Articles tagged as "neovim"

Let me begin by saying that what I am about to outline is not prescriptive. While you are free to copy the plugins and dotfiles that I use, there are a myriad ways of combining various plugins that suit your fancy to achieve the same overall effect. Instead, I wish to highlight how tightly tmux, a terminal multiplexer, and neovim, a text editor, compliment each other. By focusing on the core functionality that a great editing experience should have (such as the ability to run commands, see the current git status, and even keep track of time) the system can be built with specific outcomes as the north star. With that, let’s begin!

Going backpacking is a surreal experience. There are few moments in modern life where we bundle up everything we think we may need in a single pack and then wander off into the unknown. Before departure, we have plenty of time to check (and double check) our packing list in the comfort of our homes. Once we are out in the wilderness however, all bets are off, you either have a working system or you have a problem.

This weekend, I changed my neovim configuration from nvchad to kickstart nvim. The primary reason was that the level of abstraction in nvchad was a bit too much, and I wanted a single init.lua file in which I could comfortably add plugins through lazy.nvim. I hadn’t recognized it up until now, but not fully appreciating the structure for the config was presenting a significant barrier to further making my setup my own. Not only was kickstart neovim incredibly easy to setup, I have been able to tweak so many things that I had put off of the past year because I now have a much better handle on how to implement those changes. Throughout this experience, I learned more about the trade-offs of complexity, and reflected on how my neovim adventures differed from revamping my website with 11ty. In one instance I was building from the top down — I took a template and began to strip away and tweak the components I didn’t need. In the other, I removed most of the complexity and started from a more bare bones configuration to build off of.