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  • Опубліковано 18 чер 2024
  • The number one question I get is to explain how I set up my development environment.
    So, I decided to do a video on one of the key components of my setup. NVChad.
    ⚠️ NVChad has had some breaking changes, make sure to use the v2.0 branch if you're using this video. You can find the command below.
    NVChad is a neovim configuration that I’ve been using for just over a year now, and it’s perhaps my favorite configuration so far.
    It offers all the essentials one needs to get started with a modern version of vim whilst still allowing for a decent amount of customization.
    In this video, I share how to get set up with NVChad. Then I look at some of the core features of NVChad and how to add your own plugins and LSP servers.
    NOTE: If you're having trouble running NVChad, make sure your Neovim is the most recent version. Apologies for not calling that out in the video!
    Become a better developer in 4 minutes: bit.ly/45C7a29 👈
    Commands:
    macOS/Linux: git clone -b v2.0 github.com/NvChad/NvChad ~/.config/nvim --depth 1 && nvim
    Windows: git clone -b v2.0 github.com/NvChad/NvChad $HOME\AppData\Local
    vim --depth 1 && nvim
    My socials:
    Twitter: / dreamsofcode_io
    Discord Server: / discord
    #neovim #IDE #coding
    00:00 Intro
    00:30 Setup
    01:18 Installation
    02:22 Theming
    02:49 Syntax Highlighting
    03:21 File tree
    04:04 File Navigation
    04:41 Cheat Sheet
    05:17 Window Navigation
    05:51 Tabbufline
    06:19 Terminal
    06:42 Customization
    09:43 LSP
    11:36 Outro
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  • @dreamsofcode
    @dreamsofcode  3 місяці тому +56

    NVChad has had some breaking changes since this video! It's recommended to using the v2.0 branch instead for this video. I'll be doing an updated version of this video again soon!.
    git clone -b v2.0 github.com/NvChad/NvChad ~/.config/nvim --depth 1

    • @andresstreetpunk
      @andresstreetpunk Місяць тому +5

      What a pile of unuseful crap if even this basic config is constantly changing, it simply doesn't worth....

    • @HowardRoarkBR
      @HowardRoarkBR 20 днів тому

      Thank you! I couldn't figure out why it wasn't prompting to install the config files. Thank you so much for the update!

    • @LatitudeMexico
      @LatitudeMexico 11 днів тому

      Thanks,Can you elaborate on the breaking changes

  • @zombizombi
    @zombizombi Рік тому +1197

    Arch and Vim, the perfect combo for endless configuration and terrible productivity.

  • @MarPoc
    @MarPoc Рік тому +254

    ":split" and ":vsplit" are internal vim commands. You can use the internal module to do those without typing a command. "ctrl+w" invokes the window control module, and next key does the chosen action. "s" does horizontal split, "v" - vertical, "q" closes the active window and "w" cycles through open windows. There's also commands for resizing and moving windows.

    • @dreamsofcode
      @dreamsofcode  Рік тому +29

      This is a great tip! Thanks for sharing. I'm too accustomed to the vim commands.

    • @chawza8402
      @chawza8402 Рік тому +1

      @@dreamsofcode So you jumped right to nvim then? I just strarted using vscode + vim and I think there are alot things to learn

    • @dreamsofcode
      @dreamsofcode  Рік тому +14

      @@chawza8402 I actually started with graphical IDEs. I spent a lot of time in Xcode as I did C++ on iOS for some research heavy projects. I moved to vim about 8 years ago however, and then to Neovim.

    • @Storm_VLRT
      @Storm_VLRT Рік тому

      This actually just blew my mind. Absolutely great tip!

    • @notdumbrella6399
      @notdumbrella6399 Рік тому

      Thanks for this man!

  • @tjeerdbakker160
    @tjeerdbakker160 Рік тому +144

    This is absolutely awesome! I've been considering trying neovim and this pushed me over the edge. I love it!

