Neovim Configuration

Introduction

This Neovim configuration is a fork of the kickstart.nvim repository. It includes various plugins to enhance the functionality and user experience of Neovim. Below is a detailed explanation of the plugins used in this configuration.

Plugins

Neo-tree

Plugin: nvim-neo-tree/neo-tree.nvim

Neo-tree is a Neovim plugin to browse the file system. It provides a tree-like view of your file system and allows you to navigate and manage files easily.

Dependencies:

• nvim-lua/plenary.nvim
• nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons (recommended)
• MunifTanjim/nui.nvim

Key Mappings:

• \: Reveal the current file in the Neo-tree
• \: Close the Neo-tree window

Treesitter

Plugin: nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter

Treesitter provides advanced syntax highlighting, code navigation, and other features using Tree-sitter. It ensures that various programming languages are supported and provides better code understanding.

Languages Installed:

• Lua
• Python
• JavaScript
• TypeScript
• Vimdoc
• Vim
• Regex
• Toml
• JSON
• Go
• Gitignore
• Make
• CMake
• Markdown
• Markdown Inline
• Bash
• TSX
• CSS
• HTML

Features:

• Auto-install languages that are not installed
• Highlighting
• Indentation

Nvim-tree

Plugin: nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua

Nvim-tree is another file explorer for Neovim. It provides a tree-like view of your file system and allows you to navigate and manage files easily.

Dependencies:

• kyazdani42/nvim-web-devicons

Key Mappings:

• <leader>e: Toggle NvimTree
• <leader>er: Refresh NvimTree

Miscellaneous Plugins

Which-key

Plugin: folke/which-key.nvim

Which-key provides hints for keybindings in Neovim, making it easier to remember and use keybindings.

Nvim-autopairs

Plugin: windwp/nvim-autopairs

Nvim-autopairs automatically closes parentheses, brackets, quotes, etc., making it easier to write code.

Todo-comments

Plugin: folke/todo-comments.nvim

Todo-comments highlights TODO, notes, and other annotations in comments, making it easier to track tasks and notes in your code.

Nvim-colorizer

Plugin: norcalli/nvim-colorizer.lua

Nvim-colorizer is a high-performance color highlighter that highlights color codes in your code.

Lualine

Plugin: nvim-lualine/lualine.nvim

Lualine provides a customizable status line for Neovim. It displays various information such as mode, filename, diagnostics, and more.

Features:

• Automatically set the lualine theme based on the current colorscheme
• Customizable sections and components

LSP Configuration

Plugin: neovim/nvim-lspconfig

This plugin provides configuration for Language Server Protocol (LSP) support in Neovim. It includes various LSP servers and related tools.

Dependencies:

• williamboman/mason.nvim
• williamboman/mason-lspconfig.nvim
• WhoIsSethDaniel/mason-tool-installer.nvim
• j-hui/fidget.nvim
• hrsh7th/cmp-nvim-lsp

LSP Servers:

• ts_ls
• ruff
• pylsp
• html
• cssls
• tailwindcss
• dockerls
• sqlls
• terraformls
• jsonls
• yamlls
• lua_ls

Indent-blankline

Plugin: lukas-reineke/indent-blankline.nvim

Indent-blankline adds indentation guides to Neovim, making it easier to see the structure of your code.

Features:

• Customizable indentation character
• Scope highlighting

Comment.nvim

Plugin: numToStr/Comment.nvim

Comment.nvim provides easy commenting functionality for Neovim. It allows you to quickly comment and uncomment lines or visual regions.

Key Mappings:

• <C-_>: Toggle comment for the current line or visual selection
• <C-c>: Toggle comment for the current line or visual selection
• <C-/>: Toggle comment for the current line or visual selection

Alpha-nvim

Plugin: goolord/alpha-nvim

Alpha-nvim provides a customizable start screen for Neovim. It displays a welcome message and shortcuts to frequently used commands.

Dependencies:

• nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons

Configuration:

• Custom header with ASCII art

Installation

Install Neovim

Kickstart.nvim targets only the latest 'stable' and latest 'nightly' of Neovim. If you are experiencing issues, please make sure you have the latest versions.

Install External Dependencies

External Requirements:

• Basic utils: git, make, unzip, C Compiler (gcc)
• ripgrep
• Clipboard tool (xclip/xsel/win32yank or other depending on platform)
• A Nerd Font: optional, provides various icons
  • if you have it set vim.g.have_nerd_font in init.lua to true
• Language Setup:
  • If you want to write Typescript, you need npm
  • If you want to write Golang, you will need go
  • etc.

Install Kickstart

NOTE Backup your previous configuration (if any exists)

Neovim's configurations are located under the following paths, depending on your OS:

OS	PATH
Linux, MacOS	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvim, ~/.config/nvim
Windows (cmd)	%localappdata%\nvim\
Windows (powershell)	$env:LOCALAPPDATA\nvim\

Recommended Step

Fork this repo so that you have your own copy that you can modify, then install by cloning the fork to your machine using one of the commands below, depending on your OS.

