💤 LazyVim

My own neovim config using LazyVim.

Installation

git clone https://github.com/Stuce-bot/config.nvim ~/.config/nvim

Motivations

I decided that I needed to learn how to use my ide properly, but VSCode beeing the huge monolith full of functionalities that it is, I did not know where to start, and how to start. That's why I decided to use Neovim, starting with a minimal editor and working up building the tools I need for both efficient and agreable programming.

Progress journal

Scaffold

Primeagen 0 to lsp

Started by watching the primeagen 0 to lsp video, where he explains how to get started adding plugins to have basic things like autocompletion and LSP support, but the config ended up beeing a mess although I had learned a lot, so I decided to use kickstart, a well made template that gives you the basics. That's where I learned about telescope and harpoon to navigate.

Forking kickstart.nvim

After migrating to kickstart, I did manage to have a cleaner config and started adding plugins bit by bit to answer my needs, but I soon noticed that if I want to configure the UI, it will be a pain, and I am very lazy when it comes to configuring new LSPs and stuff. That's where I did learn about Ctrl-y to accept propositions instead of tab and enter, and I really love having my tab simply do tab and my backspace simply do backspace.

Using Lazyvim

Once I got confortable and had my essential plugin selection, I decided to use Lazyvim and simply disable what I dont need, like the tabs and neovim-tree. Most of what I needed was availible and already configured with sane defaults in extra, which is a really big plus.

Theming

• Installed catppuccin, the rest is basically vanilla LazyVim as the defaults are already beautifull enough

Learning Vim

Journal of what I did learn/want to learn in order, by categories, to serve as a roadmap and a journal on my vim journey.

Simple navigation

• Do vim tutor
• Get used to arrow keys and modes
• Get used to yanking (muscle memory)
• Get used to visual mode basics (v, shift v, ctrl v)
• Add shortcut to move selected lines up and down (or learn what is by default in lazy)
• Learn sorround
• Learn to use quickfix/warning list

Git plugins

• Check out git lines plugin
• Check out fugitive
• Choose terminal or fugitive (in the end on tiling wm just go to terminal)
• Find reliable merge method (maybe another tui program instead of vim, like lazygit or gitui)

Moving around files

• Get used to telescope (insanely good)
• Check out Harpoon (insanely good)
• Check out buffer plugins (did not like it)
• Get used to Harpoon
• Check out undoTree
• Set shortcut for :Ex (can use space e now that nvim-tree is out)

LSP/Refactoring

Debugging

Testing