Neovim Config

Notes to self:

1. I want a tabline, here are some notable ones to refer to:

• https://github.com/romgrk/barbar.nvim
• https://github.com/nanozuki/tabby.nvim
• RESOLVED: I got barbar and am using it full time now.

2. Startup section:

• https://github.com/TobinPalmer/Tip.nvim
• https://github.com/CWood-sdf/spaceport.nvim

3. Note taking:

• https://github.com/stevearc/gkeep.nvim
• look for others(markdown/notes)

4. Utility:

• There seems to be some support for better buffer managers here, consider them.
• https://github.com/chrisgrieser/nvim-early-retirement Something like this may be useful in addition to what I use for buffer management.

5. Terminal additions:

• https://github.com/willothy/flatten.nvim This looks fascinating and potentially useful!
• https://github.com/akinsho/toggleterm.nvim

6. Motion:

• There looks to be some gold here!

Need a way to easily switch between buffers. Harpoon? alternate buffers? Can do <leader> <leader> for all current directory files. Can do <leader> ff for buffer selection but I don't like it and it's not fast enough don't think.

Project Structure

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├── README.md # This file
├── init.lua # just loads all the lua files
├── lua/
│   ├── allison/
│   │   ├── settings.lua # global settings for neovim
│   │   ├── lazy.lua # setup lazy.nvim and load all the plugins in the plugins folder
│   │   ├── keymap.lua # setup some useful keymaps
│   ├── plugins/
│   │   ├── blakeline.lua # adds dotted lines to denote and highlight blocks of code
│   │   ├── comment.lua # adds a comment toggle keymap
│   │   ├── dressing.lua # replaces some UI elements with better looking ones
│   │   ├── git-signs.lua # adds git signs to the gutter (left side of the window)
│   │   ├── harpoon.lua # awesome plugin, more details below
│   │   ├── lualine.lua # adds a statusline at the bottom of the window with icons and stuff
│   │   ├── oil.lua # adds a file explorer that is better than the default one
│   │   ├── telescope.lua # adds a fuzzy finder and a lot more
│   │   ├── theme.lua # uses gruvbox-material theme with some customizations
│   │   ├── treesitter.lua # adds treesitter for awesome syntax highlighting
│   │   ├── undotree.lua # a plugin to visualize all the changes ever made to a file
│   │   ├── which-key.lua # adds a popup with all the keymaps
│   │   ├── lsp/ # all the LSP related settings
│   │   │   ├── init.lua
│   │   │   ├── format.lua
│   │   │   ├── lsp_attach.lua # attaches the LSP to the current buffer and sets up keymaps
│   │   │   ├── servers.lua # all the LSP servers and their config

keymaps

• Shift + J and Shift + K to move lines up and down

(press Shift + V to select lines and then Shift + J or Shift + K to move them)

• Remap Shift + U to redo

• <Leader> + y to copy to system clipboard

• <Leader> + Shift + y to copy to system clipboard from the cursor to end of the line

• <Leader> + p to paste from system clipboard

• <Leader> + Shift + p to paste from system clipboard before the cursor

• <Leader> + e to open the file explorer (oil.nvim)

• Alt + s to force apply any changes without a conformation

• gcc to comment or uncomment a line

• gc to comment or uncomment a block of code (visual mode)

• <Leader> + ff to get a list of all open buffers

• <Leader> + space to get a list of all the files in the current dir where nvim is opend

• Ctrl + s to run a search over all the files in the current dir where nvim is opend

• <Leader> + u to toggle undotree to look at all the changes made to the files

LSP Keymaps (only if you have LSP enabled for the current file)

• Ctrl + space to get auto completions
  • Tab or Ctrl + n to select the next completion
  • Shift + Tab or Ctrl + p to select the previous completion
  • Enter to select the current completion
  • Ctrl + f to scroll down the docs window
  • Ctrl + d to scroll up the docs window
  • Alt + e to close the completion window
• gd to go to definition of the word under the cursor
• gD to go to the declaration of the word under the cursor
• gr to find references of the word under the cursor
• gI to go to the implementations of the word under the cursor
• K to get the documentation of the word under the cursor
• Ctrl + k to get signature help for the word under the cursor
• <Leader> + D to get the type of the word under the cursor
• <Leader> + ds to get all the symbols in the current files
• <Leader> + ws to get all the symbols in the current workspace
• <Leader> + rn to LSP rename the word under the cursor
• <Leader> + ca to LSP code action for the word under the cursor
• <Leader + dd to show LSP diagnostics
  • q to close the diagnostics window (if cursor is in the diagnostics window)
  • <Leader> + dd to toggle the diagnostics window (if not in diagnostics window already)
  • Shift + K on a line to see the full error message
• <Leader> + f to format the current file (more info at the botto)

Formatting

For formatting conform.nvim is used It uses a formatter cinfigured in the lua/lsp/format.lua file or the one provided by the LSP server if it's available. To install a formatter run :Mason and select the formatter you want to install. and then tell conform.nvim to use that formatter by adding it to the lua/lsp/format.lua file.

• <Leader> + f to format the current file (more info at the botto)

Harpoon

Harpoon is a plugin that allows you to switch between a set of files quickly and easily. It's like a bookmark system for files.

Harpoon holds a list of files that you can switch between using a keymap. You can add the current file to the list of files and then switch to any of the files in the list.

• <Leader> + a to add the current file to the list of files

• <Leader> + hh to show the list of files

  • Harpoon window is a normal buffer so you can use j and k to move up and down
  • Enter to open the file under the cursor
  • q to close the Harpoon window
  • dd to delete the file under the cursor from the list
  • any other vim command to do whatever you want with the file list

• <Leader> + ha to open the first file in the list

• <Leader> + hs to open the second file in the list

• <Leader> + hd to open the third file in the list

• <Leader> + hf to open the forth file in the list

You can set more keymaps in the lua/plugins/harpoon.lua file.

Global Settings

• enamble line numbers

• disable relative line numbers

• disable wrap (enamble if you want)

• set scrolloff to 8 (:help scrolloff for more info)

• enamble termguicolors (enables true color support)

• set some good split defaults

  • splitbelow
  • splitright

• set tabstop and other stuff (it's a bit involved, check the docs for more info)

• disable swap files and backup files in favaor of undo files

• set the undodir to ~/.vim/undodir

• Set some good search defaults

• always show the signcolumn

• set some code folding defaults.

Folds are not enabled by default so you need a plugin to enable them. I use a plugin called ufo for this.

Theme (Customization)

The theme gruvbox-material is setup at the bottom of the lua/plugins/theme.lua file. Customizations are also done in the same file in the config function at the bottom of the file.