leader>", "<cmd>HopEasyMotion<cr>", desc = "Hop to word" },
			{ ";b", "<cmd>HopWordBC<cr>", desc = "Hop to word before cursor" },
			{ ";w", "<cmd>HopWord<cr>", desc = "Hop to word in current buffer" },
			{ ";a", "<cmd>HopWordAC<cr>", desc = "Hop to word after cursor" },
			{ ";d", "<cmd>HopLineMW<cr>", desc = "Hop to line" },
			{ ";f", "<cmd>HopNodes<cr>", desc = "Hop to node" },
			{ ";s", "<cmd>HopPatternMW<cr>", desc = "Hop to pattern" },
			{ ";j", "<cmd>HopVertical<cr>", desc = "Hop to location vertically" },
		},
	}