javif89 Neovim Config

Based on Kickstart. Some of the install instructions come from kickstart so I don't forget about any dependencies.

Structure

I try to keep the config modular not because I want to change it all the time, but because I want it to be easy to look through and understand.

The files are organized as such inside the lua folder:

core/: Any component of the config that I absolutely must have in any system for the rest of time.

core/plugins: Necessarry plugins such as mason, tree sitter and such.

optional: Anything that I could remove and live without.

Installation

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

Note

See Install Recipes for additional Windows and Linux specific notes and quick install snippets

Install Config

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\

Linux and Mac

git clone https://github.com/javif89/nvim.git "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}"/nvim

Windows

git clone https://github.com/javif89/nvim.git "${env:LOCALAPPDATA}\nvim"

Getting Started

The Only Video You Need to Get Started with Neovim

Install Recipes

Windows Installation

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

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