N(oob)vim

A set of configurations for Neovim made in Lua by someone who doesn't know Lua but has a lot of free time.

My objective

I like Neovim. A lot. I tried using VsCode for my really basic programming needs, but I was both a bit overwhelming and kind of dissappointing, specially when it comes to resource usage. So I went back to Neovim, and found out that almost none of the pre-configured configs out there really felt like home, and decided to create my own, using a mix of familiar keybindings for VsCode users and Vim users alike.

With no experience in Lua, a lot of procrastination time that should have gone to college work poured into it and a lot of trial and error, it's alive! So now I want to maintain it and make it public so people who actually know what they are doing can help make it better.

Requirements

• Neovim 0.5+
• Packer.nvim is the chosen packaging tool;
• A Nerd patched font - I recommend FiraCode NF, which is the one I use

Installation

• First, install neovim, preferably through your package manager;
• Install the patched font to get all the icons;
• Then install packer.nvim, in order to manage your plugins:

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim\ ~/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/packer.nvim

• Now, download and extract the package in the releases or (if you want the bleeding edge), clone the repo:

git clone https://github.com/not-a-dev-stein/N-oob-vim ~/.config/nvim

• Now run nvim +PackerSync to install and update all the plugins
• Install the language servers you need with :LspInstall
• Install the extras for whatever extra feature you want;
• That's it!

Colorscheme used:

• catppuccino - using the Soft Manilo version

Language servers pre-configured with:

• lspconfig - for native LSP
• lsp-installer - to easily install language servers
• cmp-nvim-lsp - for better integration with the native LSP
• cmp-buffer - for suggesting words used in the buffer in the completion
• cmp_luasnip - for using luasnip as a source for nvim-cmp's completion
• LuaSnip - snippets support
• nvim-cmp - for TAB completion

Plugins included and pre-configured are:

• autopairs - for automatic pairing of brackets, parenthesis, etc.
• barbar - A nice tab/buffer bar
• colorizer - for showing color on HEX codes (ex. #ffffff)
• comment - for easier line commenting (pre-configured with 'SPACE+//')
• dashboard - Nice and clean dashboard for when you open nvim cleanly
• gitsigns - for git signs for when and where you have diffs, and checking blame
• indent-blankline - for better indentation, showing visible signs for tabs and spaces
• lualine - a better statusline in both looks and functionality
• markdown-preview - An easy way to preview how your markdown files will look like
• nvim-tree - an easy and fast file explorer to the side of the screen
• suda - for automatically running nvim with sudo when needed
• telescope - really powerful searching tool
• treesitter - for better syntax highlighting, indenting and folding (which you can use with z+a)
• ts-rainbow - for color matching of brackets, parenthesis, etc.
• web-devicons - icons for other extensions, like nvim-tree and lualine

Extra plugins outside of nvim

• live-server - for people who do web development, no need to keep refreshing your page after every change

Non-default keybindings

space is your leader key by default, press it twice to quickly switch between the last two buffers;

< > to change indentation levels multiple times on visual mode, instead of having to use . to repeat;

shift+j and shift+k to easily move an entire line up or down;

ctrl+shift+i to automatically format your code with Nformat;

ctrl+hjkl to navigate between splits in your screen (including nvim-tree);

leader+t to open a terminal in split;

ctrl+a in terminal mode to return to normal mode;

ctrl+m to toggle the preview of your Markdown files with markdown-preview;

Custom commands

:LiveServer to start your live server

Biggest references and help

Props to the NvChad guys, I have used their config for a long while before using VsCode and used most of the extensions they use as a base for mine, removing what I don't use and adding what's more convenient for me. LunarVim also had a big part in it, specially due to ChrisAtMachine's videos and livestreams, it was probably the best help I got in porting my old config to Lua.

What you can do to help

Everything. No joke. I have no experience in Lua, so I'm sure there's a lot that can be optimized and improved. If you want to check it out (and probably cringe a little) feel free to check the code, and use it for whatever you need. It's all yours, my friend.