neovim-init-file

This is Blaine's neovim init.vim file. It is current as of September 5, 2021. It is being used with neovim version 0.6.

The Vim-Plug plugin manager is used. Update the plugins with the command :PlugUpdate.

The init.vim calls some plugins that depend on Lua, which became incorporated in neovim 0.5, so these plugins need to be commented out if using neovim < 0.5. The init.vim file has been customized to enable the editing of LaTeX files and code files from about a dozen programming languages. It also has plugins for live previews of the PDF file generated from the LaTeX tex file. The init.vim file also invokes LSP servers for autocompletion.

Script for installing the neovim binary file from the nightly build on Mac OS

I used the following script on September 2, 2021, to install the nightly-build neovim 0.6 binary.

#!/bin/zsh

# Change the above to your shell.
# This script enables the quick install of the nighlty release of neovim. 
# source:  https://www.reddit.com/r/neovim/comments/j38ook/neovim_050_on_mac/
# Note: you may need to make a ~/dev/nvim-osx64 directory first.

echo "Download..."
cd ~/Downloads
rm -vrf nvim-macos.tar.gz
curl -# -L -O https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/download/nightly/nvim-macos.tar.gz
tar zxpvf nvim-macos.tar.gz

cd ~/dev/nvim-osx64

echo "Installing..."
rm -vrf ~/dev/nvim-osx64/bin
rm -vrf ~/dev/nvim-osx64/share
rm -vrf ~/dev/nvim-osx64/lib
rm -vrf ~/dev/nvim-osx64/libs
mv ~/Downloads/nvim-osx64/bin .
mv ~/Downloads/nvim-osx64/share .
mv ~/Downloads/nvim-osx64/lib .
mv ~/Downloads/nvim-osx64/libs .

echo "Removing downloaded dir..."
rmdir ~/Downloads/nvim-osx64

rm -vrf ~/Downloads/nvim-macos.tar.gz

echo "The End!"

Links of interest

• Telescope fuzzy finder
• gitsigns.nvim
• indent-blankline.nvim
• tree-sitter
• Neovim plugin to open multiple files in one buffer

Books on neovim

• Modern Vim: Craft Your Development Environment with Vim 8 and Neovim (2018) by Neil Drew

Update history

Version	Changes	Date
Version 0.2	Added badges, funding, and update table.	2024 May 24

Sources of funding

• NIH: R01 CA242845
• NIH: R01 AI088011
• NIH: P30 CA225520 (PI: R. Mannel)
• NIH: P20 GM103640 and P30 GM145423 (PI: A. West)