Neovim Configuration

Built to be both minimal but still have some bells and whistles that make the experience enjoyable.

Inspired by:

• The modular version of Kickstart.nvim
• nvim-lite
• minimal-nvim-0.11-lsp-setup

Installation

Clone this repository to where Neovim expects the config to be.

macOS and Linux

~/.config/nvim/

Windows

~\AppData\Local\nvim

Core

• neovim 0.11+
• ripgrep
• lazygit

Useful (optional) tools

• Neovide (GUI host for Neovim)
• A font with nerd fonts (like JetBrainsMono NF)
• Write per-machine configurations into the lua/config/local.lua file. They will be run last if it exists and not tracked in git.

Example local.lua:

-- Configure Neovide scale.
vim.g.neovide_scale_factor = 0.8

-- Use Powershell in ToggleTerm
require("toggleterm").setup({
  shell = "powershell.exe",
})

• smear-cursor can be nice if Neovide or Kitty is unavailable. This file will be ignored.

-- lua/plugins/smear-cursor.lua

return {
  "sphamba/smear-cursor.nvim",
  opts = {
    time_interval = 7
  },
}

Languages

Only install what you want to use. Most LSPs and formatters can be installed via Mason while external tools should be installed separately.

• Lua
  • lua-language-server
  • stylua
• nixd (for macOS only)
• Markdown
  • marksman
  • ltex-ls-plus
• LaTeX
  • Some LaTeX distribution like MiKTeX (Windows) or MacTex (macOS)
    • MiKTeX needs Perl installed as well
  • texlab
  • Skim (PDF viewer for macOS)
  • SumatraPDF (PDF viewer for Windows, must add to PATH)
• Typst
  • Typst
  • tinymist
  • typstyle
• Python
  • Python
  • basedpyright
  • ruff
• Rust
  • Rust (rustup)
  • rust-analyzer
• Go
  • Go
  • gopls