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 I have set that begin with my
<leader> key.
It will also display any marks and registers I have set, when only
pressing ' or @ respectively.
use "folke/which-key.nvim"Vim-commentary
makes it super easy to comment out lines in files using vim motions. So
in normal mode you can enter gcc to comment out the current
line; or 5gcc to comment out the next 5 lines.
You can also make a visual selection and enter gc to
comment out that selected block.
use "tpope/vim-commentary"Vim-surround provides me with an extra set of abilities on text objects. It lets me add, remove and change surrounding elements.
For example I can place my cursor over a word and enter
ysiw" to surround that word with double quotes.
Or I can make a visual selection and press S" to
surround that selection with double quotes.
use "tpope/vim-surround"Vim-unimpaired
adds a bunch of extra mappings that
[tpope](https://github.com/tpope/) had in his own vimrc,
which he extracted to a plugin.
They include mappings for the [ and ] keys
for previous and next items. For example using [b and
]b moves backwards and forwards through your open buffers.
Whilst [q and ]q will move you backwards and
forwards respectively through your quickfist list items.
use "tpope/vim-unimpaired"