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📚 A Neovim config designed from scratch to be understandable
https://github.com/LunarVim/Neovim-from-scratch

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📚 A Neovim config designed from scratch to be understandable

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# Neovim from scratch



When I initially created this repo I didn't anticipate the amount of breaking changes introduced by the rapidly developing plugin ecosystem.  All packages are pinned in `master` so it will remain stable and you can always follow the [videos](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctH-a-1eUME&list=PLhoH5vyxr6Qq41NFL4GvhFp-WLd5xzIzZ)

there if you're getting errors in other branches.   



🔍 If you see an error that you can fix [here's how](CONTRIBUTING.md) 🎉.



**Update** For a simple IDE that builds on these principles and is under active development, I recommend my newer repo: [nvim-basic-ide](https://github.com/LunarVim/nvim-basic-ide) as well as [lunarvim](https://www.lunarvim.org/) which is mature and fully-featured.



General support is available on our [Matrix channels](https://matrix.to/#/#neovim-atmachine:matrix.org).



## Try out this config



This config requires >= [Neovim v0.8.0](https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases). Please [upgrade](#upgrade-to-neovim-v080) if you're on an earlier version of the editor.



Clone the repository into the correct location (make a backup your current `nvim` directory if you want to keep it).



```

git clone https://github.com/LunarVim/Neovim-from-scratch.git ~/.config/nvim

```



Run `nvim` in your terminal and wait for the plugins to be installed. You will notice treesitter pulling in a bunch of language parsers the next time you open Neovim.



**NOTE** [Mason](https://github.com/williamboman/mason.nvim) is used to install and manage LSP servers, DAP servers, linters, and formatters via the `:Mason` command.



This config assumes that you have Nerd Fonts v3.0.0 or higher. If you are using an older version then please update your [Nerd Fonts](https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts) otherwise there will be missing or wrong glyphs



## Get healthy



Open `nvim` and enter the following:



```

:checkhealth

```



You'll probably notice you don't have support for copy/paste also that python and node haven't been setup



So let's fix that



First we'll fix copy/paste



- On mac `pbcopy` should be builtin



- On Ubuntu



  ```

  sudo apt install xsel

  ```



- On Arch Linux



  ```

  sudo pacman -S xsel

  ```

  

- Wayland users



  [wl-clipboard](https://github.com/bugaevc/wl-clipboard)



Next we need to install python support (node is optional)



- Neovim python support



  ```

  pip install pynvim

  ```



- Neovim node support



  ```

  npm i -g neovim

  ```

---



**NOTE** make sure you have [node](https://nodejs.org/en/) installed, I recommend a node manager like [fnm](https://github.com/Schniz/fnm).



### Upgrade to Neovim v0.9



Assuming you [built from source](https://github.com/neovim/neovim/wiki/Building-Neovim#quick-start), `cd` into the folder where you cloned `neovim` and run the following commands. 

```

git pull

git checkout release-0.9

make distclean && make CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release

sudo make install

nvim -v

```



> The computing scientist's main challenge is not to get confused by the complexities of his own making. 



\- Edsger W. Dijkstra