  • @MichaelHarringtonCoach
    @MichaelHarringtonCoach 11 місяців тому +32

    Outstanding! I've been mucking about with my first NeoVim setup for several hours. Started from scratch with your video and in a MUCH shorter time, have the setup I want. Well done!

    • @dreamsofcode
      @dreamsofcode  11 місяців тому

      I'm very glad to hear that! I hope you enjoy Neovim as much as I do!

  • @stephenmcconnell7868
    @stephenmcconnell7868 9 місяців тому +26

    WOW! I have been retired as a developer for about 5 years (playing guitar in bars and restaurants), but am getting back in to Programming with Rust. I used InteliJ with a VIM plugin for years with Java in my last job. I missed VIM (I used to develop COBOL with Vim so, I know how powerful it is). This article opens a WHOLE new world and a very cool productivity that InteliJ and VSCode don’t seem to have. I will DEFINITELY be re-watching this video again and again as I try it out. Thank you so much.

  • @shroomer3867
    @shroomer3867 11 місяців тому +23

    Thank you so much, I was learning vim but I was always coming back to visual studio code because personalizing and customizing vim by myself felt like a chore. Now that I've installed NVChad thanks to this video I was able to learn how to lazy load, create lua config files,etc and now I'm just breezing and learning so much more about vim. Thank you!

    • @dreamsofcode
      @dreamsofcode  11 місяців тому +1

      I'm really glad to hear that! Thank you for sharing. 💜

  • @piotrzajac5824
    @piotrzajac5824 9 місяців тому +11

    I love you videos. You made me leave my long-time configuration of plain nvim + iTerm2 panes in favor to NvChad + tmux. The amount of love you put into animations and video structure is
    enourmous.

  • @markfisher696
    @markfisher696 5 місяців тому

    Tremendous video. I've rebuilt my work laptop with arch, hyprland and now going through the neovim config based on this video. Thankyou for the inspriation

  • @BroileR2007
    @BroileR2007 Рік тому +5

    Excellent tutorial! Thank you, I learned so much and will be revisiting this video many times to make sure it sticks in memory.

    • @dreamsofcode
      @dreamsofcode  Рік тому +1

      I'm very glad to hear it was useful!

  • @fredrikaverpil
    @fredrikaverpil Рік тому +3

    There are so many videos on new neovim configs but none seem to properly demo how to actually do git review with diffing. Would be awesome to see such a video from you.
    Thanks for this nice vid on NvChad!

  • @PerryLoh
    @PerryLoh 10 місяців тому +2

    Just what I needed coming from a world of VS Code. Staring at a blank window after NVChad got me trying to figure out installation for neotree plugin on nvim. Turns out it was already there, just had to do the CTRL + N ! Thanks for that and the rest of the useful tips.

  • @ovuokeaghwotu2389
    @ovuokeaghwotu2389 7 місяців тому

    This video made the setup seem very easy. Currently setting up NeoVIM using a different tutorial but now I'm interested in NVChad.

  • @justincatterall9597
    @justincatterall9597 Рік тому +30

    "The only editor to double as an escape room" LOL! My first experience was with Vi on Xenix in 1984, I could *not* get out of that editor, back then RTFM was the only solution and the FM was dead-tree, hole punched in a three-ring binder - SCO documentation was extensive, thankfully. What a steep learning curve. As someone who has been "trapped" in the Vi escape room, I'd like to say how much I appreciate the joke.

  • @ddotmars
    @ddotmars Рік тому +7

    Insanely well made video. Good job!

    • @dreamsofcode
      @dreamsofcode  Рік тому +1

      Thank you! It was fun to make this one as well

    • @ddotmars
      @ddotmars Рік тому

      @@dreamsofcode have you tried Helix? Would be fun to watch a video on it as well. Keep it up with the great content G 💪💯

  • @user-iv9jg7lm3n
    @user-iv9jg7lm3n 11 місяців тому

    I have been trying to get into neovim for sometime. This is the first video that really made it simple for me. Thank you.

    • @dreamsofcode
      @dreamsofcode  11 місяців тому

      I'm really glad to hear that! I hope you enjoy Neovim as well.

