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Revision as of 02:47, 26 December 2021
Neovim is a rewrite of vim with some new/alternative features.
Documentation
:help
https://neovim.io/doc/user/
Locations
~/.config/nvim/init.vim
nvim's vimrc ~/.config/nvim/ginit.vim
GUI nvim's vimrc
Notes
neovim install neovim configuration neovim features neovim guis
Features
Terminal
Neovim has it's own embedded terminal!
:terminal " open terminal in current tab <c-leader><c-n> " escape terminal mode into normal-mode tnoremap <c-a> " keybind namespace for within terminal mode <c-leader><c-n> (move cursor to filename) gf "open file in nvim " ex: (perhaps bind this to a key) cd /path/to/src realpath file.py <c-leader><c-n> k gf
GUI
neovim-qt
Essentially gvim for neovim, and it's beautiful.
:GuiFont DejaVu Sans Mono:h11 " change font/size
Extensions
neovim-remote
Start a neovim-server, neovim connects to this, adding files to the same session.
Common Issues
strange global variable behaviour
neovim saves global variables in
~/.local/share/nvim/shada/main.shada
.
If you encountering wonky results when changing your vimrc, delete this file and try again.neovim crashes terminal
Your terminal probably needs to be recompiled.
scrolling panes is broken in xterm
You may be using xterm, not xterm-256color.
Tryexport TERM=
orexport TERM=xterm
.