Neovim Configuration

This is a Neovim configuration for a beginner who wants to set up a robust development environment with essential plugins, including telescope.nvim with the fzf-native extension for faster searching.

Prerequisites

1. Install Neovim

Ensure you have Neovim installed. If not, you can install it via your package manager:

For Arch Linux:

sudo pacman -S neovim

2. Install Required Dependencies

• ripgrep: Used by telescope for searching files efficiently.

  sudo pacman -S ripgrep

• fzf: Required for the telescope-fzf-native.nvim extension.

  sudo pacman -S fzf

3. Install lazy.nvim

We'll be using lazy.nvim to manage plugins. If you don't have it installed yet, follow these steps:

Clone lazy.nvim to your local Neovim configuration directory:

  git clone --filter=blob:none https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim.git ~/.local/share/nvim/lazy/lazy.nvim

Installing Plugins

telescope.nvim and telescope-fzf-native.nvim

Run :Lazy install to Install the Plugins: In Neovim, run the following to install the plugins:

  :Lazy install

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Troubleshooting Plugin Errors

If you encounter errors, follow these steps:

1. Error: module 'nvim-treesitter.configs' not found

• Solution: Install nvim-treesitter:

  In your plugins.lua, add:

  {
    "nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter",
    run = ":TSUpdate",
  }

  Then run:

  :Lazy sync

  After installation, you can set up Treesitter for code highlighting and more.

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2. Error: fzf extension doesn't exist or isn't installed

• Solution: Build the fzf-native extension manually if it wasn't built correctly.

  1. Go to the plugin directory:

     cd ~/.local/share/nvim/lazy/telescope-fzf-native.nvim

  2. Run the following to build the extension:

     make

  3. After that, reload Neovim and check again.

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Key Bindings

Once everything is set up, you can use Telescope with keybindings. For example, you can bind Telescope commands to your preferred keys:

-- Example keybindings for Telescope
vim.api.nvim_set_keymap('n', '<leader>ff', ':Telescope find_files<CR>', { noremap = true })
vim.api.nvim_set_keymap('n', '<leader>fg', ':Telescope live_grep<CR>', { noremap = true })

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Final Steps

1. Sync and Update Plugins:

   After everything is set up, make sure all your plugins are synced and updated:

   :Lazy sync
   

2. Restart Neovim:

   After the plugins are installed and the setup is complete, restart Neovim to make sure everything is loaded properly.

3. Check Health:

   If you want to check for any issues with your Neovim setup, you can use:

   :checkhealth

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