  • @omarjadiani1205
    @omarjadiani1205 Рік тому

    Thank u so much for the video. I'm new to neovim, and I was having a headache for nights just to set it up!

  • @danielklein2694
    @danielklein2694 Рік тому +20

    Thank your for really quick and easy setup video 👍
    I've been trying to switch from VsCode a few times. Last attemp was Emacs Doom but that didn't really work out😅 So I hope maybe this will be the breakthrough
    Also your videos look really clean from graphical perspective.
    I was wondering If you are planning to do similar video on your terminal setup ( I use Hyper with omz rn but yours looks a lot cleaner). Would be interested in that as I use Arch too Btw.

    • @dreamsofcode
      @dreamsofcode  Рік тому +4

      I've struggled with emacs as well! I find the combination of Tmux and Neovim to be more productive for me.
      Maybe one day I'll get around to learning elisp properly!
      Sure thing! I'll have to do a video on my full setup!

  • @daneartis7040
    @daneartis7040 9 місяців тому +3

    I feel like Lunarvim does a lot of the extra configuration lifting for you for things like LSP's while still having the same features you've mentioned here. Has some prerequisite installs but is very good. I highly recommend it.

    • @ygalsk6778
      @ygalsk6778 8 місяців тому

      funny enough lunarvim didnt work for me but after this everything is working fine :D

  • @elu1
    @elu1 3 місяці тому

    Looking forward to the updated version of this video. Thanks!

  • @kidgoku1984
    @kidgoku1984 10 місяців тому

    Honestly, this video inspired me to give neovim a try and I love it!
    It's my new main IDE and works great for web development.

  • @lifeofdandotme
    @lifeofdandotme Рік тому +14

    Very interesting. I’ve been using lunarvim personally, but this looks like it would be a little more “neovim default” like. I will have to give this a look. :)

    • @erectlocution
      @erectlocution Рік тому

      Just switched to LunarVim myself from standard vim and it's been nice. However, there were a few pieces of this video that made me want to switch to NvChad.

    • @danielstellmon5330
      @danielstellmon5330 Рік тому +2

      I am also comparing Neovim Chad and lunarvim. I like how lunar vim holds everything seperate from Neovim, but the out of the box status bar in Chad looks better. Decisions, decisions.

  • @MikeLevin
    @MikeLevin Рік тому +7

    I'm a vim minimalist who switched to neovim for copilot testing. Now that I have I'm sorely tested by this.

    • @SB-qm5wg
      @SB-qm5wg Рік тому +2

      You can use copilot with neovim?

    • @MikeLevin
      @MikeLevin 11 місяців тому +1

      @@SB-qm5wg Sorry for the late reply, yes! And I have been now for months.

  • @marcuswest4572
    @marcuswest4572 Рік тому

    Thank you for sharing this. It looks like the business, can't wait to dive in now

  • @mandolinean3057
    @mandolinean3057 19 днів тому

    Thank you for breaking this down so that a beginner can comprehend!

  • @kubakakauko
    @kubakakauko Рік тому +15

    Amazing work

  • @krazymeanie
    @krazymeanie Рік тому +14

    Lmao no way. I just say your video about Tide and was about to comment if you could share your vim setup but decided to check your channel first and low and behold the video is the latest one.

  • @adiutama
    @adiutama Рік тому

    I really like your explanation and inspire me to use vim again. Thank you 👍

  • @codetothemoon
    @codetothemoon Рік тому +2

    Best software dev YT channel I’ve discovered recently! Fantastic video!

    • @dreamsofcode
      @dreamsofcode  Рік тому

      Thank you! Your videos are exceptional as well.

  • @tullochgorum6323
    @tullochgorum6323 9 місяців тому +14

    Nice introduction! As someone who learned to code in Vim and used it for years, it's tempting. But then I consider what I'd lose by giving up my IDE.
    Refactoring tools. Pain-free building for complex solutions. Built--in package management. Analysers that show me how to improve my code. Full featured debugging and performance profiling. Powerful code navigation plugins. Powerful tools for Git and Github. Powerful tools for working with DBs and networks... Sure, you can kinda, sorta replicate this stiff in Neovim. But it's a lot of effort. And you'll mostly end up with a Frankenstein mix of different plugins and command line tools. It's always going to be more troublesome and the cognitive load of learning how to use it all is higher.
    I consider all this and it makes me feel tired. Then I go back to actually writing code in my perfectly liveable IDE, rather that wrestling with Lua config files...

