An attempt to make neovim (cli version) as functional as an IDE while being very eyecandy.

Screenshots -

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Very Useful lua plugins used in my config -

lspkind-nvim

This tiny plugin adds vscode-like pictograms to neovim built-in lsp completion items :

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nvim-tree.lua

fast file tree :

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telescope-nvim -

A fuzzy file finder, picker, sorter, previewer and much more:

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indent-blankline.nvim -

adds indentline :

using indenLine plugin on left and blanklineNvim on right

galaxyline -

fastest statusline plugin I've used so far:

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gitsigns.nvim -

Shows git signs of a repo on the signcolumn to indicate diffs/changes etc (needs plenary.nvim)

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nvim-bufferline.lua -

As a top bufferline like thing which lets me handle tabs like switching, closing tabs.

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nvim-web-devicons -

Lua fork of vim devicons which lets me change icons of filetypes

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nvim-treesitter

Better syntax highlighting for programming languages ( my config just has html,css,js support for now ).

without / with Treesitter :

nvim-base16 -

contains a collection of all base16 themes for vim , plugin written in lua (comparison of base16-vim and nvim-base16):

nvim-base16 doesnt even take time to load unlike base16-vim which was eating half of the loadup time! ( the below screenshot was taken and tested on my old pentium laptop , so results might differ)

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(neovim loads pretty fast on ssds)

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Config structure

     nvim
      ├──init.lua
      └──lua
          └──anything.lua

• The init.lua is used instead of init.vim.
• The lua folder contains modules ( config files ) , in the example above anything.lua file in lua folder could be considered as a module.
• The anything.lua file is supposed to have any neovim config written in lua , its like splitting the overall config into small bits and make it more organized , like one module for highlights and colors , another one for statusline and so on!.
• To load or source that "anything" module (like making it load with init.lua ) ,add this is in init.lua : require "anything".

Features

• File navigation with Nvimtree
• mouse works
• managing tabs with bufferline
• autosave
• icons on nvimtree , telescope , bufferline/statusline and almost everywhere! with nvim-web-devicons
• minimal status line ( galaxyline)
• gitsigns (colored bars in my config)
• using nvim-lsp
• nvim-lspconfig for nvim-lps configuration
• nvim-compe for autocompletion
• lspkind to show pictograms on autocompletion items
• telescope for file finding , picking , previewing (files and even images)
• nvim-treesitter for syntax highlighting
• nvim-autopairs , for autolosing braces and stuffs
• neoformat for prettifying / formatting code
• packer.nvim as package manager
• indent-blankline.Nvim for indentlines
• smooth scrolling
• Snip support from VSCode through vsnip supporting custom and predefined snips (friendly-snippets)

Guides to migrate your nvim configs to init.lua -

• https://github.com/nanotee/nvim-lua-guide

• https://alpha2phi.medium.com/neovim-init-lua-e80f4f136030

• https://oroques.dev/notes/neovim-init/

• https://icyphox.sh/blog/nvim-lua/

• https://github.com/rafamadriz/friendly-snippets/wiki

Clone my setup -

• Install neovim-nightly , also use a nerdfont on your terminal.

• Use these colors for your terminal , Its in xresources format so it'd would be easier to use a terminal that supports xresources like st , urxvt , xterm , My st build.

• run the install.sh (this might work only on nix systems),this opens neovim (press enter or y to skip the errors , the errors will only show once).

• Install ripgrep , fd , ueberzug for telescope media extension to work.

• Manual installation , incase the install.sh doesnt work for you :

• Install packer.nvim

git clone https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim\
 ~/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/packer.nvim

• copy lua folder and init.lua into ~/.config/nvim
• Open neovim and install all plugins , :PackerInstall (let treesitter install all its extensionsm
• Install language servers and prettier ( for autocompletion etc and code formatting , nodejs should be installed too!) , this usually depends on the language support you want to add in your neovim config.

npm config set prefix=~/.node_modules
npm install -g vscode-html-languageserver-bin typescript typescript-language-server  vscode-css-languageserver-bin prettier

(ADD ~/.node_modules at your PATH)

To setup any language server , follow this guide https://github.com/neovim/nvim-lspconfig/blob/master/CONFIG.md and search up the needed LSP. For example if I needed clangd's lsp server :

I'd install it first and add its setup line : `` -- in /lua/nvim-lspconfig/lua.lua file

   require'lspconfig'.clangd.setup{}  ``

Default Mappings

space is the leader key.

• Opening terminals!

• Ctrl l Open terminal vertically over right

• Ctrl x Open terminal horizontally below the current window

• File tree (nvim-tree)

• Ctrl n toggle neovim tree

• Shift h show hidden files (use these keybinds when cursor's in the filetree, same for the keybinds below).

• Ctrl + v open files in vertical split

• Ctrl + x open files in horizontal split

• Toggling stuffs

• leader + n toggle line number

• leader + z toggle truezen.nvim's Ataraxis mode

• leader + m toggle truezen.nvim's minimalistic mode

• Copy text

• Ctrl a copies everything in the current file

• select any text + y copies the selected text

• Telescope

• leader + f b open all buffers

• leader + f f find files in the current DIR

• leader + f o open recently edited files

• leader + f h opens up a help page like thing

• Ctrl + v open files in vertical split

• Ctrl + x open files in horizontal split

• Formatting code

• leader + f m formats or beautifies the code in current window via neoformat (currently only html ,css , js can be formatted . To be able to use this keybind you need to install the formatter locally for your language , in my case prettier was required only so I installed it. check (this)[https://github.com/sbdchd/neoformat].

• Neoscroll

• <C-u>, <C-d>, <C-b>, <C-f>, <C-y> and <C-e> : Smooth scrolling for window movement commands.

• Managing tabs with bufferline!

• TAB or Shift TAB cycle through opened tabs

• Shift x close current tab

• Shift t open new tab

Nvim-lspconfig (major ones)

• K hover and show the definition
• gd jumps to the definition (works for user and language definitions)
• [d jumps to the previous error
• ]d jumps to the next error
• leader D jumps to the definition
• leader w + q list all the errors in a new buffer
• leader r + n rename all instances of this definition (user functions and declaration)

TODO

• Make the statusline more elegant.
• Add more themes.

Contact -

• My linux / unix related ricing community: https://t.me/DE_WM (telegram)
• Me: @siduck (telegram)