TJ made a nice video about how to start with neovim and its configuration. I hope that this link is not against the rules since it’s about neovim and not about vim … Personally I find those 2 very very alike and with the features that I need for my daily work, I can use either one of them without noticing any difference.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stqUbv-5u2s
Enjoy !
I think I already answered my own question - I just need to learn lua really well, and then start over from scratch. Being a total rookie, I have been experiencing endless catch-22’s and rabbit holes. If you can’t sort the simplest fundamentals, then everything is a black box until you learn what’s under the hood. That’s why I chose vim/neovim over vscode. Kickstart should be good when I learn how to configure it. Thanks!
I installed the kickstart.nvim the other day by following the video. I skimmed through the README but I am a total newb and it didn’t make sense so I figured that I would just come back to it later when I know more about lua and plugins. I just copied and pasted into init.lua. Some things seem to work, but what did I do? Should I start over?
@rickmalek @feoh too many plugins, too many key bindings, too many redundant features - i just don’t get these bloated vim / nvim distributions.
I appreciate your honesty about the README!
You say it didn’t make sense, was it:
- Too long so you felt overwhelmed and stopped?
- Too complicated in some way? Which bit caused you to stall out?
I feel like we need to do better here, but also I’m not a writer myself so I could definitely use all the specific feedback we can get.
Please feel free to file bugs, even if it’s “I don’t understand what <$tech_phrase> means” or similar. I’ll action ever single one of them :)
The README seems fine to me; I’m just overwhelmed with what I don’t know. I’m getting there but it’s an agonizingly slow process. Fyi… I was able to install kickstart.nvim properly and it works, but it will take me awhile to figure out what is what. Thanks!