My Neovim Config

This is my current Neovim config.

OS compatibility

Operating System	Confirmed Working	Notes
Solus(Linux)	✅	Current Config Target
Windows	❎	Priority for testing after feature completeness
macos	❓	Untested but unix-like presumed working

Features

Plugin manager

For this I use packer.nvim

It's simple to configure and has lazy loading support so I don't need to have every plugin enabled at all times. It also handles dependency management so I can declare what dependencies a package has and it can handle loading them in the correct order.

LuaLine

LuaLine is a mostly drop-in component however I have created my own extension for it that adds a feature I think was missing

lualine-spell-status

my LuaLine extension to show the current status and language of the build in spellchecker.

Custom FileType detection

Making use of the ftdetect folder I am able to customise the detection of some file-types. These ftdetect customisations are only expected to grow and will allow me to take full control of my editing experience.

Filetype specific settings.

Using a custom set of ftplugin scripts I can set certain settings on specific file-types only. This is used to set textwidth limits and other things that wouldn't be applicable to every file-type.

Which-Key

Never forget a KeyBinding again. as long as you can remember the first key A useful plugin that has helped me remember some of the built-in bindings and pick up some more advanced movement.

Zen-Mode

Make focusing a little easier. Remove all of the distractions from my editor and just show the code I'm working on. This is especially useful for writing prose and general note-taking.

Annoyances

Missing calls

Some native vimscript calls are yet to have a proper lua method added and as such I have to wrap them. An example of this is calling colorscheme which I currently do like this:

	vim.cmd([[colorscheme gruvbox]])

KeyBinding and Documentation

I am yet to fully transition all of my original bindings from my init.vim, some of which provided a great utility. However this process is one I have found rather slow and tedious. It also is made harder with having to document automatic bindings in Which-Key. I also have found pasting is slower due to Which-Key getting in the way. Probably just need to override the p key to not trigger it.