Neovim Init Setup
Neovim
Neovim is a cli based text editor written in lua. It’s written in lua and is based on vim.
Use :q! to quit or :wq to write & quit btw.
Installation on Mac
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#Using HomeBrew
brew install neovim
#Verify the Installation
nvim -v
Configuring Lazy (Package Manager)
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#Setting up lazy.nvim
mkdir ~/.config/nvim && touch ~/.config/nvim/init.lua
echo 'require("config.lazy")' >> ~/.config/nvim/init.lua
mkdir ~/.config/nvim/lua/config && touch ~/.config/nvim/lua/config/lazy.lua
# Paste the following to the lazy.lua file
local lazypath = vim.fn.stdpath("data") .. "/lazy/lazy.nvim"
if not (vim.uv or vim.loop).fs_stat(lazypath) then
local lazyrepo = "https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim.git"
local out = vim.fn.system({ "git", "clone", "--filter=blob:none", "--branch=stable", lazyrepo, lazypath })
if vim.v.shell_error ~= 0 then
vim.api.nvim_echo({
{ "Failed to clone lazy.nvim:\n", "ErrorMsg" },
{ out, "WarningMsg" },
{ "\nPress any key to exit..." },
}, true, {})
vim.fn.getchar()
os.exit(1)
end
end
vim.opt.rtp:prepend(lazypath)
vim.g.mapleader = " "
vim.g.maplocalleader = "\\"
require("lazy").setup({
spec = {
{ import = "plugins" },
},
install = { colorscheme = { "gruvbox" } },
checker = { enabled = true },
})
Plugins and Customizations
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#Clone my .dotfiles
git clone [email protected]:aaryanpoudel/.dotfiles.git
mv .dotfiles ~/
ln -s ~/.dotfiles/terminal/nvim ~/.config/nvim
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