Simple Nvim

A straightforward Neovim configuration that should work for most developers. Cloned from NvChad's Tinyvim.

Features

Catpuccin colour scheme.
Sidebar navigation.
Tabs by default.
Easy lazygit access.
Basic code completion.
Sensible hotkeys.
A simple directory structure.
Leader key set to SPACE.

Prerequisities

Any C Compiler to build the LSP configs:

# MacOS
brew install gcc

# Ubuntu
sudo apt install build-essential

# Arch
sudo pacman -S base-devel

Ripgrep to search through files and folders:

# MacOS
brew install ripgrep

# Ubuntu
sudo apt install ripgrep

# Arch
sudo pacman -S ripgrep

Lazygit for Git things:

# MacOS
brew install lazygit

# Ubuntu
sudo apt install lazygit

# Arch
sudo pacman -S lazygit

Install

Backup your existing Neovim config if you haven't already:
```
mv ~/.config/nvim ~/.config/nvim-backup
```
Clear out your existing Neovim cache and local files:
```
rm -rf ~/.cache/nvim 
rm -rf ~/.local/share/nvim
```

Clone this repository into your ~/.config directory:

git clone https://github.com/johnnymatthews/simple-nvim ~/.config/nvim

Open Neovim:
```
nvim
```
Neovim should download all the extensions, theme files, and dependencies for you.

Keyboard shortcuts

Most of the keyboard shortcuts (also called mappings) for this config can be found within ./lua/mappings.lua, however some shortcuts are defined within plugins. Here is a complete list of all the keyboard shortcut for this repo (all shortcuts are from normal mode, unless otherwise stated):

Description	Shortcut
Comment or uncomment a line	`gc`
Open or close the sidebar navigation	`CTRL` + `n`
Change focus to or from the sidebar navigation	`CTRL` + `ww`
Copy the current file to the clipboard	`CTRL` + `c`
Find file by filename.	`SPACE` `ff`
Find files that you recently opened.	`SPACE` `fo`
Search for files by their content.	`SPACE` `fw`
Open a Lazygit window	`SPACE` `fg`
Open a floating termial window	`SPACE` `ft`
Close current tab	`CTRL` + `q`
Open or close the undo-tree	`SPACE` `u`