    • @punch3n3ergy37
      @punch3n3ergy37 7 місяців тому +1

      Which IDE are you using?

    • @tullochgorum6323
      @tullochgorum6323 7 місяців тому

      @@punch3n3ergy37 Right now I'm doing a project in C# & F# and I'm using Rider. It's fine. I'm only a part-time coder, and all you have to do is fire it up and go.
      Before that I was using Visual Studio, which everyone loves to hate on. But millions get their work done in it, and it's not really that bad.
      Both have Vim modes that give me the main Vim movements - I would draw the line at any IDE that couldn't offer that. I was working in Ada for a time where that wasn't an option and it was pretty agonising.
      If I was still working full-time, I might be more motivated to invest days in setting up NeoVim, but at best the productivity gains would be minor and it's simply not going to pay me off.
      I think that there's a snob value in using a bare-bones editor that enables some programmers to feel superior and sneer at the poor drones using IDEs. But I'm pragmatic and prefer to use the lowest-hassle option with the most built-in power.

    • @banpridev
      @banpridev 6 днів тому

      Seems like you are not skilled enough to configure your own IDE. Which is okay, so long as you know how to use the tool you prefer.

    • @tullochgorum6323
      @tullochgorum6323 6 днів тому

      @@banpridev It's not a question of skill - it's a question of time, effort and hassle. And at the end of all that, am I really going to be any more productive? Or is it simply to get bragging rights and to sneer at lesser folks you use a pre-made tool, as you are doing here?

    • @banpridev
      @banpridev 6 днів тому

      @@tullochgorum6323
      I guess that’s one possible way you can look at it. At the end of the day, you have the power to choose. When you have the time, maybe you can check it out for yourself, see how it feels. I’m a VSCode user myself, it’s simple and it works. At the same time, I am interested in using terminal tools only for my workflow. I’m at the start of my career, eager to achieve a lot and learn a lot in the process. Trying to configure an a new IDE that I can configure using a programming language I’ve never seen before, sounds like a cool epic experience I’m willing to try out when I get the chance. It’s important to note that Vim has been around for a long time, and there are professionals who cooking straight to production use tools like vim or neovim, so.

  • @siduck_og
    @siduck_og Рік тому +8

    author of NvChad here! :D

    • @dreamsofcode
      @dreamsofcode  Рік тому +1

      ❤️ thank you for a wonderful nvim configuration!

  • @Skatox
    @Skatox Рік тому

    Nice video! I was looking way to improve my vim config and this helped a lot.

  • @ericdemalet5238
    @ericdemalet5238 Рік тому

    Finnaly a decent tutorial on how to setup nvchad !

  • @stillcinematic3163
    @stillcinematic3163 Рік тому +28

    This is amazing! But I still don’t think I’ll switch to Neovim for development. It just seems like a lot of work to set everything up. It’s definitely getting there but I still don’t like having to set up LSP based off what projects I’m working on. I’ll stick with Webstorm for now. Btw amazing content keep up the great work!

    • @dreamsofcode
      @dreamsofcode  Рік тому +10

      Thank you for the feedback! I appreciate it a lot!

    • @suspendedchaos
      @suspendedchaos Рік тому +5

      If you think this is a lot of work, it’s not for you. Nothing wrong with that!

    • @stillcinematic3163
      @stillcinematic3163 Рік тому

      @@suspendedchaos yeah just comes down to personal preference. Even vscode is frustrating. That’s why I like Webstorm or JetBrains products. Everything is already integrated into their products. Helix looks very promising!

