THIS REPOSITORY IS DEPRECATED

My current neovim configurations can be found here Inside of my .dotfiles repository.

Deprecated since 23rd of May 2023

You can still use this version of my configuration if you feel like it, but I wouldn't reccomend it.

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Installation notes

REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES:

• NodeJS ( Nvm recommended )
• Git

Recommended Dependencies

• RipGrep ( Telescope FuzzyFinder)
• gcc ( C-compiler for treesitter )
• g++ ( Another C compiler for LSP )
• make ( for native fzf to work )
• python3.8-venv ( for autopep8/django linting/formatting to work )

sudo apt install git ripgrep gcc g++ make python3.8-venv

1.) Install latest neovim appimage

Link to latest Neovim Release

# Download nvim.appimage from the link above
chmod u+x nvim.appimage
./nvim.appimage
# OPTIONAL: Expose neovim globally
sudo mkdir /neovim && sudo mv nvim.appimage /neovim
sudo ln -s /neovim/nvim.appimage /usr/bin/nvim
nvim

2.) Make a directory for the config files, if not already in place

mkdir ~/.config
cd ~/config

2.1.) Clone this repository and rename it to "nvim"

Inside of the .config directory

git clone https://github.com/sakuexe/nvim.lua.git
mv nvim.lua nvim

Plugins

Plugin manager

• wbthomason/packer.nvim

Other plugins' dependency

• nvim-lua/plenary.nvim

Colorschemes I enjoy

• whatsthatsmell/codesmell_dark.vim
• catppuccin/nvim
• JoosepAlviste/palenightfall.nvim - Currently using
• xiyaowong/nvim-transparent - Enables transparency

Neovim essentials

• tpope/vim-surround - "ys", "ds" and "cs"
• tpope/vim-commentary - "gc" or "gcc"
• windwp/nvim-utopairs
• windwp/nvim-ts-autotag
• Pocco81/auto-save.nvim - "Space-as" to toggle

File explorer / Finders

• nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua
• nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim - Fuzzy finder
• nvim-telescope/telescope-fzf-native.nvim - Dependency for fzf performance

Status Line

• nvim-lualine/lualine.nvim

Icons for telescope and nvim-tree

• nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons

Autocompletion

• hrsh7th/nvim-cmp
• hrsh7th/cmp-buffer - Completion for text in buffer
• hrsh7th/cmp-path - Completion for file paths

Managing & installing language servers, linters and formatters

• williamboman/mason.nvim
• williamboman/mason-lspconfig.nvim - Bridges gap between mason & lspconfig

LSP Configuration

• neovim/nvim-lspconfig - Easier way to configure LSP servers
• hrsh7th/cmp-nvim-lsp - Smart autocompletion with LSP
• glepnir/lspsaga.nvim - Enhanced UI
• jose-elias-alvarez/typescript.nvim
• onsails/lspkind.nvim - VsCode like icons for autocompletion
• github/copilot.nvim - Github Copilot integration

Formatting and linting

• jose-elias-alvarez/null-ls.nvim - Easy way to configure formatters and linters
• jayp0521/mason-null-ls.nvim

Snippets

• L3MON4D3/LuaSnip - Snippet Engine
• rafamadriz/friendly-snippets
• saadparwaiz1/cmp_luasnip

Better syntax highlighting

• nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter

Git

• lewis6991/gitsigns.nvim - Shows Git color-coded lines on the left side

Integrated Terminal

• akinsho/toggleterm.nvim - Better integrated terminal

Undo tree

• mbbill/undotree - Visualize undo history and switch between old undos

Miscellaneous

Live Server - npm package for live-server esque functionality

• www.chiarulli.me/Neovim/20-live-server - For automatically refreshing the browser

npm install -g live-server
# preview a folder
live-server some-directory/
# or a singular file
live-server some-file.html