PowerShell 7 - Choose Neovim "Stable" or "Test" Config

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1. PowerShell 7 $profile

In PowerShell 7, the $PROFILE variable represents the path to your profile script—a script that runs every time you start PowerShell (unless using -NoProfile).¹²³

Typical locations for PowerShell 7 profile scripts:

• Current User, Current Host: $HOME\Documents\PowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1
• Current User, All Hosts: $HOME\Documents\PowerShell\profile.ps1
• All Users, Current Host: $PSHOME\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1 ($PSHOME is usually C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\)
• All Users, All Hosts: $PSHOME\profile.ps1

To see all profile file locations in your session, use:

$PROFILE | Select-Object *

To edit your main profile file for the current user and host:

notepad $PROFILE

If the file doesn’t exist, PowerShell will prompt you to create it.²³

The profile script can be used to define functions, aliases, variables, or import modules, making them available in every new PowerShell session.

My profile: Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1.txt / C:\Users\<you>\Documents\PowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1 /

2. pwsh 7 script - choose on screen between nvims and nvimt

In my PowerShell profile, I created two functions, to launch Neovim with different configurations by setting the environment variable NVIM_APPNAME:

# Neovim STABLE config
function nvims {
    $env:NVIM_APPNAME = "nvim"
    nvim nazivi_2025_temp.txt
}

# Neovim TEST config
function nvimt {
    $env:NVIM_APPNAME = "nvimt"
    nvim
}

Explanation:

• The function nvims sets NVIM_APPNAME to "nvim" and opens the file nazivi_2025_temp.txt in Neovim.
• The function nvimt sets NVIM_APPNAME to "nvimt" and launches Neovim without specifying a file.

You can call the above functions with “nvims” or “nvimt” in the PowerShell prompt.

pwsh 7 script: This script shows both options, takes user input, and outputs the selection.
If the user enters “1” or “nvims”, it selects nvims; “2” or “nvimt” selects nvimt; any other input results in “Invalid Selection.”

# Neovim STABLE config
function nvims {
    $env:NVIM_APPNAME = "nvim"
    nvim nazivi_2025_temp.txt
}

# Neovim TEST config
function nvimt {
    $env:NVIM_APPNAME = "nvimt"
    nvim
}

$nvimOptions = @("nvims", "nvimt")
Write-Host "Choose Neovim config:"

# Show the list with numbers
# for ($i = 0; $i -lt $nvimOptions.Count; $i++) {
for ($i = 0; $i -lt $nvimOptions.length; $i++) {
    Write-Host "$($i + 1). $($nvimOptions[$i])"
}
$choice = Read-Host "Write number or text value"

switch ($choice.ToLower()) {
    "1" { $selected = $nvimOptions[0] }
    "2" { $selected = $nvimOptions[1] }
    "nvims" { $selected = $nvimOptions[0] }
    "nvimt" { $selected = $nvimOptions[1] }
    default { $selected = "Invalid Selection" }
}
Write-Output "You chose: $selected"

if ($selected -eq "nvims") {
    nvims
} elseif ($selected -eq "nvimt") {
    nvimt
} else {
    Write-Output "No applicable function for selection: $selected"
}

• If the user chooses “nvims” or “1”, the nvims function runs.
• If “nvimt” or “2” is chosen, the nvimt function runs.
• If another valid option is chosen, no function is called, and a message informs the user.

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