How to install and setup Neovim with awesome plugins
# Neovim-config
My personal Setup files for Neoconfig
Welcome to my blog. If you are reading this article from me then you are in luck. In this article, I am going to walk you through a step-by-step approach to setting up Neovim from scratch with some awesome features.
This tutorial applies to both Linux users and Windows users. I mean the bosses Mac users can also take a peep it should work for you guys too. I don't really know 😂😜. In simple terms the process we are going to be adopting in this tutorial is a Linux process, therefore if you are on Windows you will have to install WSL. If you are a Windows user you must install WSL before taking this tutorial. (That should be my first warning of the day, innit? Expect more😂😂😎)
The end result of our configuration in this article has the following features:
- Easy file browsing with GUI 👍
- capability to open node tree( I mean file tree on the side)
- Error line and a status bar
- accessibility to a tag bar (magic triggered by F8🤯)
- Code completion for different languages(one of the most important😎, I bet you have that not. I mean a normal powerful code editor should have that).
- Different color scheme.
- Shortcut integration for multiline commenting
# Installation of Neovim
You can skip this part if you have not installed Neovim. As a Linux user you should have that not because it is a must-have but I mean it is super cool. Neovim can be installed on different Linux distributions (Ubuntu, Debian, etc)
Moving on, let's go through the steps involved.
- Access your terminal 👀 (On Windows if you are using WSL you can also search "ubuntu" if ubuntu was installed)
- Optionally you can run:
sudo apt update
- Thereafter run the command:
sudo apt install neovim
- Once the installation is finished you can just type Nvim to confirm the installation or go on to test with a new file directly by typing:
*nvim test.txt*
# custom configuration
It's go time! Let's get to the icing on the cake🙌🚀
- check if you have any previous configuration by typing "ls -la in the terminal". if you can't find the .config directory then you will have to create one using the code:
mkdir .config
- Also enter the .config directory(Please don't neglect the "." before the config. It shows that it is a hidden directory and also helps the configuration to target the certain directory). Use the command below to navigate into the .config directory:
cd .config/
- Make another directory called nvim in the .config directory.
mkdir nvim- Enter the created directory.
cd nvim
- Create a new file called "init.vim". This is more like our configuration file.
nvim init.vim
# writing codes to configure each functionality
It's going to be a long one but is it worth it?🥴🧐🤐🤨 Give me the benefit of the doubt.
in the init.vim write the following codes:
:set number
:set relativenumber
hit escape and write :wq to save the progress of the configuration.
retype nvim init.vim to see the changes. That's how we roll😎.
Access this link to get all the init.vim for the whole process to make this easier.
https://github.com/fasakinhenry/Neovim-config/blob/master/init.vim
Just copy and paste the contents into your init.vim or you just follow through this article.
Back to the conversation here. Add more codes to the "init.vim" file.
:set autoindent
:set tabstop=4
:set shiftwidth=4
:set smarttab
:set softtabstop=4
:set mouse=a
hint: when you want to copy these codes directly just copy the codes above. Then in your init.vim file. press 'Esc' followed by command :set paste. Then you hold 'shift' and right-click your mouse to paste😴🥱😓 too long🥴
# Adding plugins 🚀
