Misc

In this chapter I'll mention some misc plugins that I recommend to adapt.

Basic IDE Functionalities

nvim doesn't provide all the expected functionalities of an IDE, plugins are here to close that gap.

Session Manager

I use auto-session. Other Session Manager's

Comment

Adds a comment operation

Last Place

Remembers the last place you edited a buffer.

Guess Indent

Guess the indent of the file and override the indent settings.

Auto Pairs

Adds closures for your pairs, for example when you type ( it make it () and put the cursor in the middle.

Auto Save

Auto saves the file when a text has been edited, don't worry about losing your data.

Trailing whitespace

Be a good programmer and don't leave junk for git.

Multi cursor

If you are already good with multi cursor, take that skill with you to nvim, if you don't consider to use macros instead.

Terminal in nvim

Enables an integrated terminal inside nvim.

pasta

Fix's the issues with vanilla paste of nvim.

Extras

Surround

Surround parts of your code with []/()/{}, quickly

Undotree

Visualize your undo branches, never lose and redo/undo history again!

Unimpaired

Add pair mappings (][) that fills natural.

vim-repeat

Extends dot-repeat action.

Todo Comments

Highlight TODO comments, populate quickfix list with all the todo comments in a workspace

Debug print

Add debug prints for variables quickly.

leap.nvim

Add leap motion to nvim, like vimium, EasyMotion, hop and such.
If you liked clever-f you will love flit.nvim

vim-tmux-navigator

Make pane switching from/to nvim seamless, if you are using tmux its a must!

suda.vim

Write/read to/from files that requires sudo without executing nvim as sudo.

impatient.nvim

Improves startup time

Man pager

Consider make nvim your man pager, its so awesome to control man pages as you control your editor.
Add this to your .shellrc:

# nvim as man viewer
export MANPAGER='nvim +Man! .'
export MANWIDTH=999

More

There are many many more plugins for neovim, you can check out awesome-neovim, and you can also my list - packer.lua

Summary

Thanks for reading! I hope this guide helped you learn Neovim.
This guide doesn't cover everything, make sure you keep learning about your text editor and keep improving your skill.

If you found mistakes make sure to leave feedback at the issues section
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