Neovim setup

Custom Neovim setup configured using Lazy plugin manager

System dependencies

Important system dependencies:

• Nerd fonts (information source):

  • Download a Nerd Font (good choice is "JetBrainsMono Nerd Font").
  • Unzip and copy to '~/.local/share/fonts'.
  • Run the command fc-cache -fv to manually rebuild the font cache.

• Tools for finding stuff:

  • ripgrep

Installation

Delete old nvim configuration

rm -rf ~/.config/nvim
rm -rf ~/.local/state/nvim
rm -rf ~/.local/share/nvim

Clone the repository to ~/.config

git clone --filter=blob:none https://github.com/amanhex/nvim.git ~/.config/nvim

Run neovim to complete the setup

nvim

Key Mappings

• Leader key: " " (Space)

Keys	Mode	Description
;	Normal	Command mode
leader+q	Normal	Quit Neovim
leader+w	Normal	Save current file
leader+ff	Normal	Find files using Telescope
leader+fg	Normal	Live grep using Telescope
leader+fb	Normal	Open Telescope file browser
leader+e	Normal	Toggle Nvim Tree
leader+E	Normal	Focus Nvim Tree
leader+1	Normal	Open first terminal
leader+2	Normal	Open second terminal
ctrl+\	Normal/Insert	Toggle terminal
leader+/	Normal/Visual	Toggle comments
jk	Insert	Exit insert mode
leader+vs	Normal	Vertical Split
leader+hs	Normal	Horizontal Split
Tab	Normal	Cycle forward buffers
S-Tab	Normal	Cycle backward buffers
leader+x	Normal	Close current buffer

Additional Configuration

• Plugins: New plugins can be installed in plugin.lua and the configuration for the plugin should be put in lua\plugins\. Finally the configuration should be required in init.lua.

• Theme: The configuration uses arctic.nvim as the color scheme. Install new color scheme in plugin.lua and update theme.lua.

• Dashboard: Update the dashboard by editing lua\plugins\dashboard.lua

• Transparency: Nvim can be turned transparent using :TransparentEnable command. Transparency persists for the sessions.

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