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Using a single file neovim configuration file

When I first moved my Neovim configuration over to using lua, as opposed to the more traditional vimscript, I thought I was clever separating it up into many files and includes. Turns out that it became annoying to edit my configuration. Not difficult; just faffy. So I decided to just stick it all into a...

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How I use vimwiki in neovim

This post is currently in-progress, and is more of a brain-dump right now. But I like to share as often as I can otherwise I'd never share anything 🙂 Please view the official Vimwiki Github repository for up-to-date details of Vimwiki usage and installation. This page just documents my own processes at the time. Installation...

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General plugins I use in Neovim

I define a "general plugin" as a plugin that I use regardless of the filetype I’m editing. These will add extra functionality for enhancing my Neovim experience. I use Which-key for displaying keybindings as I type them. For example if I press my <leader> key and wait a few milliseconds, it will display all keybindings...

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Passive plugins I use in Neovim

These plugins I use in Neovim are ones I consider “passive”. That is, they just sit there doing their thing in the background to enhance my development experience. Generally they wont offer extra keybindings or commands I will use day to day. You can view all the plugins I use in my plugins.lua file in...

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How I use Neovim

I try to use Neovim for as much development-related work as possible. This page serves as a point of reference for me, and other people interested, for what I use and how I use it. Feedback is welcome and would love to know how you use Neovim too! My complete Neovim configuration files can be...

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How I organize my Neovim configuration

The entry point for my Neovim Configuration is the init.lua file. Init.lua My entrypoint file simply requires three other files: The user.plugins file is where I'm using Packer to require plugins for my configuration. I will be writing other posts around some of the plugins I use soon. The user.options file is where I set...

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