    • @spoofer9113
      @spoofer9113 Рік тому +4

      I invested 6 months learning neovim on my own and had my configuration perfected. It's hard but its worth it if you're really fascinated.

    • @samuelabreu4349
      @samuelabreu4349 Рік тому +4

      I took 2 days to configure my nvim to work like a OK vscode. Mason.nvim changed it all when it comes to LSP. Everything just works now (it even promts you to install required language server when you enter a file). I think nvim is great rn, but it still lacks some extensions, DEBUGGING and integrations like vscode.

  • @riddickstark9628
    @riddickstark9628 10 місяців тому +6

    Hello, first off awesome videos! Subscribed for sure! I just started my programming journey at my University. We use vscode for the 'beginner friendly' use of it. But after watching so many videos on neovim, tmux., and all the various plugins I have felt like I fell into a rabbit hole lol. One problem I had when following your setup on rust. I get a error on line 4: local lspconfig = require "lspconfig". Error states "The same file is required with different names". I saved it but still shows error, don't know whats wrong as I followed your code to the t.

    • @BenDavis78
      @BenDavis78 9 місяців тому

      Did you find a fix for this?

  • @cryptic_daemon_
    @cryptic_daemon_ Рік тому +2

    Got this working for my Linux, MacOS and Windows systems. Truly the most chad of all the text editors

  • @antoineleduc7611
    @antoineleduc7611 Рік тому +28

    Im just always afraid of big configs like that, I’d rather build it myself even if I’m repeating what’s already been done by something like nvChad on some part, but for me that’s part of the reason to use nVim, so you have a config that’s truly yours
    But I’m too lazy and have to much work to be able to take some time to configure everything, so I end up with a config that I understand only up to 90% for my plugin config, especially everything that’s related to lsp
    With a bad autocompletion for frontend, my snippets not working as I want, but a tree file, syntax highlighting, a theme I like and telescope for switching and greping, so usable but not perfect

    • @dreamsofcode
      @dreamsofcode  Рік тому +3

      I'm very similar when it comes to emacs. I try and rebuild a config that's more personalized.
      For me, NvChad is lite enough that I feel more in tune with the configuration, and it's close enough to underlying packages that I know what's going on, especially when compared to doom emacs or spacemacs

    • @gianni_schicchi
      @gianni_schicchi 11 місяців тому

      I seem to never get a fully working tmux + vim or nvim setup that works on all my systems. some mac some linux, mostly rpi’s.
      I just found out about nixOS or whatver it’s called. Mayber going to try that rather than using some one elses dotfiles or dotfile managers which alwys seemn like hacky glue.

  • @realindrit
    @realindrit Рік тому +3

    I guess I'll take some time to learn Vim, never really found Vim being worth to properly learn, but this looks really good... So fuck it, I'll give it a proper try :)

    • @dreamsofcode
      @dreamsofcode  Рік тому +1

      Vim adventures is a fun game to learn the commands of vim. You get some basic commands for free as well.
      It's still one of my favorite editors, I do have some friends that keep pushing me to try VSCode though

    • @blasttrash
      @blasttrash Рік тому +1

      try installing vim plugin in your ide(vscode, intellij etc). Once you are comfortable with basic motions and verbs, then you can decide if its worth moving to raw vim or nvim. I mostly work with java and I just use intellij with vim plugin and I am way faster and personally never could get raw vim/nvim to work for java.

  • @clash2453
    @clash2453 Рік тому

    Just when I was looking for a vscode replacement. Thank you for tempting me to go to the vim side

  • @kdta91
    @kdta91 Рік тому

    This is the easiest setup guide I found on YT. I'm excited to try out vim/neovim and see if it's worth the switch from VSCode. My 2016 MBP 13.3.1 is starting to slow down and VSCode loads very slow.

    • @dreamsofcode
      @dreamsofcode  Рік тому

      Hopefully you'll be giving it a breath of fresh life with neovim! Although the escape key and the touchbar are not so fun. I'd recommend changing the caps lock key to escape.

