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Neovim

Neovim is a refactor, and sometimes redactor, in the tradition of Vim (which itself derives from Stevie). It is not a rewrite but a continuation and extension of Vim. Many clones and derivatives exist, some very clever—but none are Vim. Neovim is built for users who want the good parts of Vim, and more.

I use AstroNvim with some modifications which you can find here

Make a backup of your current nvim and shared folder

Section titled “Make a backup of your current nvim and shared folder”
Terminal window
mv ~/.config/nvim ~/.config/nvim.bak
mv ~/.local/share/nvim ~/.local/share/nvim.bak
mv ~/.local/state/nvim ~/.local/state/nvim.bak
mv ~/.cache/nvim ~/.cache/nvim.bak

Clone AstroNvim with my custom configuration

Section titled “Clone AstroNvim with my custom configuration”
Terminal window
git clone https://github.com/alex289/astronvim_config ~/.config/nvim
Terminal window
nvim

Leader: Space

New file: Leader + n

Next buffer: ]b

Previous buffer: [b

Close buffer: Leader + bc

Escape key: jj, jk

Neotree toggle: Space + e

Neotree focus: Space + o