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Simple Nvim

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

Screenshot 2024-08-31 at 10 15 59 AM

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

  1. Backup your existing Neovim config if you haven't already:

    mv ~/.config/nvim ~/.config/nvim-backup
  2. Clear out your existing Neovim cache and local files:

    rm -rf ~/.cache/nvim 
    rm -rf ~/.local/share/nvim
  3. Clone this repository into your ~/.config directory:

    git clone https://github.com/johnnymatthews/simple-nvim ~/.config/nvim
  4. 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

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