NeoVIM installation and setup guide

Neo Vim is a new generation VIM editor. It has beautiful UI.

Installation

1. Download NeoVim:

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wget https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/download/v0.10.0/nvim.appimage

1. Install:

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chmod +x nvim.appimage
mv nvim.appimage /usr/local/bin/nvim

Preset Configuration setup

1. Download dotfiles from github and use stow command to link config:

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git clone git@github.com:mrasif/dotfiles.git
cd dotfiles
stow nvim -t $HOME

1. Remove pre installed config:

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rm -rf ~/.config/nvim
rm -rf ~/.local/share/nvim

1. Install downloaded config:

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mv nvim ~/.config/

1. Verify new directory location should be ~/.config/nvim where init.lua should present. Here is referance tree-

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$ tree ~/.config/nvim
nvim
├── init.lua
├── lazy-lock.json
└── lua
    ├── plugins
    │   ├── alpha.lua
    │   ├── catppuccin.lua
    │   ├── completions.lua
    │   ├── debugging.lua
    │   ├── git-stuff.lua
    │   ├── gitsigns.lua
    │   ├── lsp-config.lua
    │   ├── neo-tree.lua
    │   ├── none-ls.lua
    │   ├── nvim-tmux-navigation.lua
    │   ├── oil.lua
    │   ├── swagger-preview.lua
    │   ├── telescope.lua
    │   ├── treesitter.lua
    │   └── vim-test.lua
    ├── plugins.lua
    └── vim-options.lua

1. Install language server

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wget https://github.com/LuaLS/lua-language-server/releases/download/3.9.1/lua-language-server-3.9.1-linux-x64.tar.gz
mkdir /opt/lua-language-server
mv mv lua-language-server-3.9.1-linux-x64.tar.gz /opt/lua-language-server/
cd /opt/lua-language-server
tar -zxvf lua-language-server-3.9.1-linux-x64.tar.gz

1. Setup environment, add this line to your .bashrc/.zshrc

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export PATH=$PATH:/opt/lua-language-server/bin

1. Install gopls

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go install golang.org/x/tools/gopls@latest

1. Open NVIM

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nvim

1. Add .env.nvim file to your project directory, which is environment variable files of your project, will be auto exported to your vim env.
2. Use nvim command :Lazy to open lazy dashboard.
3. Press Shift + I to install dependency.
4. Install dlv debugger for golang development.

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go install github.com/go-delve/delve/cmd/dlv@latest

1. Install ripgrep for Telescope live grep.

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sudo apt-get install ripgrep

Shortcut

Find shortcut:

• Space + Space will open Old files finder.
• Ctrl + p will open Find files finder.
• Space + fg will open Live files finder.
• Ctrl + n will open File Tree at Left
• Space + bf will open floating buffered file tree.

Pane shortcut:

• Ctrl + ww will move focus to next pane.

Debugging shortcut:

• gb to add breakpoint.
• gf to go next step.
• gr to run debugger or continue.

coding shortcut:

• Space + gd to go to description.
• Space + gr to go to reference.
• Shift + K to view quick code doc.
• Space + gf to format code.
• y to copy selected text to clipboard.
• c to cut selected text and copy to clipboard.
• p to paste from clipboard.