This is a mainly python-focused config, with a slightly different version in the remote branch, meant for remote systems (such as ancient slurm servers) with no sudo access

Plugins Overview

Here’s a rundown of the main plugins I use in this config and what role each plays in my workflow:

• snacks - Indentation guides, bigfile support, zenmode, my picker of choice and much more

• blink.cmp – I've added Copilot as a source here, instead of ghost in-line suggestions

• nvim-autopairs – Autocompletes an assortment of parantheses

• barbar.nvim - The status bar (bottom)

• conform.nvim – For code formatting

• flash.nvim – Makes moving around text way faster.

• img-clip.nvim – I often need to drop screenshots or figures into Markdown/notes. This plugin lets me just paste from the clipboard and it handles saving and linking the image. Zero friction.

• nvim-ufo Folding code

• oil.nvim – Files as a buffer

• persistence.nvim – Session management

• trouble.nvim – Organized reasons why your code might suck

• yanky.nvim - Better yanking and yeeting

• #NOTE: Some extra stuff like debugging support can be found in the lua/plugins/archive directory (not enabled by default)

TODO

• Actually learn to use neovim
• Set up Which-Key properly
• DAP: Set up and learn debugging
• Option to open config dir on homepage
• Set up folding (maybe nvim-ufo?)
• Set up flash.nvim
• Learn macros, learn how to use treesitter-textobjects

Learning vim: Notes

General Stuff

• A buffer: The in-memory representation of a file | A buffer is contained in a window | IF you open the same buffer in different window both buffers are the same representation |

• Press F1 to open help

• LEARN macros: Store, record and replay actions

Navigation

• Left: h | Right l | Up: k | Down: j

• Skip word forward: w | skip word backward: b | Skip contiguous text (till whitespace): W forward | B backward

• _ or 0: goes to the beginning | $: goes to the end

• Case: Say you want to go up 6 lines: Press 6-k (Hint: press <leader>-tn to toggle relative line numbers

• Insert Mode: Pressing i or a both go into insert mode, i: Enter before cursor | a:Enter after cursor

• Visual Line Mode: Shift-v: Select a line at a time

• To find file path and current line number: <C-g>

Actions

• Delete: Press dd to delete current line | Press u to undo

• Delete: Works with counts and navigation keys (Case: d-3-j will delete 3 lines down, and d-w will delete the current word if you are on the first letter of the word) Visual Mode:v| Yank: y | Paste: p |

• Cut and Paste: Weird behaviour: If you delete a line using d, it goes into the same buffer as the yank (y) buffer, and if you press p after deleting a line it pastes that line you deleted (basically cut and paste)...

• NOTE: This means if you paste a line over another line, the line that was removed will now be pasted the next time you call p..

• NOTE: counts work with yank too! So to copy the 5 lines above this, we do y-5-k and voila!

• <C-g>: Shows full path and location in file

• To manually indent text: >-4-j will indent 4 lines below

Horizontal Motions

• NOTE: Can combine these: e.g. d-$ will delete everything from your cursor to the end of the line

• Jump forward to specific character(cursor before) in line: f-char | cursor after: t-char | to repeat: ; fwd , back

• If your cursor is ahead of something and you want to go back" F-char

• With Motions: e.g.: This is a line ... With cursor after this line, d-F-T will delete everything till the T in "This"

• I goes to beginning of line in INSERT mode | A goes to the end of the line in insert mode

• o:Make new line, go into INSERT mode | O:Make new line above cursor, go into INSERT mode

Vertical Motions

• To go to a specific line in your file: <line>-gg or <line>-G

• Go to start of file: gg | End of file: G

• Go down half a page and center current line: <C-d> | Go Up: <C-u>

Searching

• Just type / and type target word | n to next | N to previous |

• Reverse search: Just type ?

• *: If you are on a word and want to search its instances

• %: To search for matching parentheses ({/} or [/] or (/) (Press once to highlight the partner, and twice to go to the partner)

• The :s command: Substitutes stuff | e.g. :s/old/new substitutes old string for new

• :s/old/new/g: Substitutes all occurences in current line (g: global) |

• :%s/old/new/g: Substitutes all occurences globally | use gc instead of g: Asks for confirmation every time

Advanced Motions

• To select everything between two parentheses: v-i-( or v-i-) | NOTE: Same works for {}/[] etc.

• To include the parentheses as well: v-a-( or v-a-)

• Similarly, to yank everything: just replace v with y: e.g.: y-a-( will yank everything in a (xyz) including the parentheses

• To open a file whose path is under the cursor: g-f | To open a link: g-x

• v-i-b: Select inside of () | v-i-B: Select inside of {} | To include the brackets: use a instead of i

• i: Inside | a: all | b: braces | c: change

Vim Text Objects

• I'm only listing the basic ones I think are super cool
• f is the function object picker | So v-i-f will change in the function | c-a-f will change around the function
• c is the class object picker | So v-i-f will select stuff inside the class
• To scroll by functions: Press ]-m to go forward and [-m to go backward
• To go to end of functions (the above one goes to the start: Replace m with M
• For classes, replace m with ] and M with [

Exercises (Random)

• To add a TODO or a HACK, use the comment+ + label (e.g.: -- HACK)
• Vim-Surround: ys: Indicates yank-s (as just s would mean substitute)
• Vim-Surround: So ys<motion><delimiter> would be the way
• Vim-Surround: cs<target><new> will change delimiter surrounding cursor
• Vim-Surround: In Visual mode, to surround a selection type S<delimiter>