NOTE Your fork's url will be something like this: https://github.com/<your_github_username>/kickstart.nvim.git

You likely want to remove lazy-lock.json from your fork's .gitignore file too - it's ignored in the kickstart repo to make maintenance easier, but it's recommended to track it in version control.

Clone kickstart.nvim

NOTE If following the recommended step above (i.e., forking the repo), replace nvim-lua with <your_github_username> in the commands below

Linux and Mac

git clone https://github.com/nvim-lua/kickstart.nvim.git "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}"/nvim

Windows

If you're using cmd.exe:

git clone https://github.com/nvim-lua/kickstart.nvim.git "%localappdata%\nvim"

If you're using powershell.exe:

git clone https://github.com/nvim-lua/kickstart.nvim.git "${env:LOCALAPPDATA}\nvim"

Post Installation

Start Neovim

nvim

That's it! Lazy will install all the plugins you have. Use :Lazy to view current plugin status. Hit q to close the window.

Read through the init.lua file in your configuration folder for more information about extending and exploring Neovim. That also includes examples of adding popularly requested plugins.

Getting Started

The Only Video You Need to Get Started with Neovim

FAQ

• What should I do if I already have a pre-existing neovim configuration?
  • You should back it up and then delete all associated files.
  • This includes your existing init.lua and the neovim files in ~/.local which can be deleted with rm -rf ~/.local/share/nvim/
• Can I keep my existing configuration in parallel to kickstart?
  • Yes! You can use NVIM_APPNAME=nvim-NAME to maintain multiple configurations. For example, you can install the kickstart configuration in ~/.config/nvim-kickstart and create an alias:

    alias nvim-kickstart='NVIM_APPNAME="nvim-kickstart" nvim'
    

    When you run Neovim using nvim-kickstart alias it will use the alternative config directory and the matching local directory ~/.local/share/nvim-kickstart. You can apply this approach to any Neovim distribution that you would like to try out.
• What if I want to "uninstall" this configuration:
  • See lazy.nvim uninstall information
• Why is the kickstart init.lua a single file? Wouldn't it make sense to split it into multiple files?
  • The main purpose of kickstart is to serve as a teaching tool and a reference configuration that someone can easily use to git clone as a basis for their own. As you progress in learning Neovim and Lua, you might consider splitting init.lua into smaller parts. A fork of kickstart that does this while maintaining the same functionality is available here:
    • kickstart-modular.nvim
  • Discussions on this topic can be found here:
    • Restructure the configuration
    • Reorganize init.lua into a multi-file setup

Install Recipes

Below you can find OS specific install instructions for Neovim and dependencies.

After installing all the dependencies continue with the Install Kickstart step.

Windows Installation

Windows with Microsoft C++ Build Tools and CMake

Installation may require installing build tools and updating the run command for `telescope-fzf-native`

See telescope-fzf-native documentation for more details

This requires:

• Install CMake and the Microsoft C++ Build Tools on Windows

{'nvim-telescope/telescope-fzf-native.nvim', build = 'cmake -S. -Bbuild -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release && cmake --build build --config Release && cmake --install build --prefix build' }

Windows with gcc/make using chocolatey

Alternatively, one can install gcc and make which don't require changing the config, the easiest way is to use choco:

1. install chocolatey either follow the instructions on the page or use winget, run in cmd as admin:

winget install --accept-source-agreements chocolatey.chocolatey

2. install all requirements using choco, exit previous cmd and open a new one so that choco path is set, and run in cmd as admin:

choco install -y neovim git ripgrep wget fd unzip gzip mingw make

WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)

wsl --install
wsl
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:neovim-ppa/unstable -y
sudo apt update
sudo apt install make gcc ripgrep unzip git xclip neovim

Linux Install

Ubuntu Install Steps

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:neovim-ppa/unstable -y
sudo apt update
sudo apt install make gcc ripgrep unzip git xclip neovim

Debian Install Steps

sudo apt update
sudo apt install make gcc ripgrep unzip git xclip curl

# Now we install nvim
curl -LO https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/latest/download/nvim-linux64.tar.gz
sudo rm -rf /opt/nvim-linux64
sudo mkdir -p /opt/nvim-linux64
sudo chmod a+rX /opt/nvim-linux64
sudo tar -C /opt -xzf nvim-linux64.tar.gz

# make it available in /usr/local/bin, distro installs to /usr/bin
sudo ln -sf /opt/nvim-linux64/bin/nvim /usr/local/bin/

Fedora Install Steps

sudo dnf install -y gcc make git ripgrep fd-find unzip neovim

Arch Install Steps

sudo pacman -S --noconfirm --needed gcc make git ripgrep fd unzip neovim