  • @nicosummer9020
    @nicosummer9020 Рік тому +9

    I recommend Neovide as a GUI on top of nvim, looks even more crisp than any IDE I have seen

  • @dreamsofcode
    @dreamsofcode  Рік тому +217

    If you're having issues with NVChad, make sure you're running the latest Neovim!

    • @Eagledelta3
      @Eagledelta3 Рік тому +4

      I tried this, but I get tons of errors when using neovim 0.9.0 stable. I have to go to the last stable release, 0.8.3, to not end up with errors

    • @natancosta2017
      @natancosta2017 Рік тому +2

      @dreamsofcode your terminal theme is really beautiful!! Can u do a video about your config?

    • @dreamsofcode
      @dreamsofcode  Рік тому +4

      @@natancosta2017 thank you! I shall do. But it's just Alacritty and Tmux with Catppuccin theme. I've got a video on Tmux for how to set that up!

    • @dreamsofcode
      @dreamsofcode  Рік тому

      @@natancosta2017 how did you install it?

    • @natancosta2017
      @natancosta2017 Рік тому

      @@dreamsofcode I solve that problem with icons installing a special Nerd fonts with only icons, is running! But, now I can't do LSP to C# works :(

  • @ambitious_grass
    @ambitious_grass Рік тому +2

    I dreamed I'd see this video by Dreams of Code one day... Dreams do come true! Absolutely awesome video. Thank you so much!

    • @dreamsofcode
      @dreamsofcode  Рік тому +1

      You're welcome! I hope you enjoyed the video.

  • @awfgsfvydvgcfw4686
    @awfgsfvydvgcfw4686 Рік тому +1

    dude thank you. yesterday i was trying for hours to get nvim set up and i just gave up. then a day later this vid pops up.

  • @ghosthaunting15
    @ghosthaunting15 Рік тому +3

    Are you using vanilla arch ?? Keep up the content. Just subbed your channel

    • @dreamsofcode
      @dreamsofcode  Рік тому +3

      I am using vanilla arch! Thank you, I appreciate the sub and feedback!

    • @eineatombombe
      @eineatombombe Рік тому

      @@dreamsofcode what de/window manager you using?

    • @dreamsofcode
      @dreamsofcode  Рік тому

      @@eineatombombe for recording and editing, I use gnome (XWindow). But as a typically daily driver, I change between Sway and dwm depending on if I need X or can use Wayland.
      I do like to shake it up though and try other window managers.

    • @nishantjoshi6712
      @nishantjoshi6712 Рік тому

      @@dreamsofcode ive been using arch with dwm for about 3 months as a daily driver and i absolutely love it. such a minimal setup. Btw, love your content!

    • @dreamsofcode
      @dreamsofcode  Рік тому

      @@nishantjoshi6712 I have an old Thinkpad T440p that I use when I'm feeling romantic, and it's really nice firing up dwm on it. I'm also partial to a bit of ricing (although terrible at it).
      Thank you for the feedback! I love creating it!

  • @yasin5058
    @yasin5058 Рік тому +2

    Great video! Could you please share your alacritty config. Your theme looks awsome. Keep up the good work!

    • @dreamsofcode
      @dreamsofcode  Рік тому +3

      Yes! Absolutely, I'll probably do another video on Alacritty and Tmux as well.

  • @chillydoog
    @chillydoog Рік тому

    Custom Plugins Fixed! The step of referencing custom.plugins in the custom.chadrc was not clear to me until you pointed it out. the Thank you so much for this video.

  • @mars4838
    @mars4838 10 місяців тому

    It's been a while that I wanted to give neovim a try to improve my productivity. Also I am an intelliJ user and as I am learning rust at the moment I found the rust plugin on intelliJ aweful. That + my will to try neovim + your channel convinced me. Great tutorials

    • @dreamsofcode
      @dreamsofcode  10 місяців тому

      I'm very glad to hear that!

  • @StaffyDoo
    @StaffyDoo Рік тому +6

    The interesting thing here is that unlike the vast majority of similar power up’s like Spacevim, LunarVim, CosmicVim, and so on, this one only requires Git - no additional external dependencies needed, let’s go! 🚀

    • @sunnybadgr5073
      @sunnybadgr5073 Рік тому

      LazyVim, LunarVim, AstroVim, and NVChad, which one is the best?

