/nvim-basic-lua-ide

Basic stable starting point for a Neovim IDE.

Primary LanguageLuaGNU General Public License v3.0GPL-3.0

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This config will provide a modular starting point for anyone looking to use Neovim as their IDE. It is meant to be simple and easy to understand and extend. Use it as a base for your own config or just take individual pieces.

All the included plugins are pinned to a version that ensures they are compatible and will not update potentially introducing errors into your config. For every Neovim release I will update this repo along with the community to keep it up to date with the newest versions.

As I mentioned, this config is meant as a starting point for people new to Neovim who want a familiar IDE experience. The config has a very simple structure that makes it easy to add new plugins.

Install Neovim 0.9

You can install Neovim with your package manager e.g. brew, apt, pacman etc.. bus remember that when you update your packages Neovim may be upgraded to a newer version.

If you would like to make sure Neovim only updates when you want it to than I recommend installing from source: instructions

Install the config

Make sure to remove or backup your current nvim directory

git clone https://github.com/LunarVim/Launch.nvim.git ~/.config/nvim

Run nvim and wait for the plugins to be installed

NOTE (You will notice treesitter pulling in a bunch of parsers the next time you open Neovim)

Get healthy

Open nvim and enter the following:

:checkhealth

You'll probably notice you don't have support for copy/paste also that python and node haven't been setup

So let's fix that

First we'll fix copy/paste

  • On mac pbcopy should be builtin

  • On Ubuntu

    sudo apt install xsel # for X11
sudo apt install wl-clipboard # for wayland

Next we need to install python support (node is optional)

  • Neovim python support

    pip install pynvim

  • Neovim node support

    npm i -g neovim

We will also need ripgrep for Telescope to work:

  • Ripgrep

    sudo apt install ripgrep

NOTE make sure you have node installed, I recommend a node manager like fnm.

Fonts

I recommend using the following repo to get a "Nerd Font" (Font that supports icons)

getnf

NOTE Some are already setup as examples, remove them if you want

The computing scientist's main challenge is not to get confused by the complexities of his own making.

- Edsger W. Dijkstra