neovim cannot execute programs from within the application

[askondro]

Description / Steps to reproduce the issue

Using the ucrt64 environment.

Install neovim with mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-neovim-qt (version 0.2.19-1 as of latest).

Run nvim-qt or nvim console.

type: !:test.exe (or other executable which exists)

Expected behavior

:!test.exe

should execute the application.

Actual behavior

Verification

• I have verified that my MSYS2 is up-to-date before submitting the report (see https://www.msys2.org/docs/updating/)

Windows Version

MINGW64_NT-10.0-26100

MINGW environments affected

• MINGW64
• MINGW32
• UCRT64
• CLANG64
• CLANGARM64

Are you willing to submit a PR?

No response

[sewbacca]

Might be a configuration issue. Try either setting via Lua:

-- $LOCALAPPDATA/nvim/init.lua
if vim.opt.shell:get():find "msys" then -- If it doesn't work, skip this check
	vim.opt.shellxquote = '('
	vim.opt.shellslash = true
	vim.opt.shellcmdflag = '-c'
	vim.opt.shelltemp = false
end

or adhoc

:set shellxquote=(
:set shellslash
:set shellcmdflag=-c
:set noshelltemp