Wellcome to the (n)vim side

This is my neovim configuration.
Made as portable as I could, but still needs a lot of external programs.
Not the very best, but it's mine and i like it.
Just kidding. Actually I don't like it and I edit it constantly.

"No one ever accomplished anything by being content with who they were" - Adolin Kholin

Config was rewritten.

Config was rewritten to escape some of the drawback of the previous one. This one is not as fancy but I believe easier to maintain. No more 1000 lines of code for the statuslne.

Why vim?

I have been using vim as my edtior for a while now, and the power and versatility it offers even as-is, is unparalleled. You dont need fancy IDEs and LSPs to write or be productive around a codebase, even basic vim can be very useful. Otherwise:

• Light - Fast, responsive and light
• Extendable - either ad-hoc during running with macros, or by a script file.
• Portable - most platforms have it. I can even run it on my phone
• Keymap - makes more sense once you get used to it.
• Customizability - Has a larger breadth of plugins.

Main goal

I want an editor that I understand, it's intuitive to use(yes, vim is intuitive), and I can script on my own. That way I'm not bound by what exists and what doesn't as a plugin, and can make my own functionality(given some amount of time).

Main features

• Lsp integration
• Spellcheck and spell completion
• Meld-like Diff tool
• Git client(s)
• Quick jump to terminal - keep one shell on background
• File management - netrw is surprisingly robust or nvim-tree
• Snippets (through a plugin)
• Various utilities to edit text on top of what vim already has

Initial setup

Clone and install ripgrep

Bespoke functionality outside plugins

• build_helper.lua - Build system helper

  A util modifies/and remembers build commands for specific projects or classes of projects. A wrapper around the builtin :make or :Make from vim-dispatch

• terminal_manager.vim - A terminal management helper

  A terminal management helper to spawn/bring up a terminal, and just keep one open.

• utils.vim - Some vimscipt functions for quality of life

  • ExecuteMacroOverVisualRange
    • executes a macro over all the line in visual selection
  • VBlockNorm
    • executes a :norm command over all the lines of visual selection, kind of a shorthand
  • RemoveQFItem
    • removes an item from qflist

• lang.vim - a helper to enable switching between a predefined list of languages

• status.lua - A custom statusline implementation

• rdpopov/vim-select-mode - My own plugin. It's a shorthand for :s and :g commands. Useful for splitting lines and more precise find and replace. Multicursor-ish but better

Useful links for more delving in

Quick start for Neovim. Master the power of the dark sed. Vim way configuration and what vim can do, just like that. This is the way.