Personal NeoVim Configuration using LazyVim

My personal configuration aimed at Python development, bash scripting and writing markdown. It is built on top of the LazyVim distribution. I have not included many popular plugins to make it minimal and functional.

To make use of the configuration, you should have the latest version of neovim. I have the following version at the time of writing this document:-

nvim --version
NVIM v0.10.4
Build type: RelWithDebInfo
LuaJIT 2.1.1736781742
Run "nvim -V1 -v" for more info

For better user experience I recommend using neovide.

Installation

Install System Packages

paru -Sy luarocks ripgrep fd pyright marksman ruff bash-language-server tree-sitter nodejs git wl-clipboard python-pynvim npm fzf go wget lazygit bash-completion man-db shellcheck shfmt hunspell-en_gb english-wordnet yazi

Option 1: Install as standalone nvim configuration (recommended)

git clone https://github.com/wxguy/nvim.git ~/.config/nvim-wxguy

then install plugins and start neovim:-

NVIM_APPNAME=nvim-wxguy nvim --headless "+Lazy! sync" +qa && NVIM_APPNAME=nvim-wxguy nvim

Once all actions completed, open neovim using:-

NVIM_APPNAME=nvim-wxguy nvim

finally, check the health of the configuration using checkhealth command. If everything is ok, update ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc file, depending on shell, with following alias and source it using source ~/.bashrc or source ~/.zshrc.

alias wxvim='export NVIM_APPNAME="nvim-wxguy" && exec -a "$NVIM_APPNAME" nvim -u "$HOME/.config/nvim-wxguy/init.lua" "$@"'

From now on, simply invoke wxvim to open nvim with the updated configuration or wxvim /path/to/file.ext for opening a specific file.

Option 2: Install as part of nvim native configuration

With this option, you can use the configuration as part of nvim native configuration. This would remove extra configurations and make the repo configuration permanent. Use with caution and backup of your existing configuration is highly recommended.

Backup Existing Configuration

Following command is required:-

mv ~/.config/nvim{,.bak}

Following is optional but recommended:-

mv ~/.local/share/nvim{,.bak} ~/.local/state/nvim{,.bak}  ~/.cache/nvim{,.bak}

Clone Repo

git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/wxguy/nvim.git ~/.config/nvim

then execute the following command:-

nvim --headless "+Lazy! sync" +qa

nvim

Test Installation

Ensure that all plugins are installed and configured correctly using :checkhealth command. If any errors are found, install those specific packages manually.

Important

The configurations rely on pyright for auto-completion on Python files. If you find pyright delays in providing auto suggestions, then it is most likely that you have kept you Python file in a place having deep sub-directories i.e. home directory. To overcome this, you have to move your file in a directory having proper Python package directory structure.