Credits

Uses nvim-lua as a starting point. https://github.com/nvim-lua/kickstart.nvim

Introduction

Simple installation:

brew install nvim
mkdir -p ~/.config/nvim
cd ~/.config/nvim
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robert-blankenship/nvim-init/master/init.lua
mkdir ftplugin
cd ftplugin
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robert-blankenship/nvim-init/master/ftplugin/java.lua

# For better searches. Gives you the ability to ignore files in your `.gitignore`.
brew install ripgrep

# To enable Lombok.
mkdir ~/.config/nvim/dependencies
cd ~/.config/nvim/dependencies
curl -LO https://projectlombok.org/downloads/lombok.jar

Whenever adding or removing packages, you may need to open and close nvim a few times.

Advanced installation (for making updates to the github repository)

#   Create directory `lua` in `.config/nvim/` so that you can
# easily pull new config from Git.
cd ~/.config/nvim
git clone https://github.com/robert-blankenship/nvim-init
mv nvim-init lua

# Read from Github repo.
nvim init.lua
require('init')

# Configure `jdtls`
cd ~/.config/nvim
ln -s lua/ftplugin ftplugin

Nvim setup:

sudo apt-get install build-essential
curl -LO https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/download/stable/nvim-linux64.deb
sudo apt install ./nvim-linux64.deb
chsh -c /usr/bin/zsh $USER

# For Java support
# Install jdtls language server
curl -LO https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/jdtls/milestones/1.23.0/jdt-language-server-1.23.0-202304271346.tar.gz
# untar, move directory somewhere, add `jdtls` to your PATH.

# Extensions to make `nvim/telescope` better.
sudo apt-get install fd-find
sudo apt-get instal ripgrep

sudo apt-get install openjdk-17
sudo apt-get install openjdk-17-sources
sudo apt-get install maven

Setting up ~/.zshrc (only somewhat related to nvim

vi ~/.zshrc
export PATH=/usr/local/jdt/bin:$PATH
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk-amd64/
export XDG_CONFIG_HOME=${HOME}/.config
export XDG_CACHE_HOME=${HOME}/.cache
export XDG_DATA_HOME=${HOME}/.local/share
export XDG_STATE_HOME=${HOME}/.local/state
alias vi='nvim'
alias vim='nvim'
alias ls='ls --color=auto'
alias l='ls'
alias ll='ls -ahl'
export CLICOLOR=1
export PS1='%F{blue}%1~%f %B%#%b '

Typical dev environment setup (not nvim related):

sudo apt-get install tmux
sudo apt-get install zsh
sudo apt-get install git

git config --global credential.helper store
git config --global user.name
git config --global user.email
git config --global core.editor nvim

# Swap caps lock with control. Likely only
# works on some Linux distributions.
/usr/bin/setxkbmap -option "ctrl:nocaps"

# FOR GUI SYSTEMS
sudo apt install gnome-tweaks
Open Gnome Tweaks, go to "Keyboard" then "Additional Layout Options", go to "Caps Lock Behavior", then select "Make Caps Lock an additional Ctrl"

Packages:

• mason, which lets you install and start Language Servers (these allow you to do things like "Go to Definition", see compilation errors, etc.)
• Do NOT install jdtls with Mason, this will mess up your environment.
• other packages (TODO, list out packages)