This repo hosts my Nvim configuration for Linux, macOS, and Windows.
init.vim is the config entry point for terminal Nvim,
and ginit.vim is the additional config file for GUI client of Nvim.
My configurations are heavily documented to make it as clear as possible. While you can clone the whole repository and use it, it is not recommended though. Good configurations are personal. Everyone should have his or her unique config file. You are encouraged to copy from this repo the part you want and add it to your own config.
To reduce the possibility of breakage, this config is only maintained for the latest nvim stable release. No effort is spent on maintaining backward compatibility.
See doc here on how to install Nvim's dependencies, Nvim itself, and how to set up on different platforms (Linux, macOS, and Windows).
- Plugin management via Packer.nvim.
- Code, snippet, word auto-completion via nvim-cmp.
- Language server protocol (LSP) support via nvim-lspconfig.
- Git integration via vim-fugitive.
- Better escaping from insert mode via better-escape.vim.
- Ultra-fast project-wide fuzzy searching via LeaderF.
- Faster code commenting via vim-commentary.
- Faster matching pair insertion and jump via delimitMate.
- Smarter and faster matching pair management (add, replace or delete) via vim-sandwich.
- Fast buffer jump via hop.nvim.
- Powerful snippet insertion via Ultisnips.
- Beautiful statusline via lualine.nvim.
- File tree explorer via nvim-tree.lua.
- Better quickfix list with nvim-bqf.
- Show search index and count with nvim-hlslens.
- Command line auto-completion via wilder.nvim.
- User-defined mapping hint via which-key.nvim.
- Asynchronous code execution via asyncrun.vim.
- Code highlighting via nvim-treesitter.
- Code editing using true nvim inside browser via firenvim.
- Color theme via vim-gruvbox8 and other beautiful themes.
- Markdown writing and previewing via vim-markdown and markdown-preview.nvim.
- LaTeX editing and previewing via vimtex 1.
- Animated GUI style notification via nvim-notify.
- Smooth scroll experience via neoscroll.
- Tags navigation via vista.
- Code formatting via Neoformat.
- Undo management via vim-mundo
- ......
For more UI demos, check here.
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Some of the shortcuts I use frequently are listed here. In the following shortcuts, <leader> represents ASCII character ,.
| Shortcut | Mode | platform | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
<leader>ff |
Normal | Linux/macOS/Win | Fuzzy file searching in a floating window |
<leader>fh |
Normal | Linux/macOS/Win | Fuzzy help file grepping in a floating window |
<leader>fg |
Normal | Linux/macOS/Win | Fuzzy project-wide grepping in a floating window |
<leader>ft |
Normal | Linux/macOS/Win | Fuzzy buffer tag searching in a floating window |
<leader>fb |
Normal | Linux/macOS/Win | Fuzzy buffer switching in a floating window |
<leader><Space> |
Normal | Linux/macOS/Win | Remove trailing white spaces |
<leader>v |
Normal | Linux/macOS/Win | Reselect last pasted text |
<leader>ev |
Normal | Linux/macOS/Win | Edit Nvim config in a new tabpage |
<leader>sv |
Normal | Linux/macOS/Win | Reload Nvim config |
<leader>st |
Normal | Linux/macOS/Win | Show highlight group for cursor text |
<leader>q |
Normal | Linux/macOS/Win | Quit current window |
<leader>Q |
Normal | Linux/macOS/Win | Quit all window and close Nvim |
<leader>w |
Normal | Linux/macOS/Win | Save current buffer content |
<leader>y |
Normal | Linux/macOS/Win | Copy the content of entire buffer to default register |
<leader>cl |
Normal | Linux/macOS/Win | Toggle cursor column |
<leader>cd |
Normal | Linux/macOS/Win | Change current working directory to to the dir of current buffer |
<space>t |
Normal | Linux/macOS/Win | Toggle tag window (show project tags in the right window) |
<leader>gs |
Normal | Linux/macOS/Win | Show Git status result |
<leader>gw |
Normal | Linux/macOS/Win | Run Git add for current file |
<leader>gd |
Normal | Linux/macOS/Win | Run git diff for current file |
<leader>gc |
Normal | Linux/macOS/Win | Run git commit |
<leader>gpl |
Normal | Linux/macOS/Win | Run git pull |
<leader>gpu |
Normal | Linux/macOS/Win | Run git push |
<F9> |
Normal | Linux/macOS/Win | Run current source file (for Python, C++) |
<F11> |
Normal | Linux/macOS/Win | Toggle spell checking |
<F12> |
Normal | Linux/macOS/Win | Toggle paste mode |
\x |
Normal | Linux/macOS/Win | Close location or quickfix window |
\d |
Normal | Linux/macOS/Win | Close current buffer and go to previous buffer |
{count}gb |
Normal | Linux/macOS/Win | Go to buffer {count} or next buffer in the buffer list. |
Alt-m |
Normal | macOS/Win | Markdown previewing in system browser |
Alt-Shift-m |
Normal | macOS/Win | Stopping Markdown previewing in system browser |
ob |
Normal/Visual | macOS/Win | Open link under cursor or search visual selection |
ctrl-u |
Insert | Linux/macOS/Win | Turn word under cursor to upper case |
ctrl-t |
Insert | Linux/macOS/Win | Turn word under cursor to title case |
jk |
Insert | Linux/macOS/Win | Return to Normal mode without lagging |
In addition to commands provided by various plugins, I have also created some custom commands for personal use.
| command | description | example |
|---|---|---|
Redir |
capture command output to a tabpage for easier inspection. | Redir hi |
Edit |
edit multiple files at the same time, supports globing | Edit *.vim |
Datetime |
print current date and time or convert Unix time stamp to date and time | Datetime 12345 or Datetime |
If you find anything that needs improving, do not hesitate to point it out or create a PR.
If you come across an issue, you can first use :checkhealth command provided by nvim to trouble-shoot yourself.
Please read carefully the messages provided by health check.
If you still have an issue, open a new issue.
Some of the resources that I find helpful in mastering Nvim is documented here. You may also be interested in my posts on configuring Nvim:
- My nvim notes can be found here
- Using Neovim for Three years
- Config nvim on Linux for Python development
- Nvim config on Windows 10
- Nvim-qt config on Windows 10
1: Not enabled for Linux, you need to tweak lua/plugins.lua and change the condition for installing vimtex.↩