sofubi's nvim config

Introduction

A personal nvim config adapted from kickstart.nvim

Installation

Install Neovim

Targets only the latest 'stable' and latest 'nightly' of Neovim. If you are experiencing issues, please make sure you have the latest versions.

Install External Dependencies

External Requirements:

• Basic utils: git, make, unzip, C Compiler (gcc)
• ripgrep
• Clipboard tool (xclip/xsel/win32yank or other depending on platform)
• A Nerd Font: optional, provides various icons
  • if you have it set vim.g.have_nerd_font in init.lua to true
• Language Setup:
  • If you want to write Python it's recommended to setup a non-system python with either uv or pyenv.
  • etc.

NOTE Backup your previous configuration (if any exists)

Neovim's configurations are located under the following paths, depending on your OS:

OS	PATH
Linux, MacOS	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvim, ~/.config/nvim
Windows (cmd)	%localappdata%\nvim\
Windows (powershell)	$env:LOCALAPPDATA\nvim\

Recommended Step

Fork this repo so that you have your own copy that you can modify, then install by cloning the fork to your machine using one of the commands below, depending on your OS.

NOTE Your fork's url will be something like this: https://github.com/<your_github_username>/kickstart.nvim.git

Clone repo

NOTE If following the recommended step above (i.e., forking the repo), replace sofubi with <your_github_username> in the commands below

Linux and Mac

git clone https://github.com/sofubi/kickstart.nvim.git "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}"/nvim

Windows

If you're using cmd.exe:

git clone https://github.com/sofubi/kickstart.nvim.git "%localappdata%\nvim"

If you're using powershell.exe

git clone https://github.com/sofubi/kickstart.nvim.git "${env:LOCALAPPDATA}\nvim"

Post Installation

Start Neovim

nvim

That's it! Lazy will install all the plugins you have. Use :Lazy to view current plugin status. Hit q to close the window.

Read through the init.lua file in your configuration folder for more information about extending and exploring Neovim. That also includes examples of adding popularly requested plugins.

Getting Started

The Only Video You Need to Get Started with Neovim