init.lua

My ultimate setup for the best text editor ! Neovim

Installation

Installing Neovim

Requires v0.1.0. Check out the official documentation

Install External Dependencies

External Requirements:

• Basic utils: git, make, unzip, C Compiler (gcc)
• ripgrep
• Clipboard tool (xclip/xsel/win32yank or other depending on platform)
• A Nerd Font: optional, provides various icons
  • if you have it set vim.g.have_nerd_font in init.lua to true
• Language Setup:
  • If want to write Typescript, you need npm
  • If want to write Golang, you will need go
  • etc.

NOTE See Install Recipes from kickstart.nvim for additional Windows and Linux specific notes and quick install snippets

Install init.lua

NOTE Backup your previous configuration (if any exists)

Neovim's configurations are located under the following paths, depending on your OS:

OS	PATH
Linux, MacOS	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvim, ~/.config/nvim
Windows (cmd)	%userprofile%\AppData\Local\nvim\
Windows (powershell)	$env:USERPROFILE\AppData\Local\nvim\

Recommended Step

Fork this repo so that you have your own copy that you can modify, then install by cloning the fork to your machine using one of the commands below, depending on your OS.

NOTE Your fork's url will be something like this: https://github.com/<your_github_username>/init.lua.git

Clone init.lua

NOTE If following the recommended step above (i.e., forking the repo), replace chanyeinthaw with <your_github_username> in the commands below

Linux and Mac

git clone https://github.com/chanyeinthaw/init.lua.git "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}"/nvim

Windows

If you're using cmd.exe:

git clone https://github.com/chanyeinthaw/init.lua.git %userprofile%\AppData\Local\nvim\

If you're using powershell.exe

git clone https://github.com/chanyeinthaw/init.lua.git $env:USERPROFILE\AppData\Local\nvim\

Post Installation

Start Neovim

nvim

That's it! Lazy will install all the plugins you have. Use :Lazy to view current plugin status. Hit q to close the window.

Read through the init.lua file in your configuration folder for more information about extending and exploring my setup.