Neovim (I use Neovim btw)
I mainly started using Neovim because I wanted to look like a cool hacker.(Don’t worry, I’m not much of a danger)
After getting over how cool it looked and spending days configuring it, I discovered that it’s actually a really nice workflow.
Setup
For anyone just starting out, I’d recommend checking out kickstart nvim.
It’s a great minimal starter config.
There’s also this video that I really wish I’d found earlier.
My Neovim setup has gone through a few iterations, but I’ve restructured it for my needs mainly for embedded electronics and markdown. I now use my own custom setup, inspired by Kickstart and a few other configs I’ve found along the way.
What I’m Using
- ✅ Neovim 0.11 (manually installed from official tarball)
- ✅ Lazy as plugin manager
- ✅ Modular Lua config under
~/.config/nvim/lua/hanndoddi - ✅ Custom dashboard with personal shortcuts
- ✅ Treesitter, Mason, LSP, formatting, linting all working
- ✅ Micropython and Platform.io
- ✅ Transparent theme + icons
- ✅ Lazy Git
Structure
I split things into modular Lua files for easier organization and customization.
My config is split into:
~/.config/nvim/
├── init.lua
├── lua/
│ └── hanndoddi/
│ ├── core/ -- Basic options, keymaps
│ ├── plugins/ -- Plugin configs
│ ├── lazy.lua -- Lazy plugin setup
│ └── init.lua -- Main entry point
Notable Plugins
- lualine – statusline
- telescope – fuzzy finder
- nvim-tree – file explorer
- vim-visual-multi – multi-cursor
- todo-comments – highlight and search TODOs
- surround, substitute, comment – editing helpers
- formatter, linter, gitsigns
- leap - moving around fast
My favorite vim motions and keybinds
- gcc - convert to comment and uncomment
- space+x - Check tasks
Update Process
- Manually update Neovim from GitHub releases:
curl -LO https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/latest/download/nvim-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
sudo rm -rf /opt/nvim
sudo tar -C /opt -xzf nvim-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
sudo ln -sf /opt/nvim/bin/nvim /usr/local/bin/nvim
Thoughts
You’re more than welcome to explore (or fork) my Neovim config.
But I highly recommend customizing it to suit your needs.
I'm Still exploring deeper workflows like native multi-cursor editing, but happy with the current state.
My take: - Don’t force Neovim to act like VS Code. - If you’re happy with your current editor — keep using it!
Neovim is awesome if it works for you.
Happens to work for me.
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