Neovim Configuration Guide

This guide provides detailed instructions for installing, updating, and uninstalling NvChad for Neovim, along with additional setup for dotfiles for nvim + zsh.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation, ensure the following prerequisites are met:

• Neovim 0.9.0: The latest version of Neovim.
• Nerd Font: Use a Nerd Font as your terminal font. Avoid fonts ending with 'Mono' to prevent small icons (e.g., use JetbrainsMono Nerd Font, not JetbrainsMono Nerd Font Mono).
• Ripgrep (Optional): Required for grep searching with Telescope.
• GCC: Windows users must have mingw installed and set on the path.
• Clang: If you want to use the formatting and debugger tools.
• Make: Windows users should have GnuWin32 installed and set on the path.
• Delete Old Neovim Folder: Remove any previous installations of Neovim (see commands below).

Installation

Linux / MacOS

1. Delete the old Neovim folder:

   rm -rf ~/.config/nvim
   rm -rf ~/.local/share/nvim

2. Install Neovim

   brew install neovim # for MacOS
   sudo apt install neovim # for Linux

3. Delete your old configuation

Linux / MacOS (Unix)

rm -rf ~/.config/nvim
rm -rf ~/.local/share/nvim
rm -rf ~/.config/kitty
rm -rf ~/.config/neofetch

Windows

rd -r ~\AppData\Local\nvim
rd -r ~\AppData\Local\nvim-data

4. Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/BrendanGlancy/dotfiles.git ~/.config/ --depth 1 && nvim

Common Commands

gD = go to declaration
gd = go to definition
gi = implementation
ff = find files
fw = rip grep
fs = grep
K = definition

Change Clangd format

~/.local/share/nvim/mason/bin/clang-format --style Google --dump-config > .clang-format

Helpful link to find lspconfigs