    • @StaffyDoo
      @StaffyDoo Рік тому

      @@sunnybadgr5073 hey! No idea, honestly. I used SpaceVim for a while: it’s lightweight and comes with a lot of goodies, I really like it. I understand that LunarVim is the most feature-complete one of the group, but also the heaviest and the one that has more external dependencies (understandable, of course)

    • @vikingthedude
      @vikingthedude Рік тому +1

      This is why i picked nvchad

  • @franchezke2351
    @franchezke2351 Рік тому +3

    Great! If you don't mind next time paste the links to all downloads used in your video under the description

    • @dreamsofcode
      @dreamsofcode  Рік тому +2

      Absolutely. That's a good idea. I'll add that in to the description as well

  • @GiovanneAfonso
    @GiovanneAfonso 11 місяців тому

    I started using neovim after watching this video! Thanks it's a great editor :)

  • @defnd3r
    @defnd3r Рік тому

    Your videos are by far the best I have seen... thank you!

    • @dreamsofcode
      @dreamsofcode  Рік тому

      Thank you! I appreciate that feedback!

  • @LegitBanananas
    @LegitBanananas Рік тому +21

    Commands referenced up until @6:41
    Open theme
    [space] t h
    Show list of avaliable LSP (syntax highlighting)
    :TSInstallInfo
    Install avaliable syntax
    :TSInstall
    Open navigation tree
    ctrl + n
    In navigation
    a = new file
    r = rename hovered file
    c = copy file
    p = paste file
    d = delete file
    Search for files
    [space] f f
    Search in buffer (opened files)
    [space] f b
    Open cheat sheet
    [space] c h
    Show possible commands
    [space] (wait for popup to show avaliable commands)
    Virtical split window
    :vsp
    Horizontal split window
    :sp
    move left: ctrl + h
    move right: ctrl + l
    move down: ctrl + j
    move up: ctrl + k
    Toggle Line Numbers
    [space] n
    Toggle Relative Line Numbers
    [space] r n
    Toggling through tabs
    Tab ->
    Shift + Tab

  • @rasmushansen2391
    @rasmushansen2391 9 місяців тому

    Wish i saw this earlier instead of spending so much time making my own, had fun though, but this is just what i wanted all along :-) Cheers mate

  • @andresaguirregonzalez8651
    @andresaguirregonzalez8651 Рік тому

    what an awesome video and creator, thanks for this, really helped a bunch!

  • @kamism770
    @kamism770 Рік тому

    u got urself a new sub, for the explanation, music and ur deep voice :)

  • @DavidBerglund
    @DavidBerglund 10 місяців тому

    I finally got with the program and moved to nvim and found nvchad within an hour or so. I might not kick my old habit of doing Ctrl+z to background vim for runing terminal commands but hey you don't have to use all those features just because they're there. :)

  • @marcuswest4572
    @marcuswest4572 Рік тому

    DoC's Videos on NvChad, Nvim, and Tmux, are fantastic. I now have a full working terminal suite - a terminal IDE. God bless you

    • @dreamsofcode
      @dreamsofcode  Рік тому

      Thank you! I'm really glad you enjoyed it and found it useful!

    • @marcuswest4572
      @marcuswest4572 Рік тому

      @@dreamsofcode Your video on tmux is another boon. Your content is, literally, the best

    • @marcuswest4572
      @marcuswest4572 Рік тому

      @@dreamsofcode I am always faffing around with nano when I need a clipboard. I probably could work out what to do, but I have this horror of breaking my nvim ....

  • @sascha1461
    @sascha1461 22 дні тому

    great video! An updated version would be very much appreciated. I managed to figure out some of the things that are not up to date but for some I just couldn't manage to figure them out yet

  • @martinalejandroarganaraz4295
    @martinalejandroarganaraz4295 Рік тому +1

    wow, really interesting and amazing...i am new to vim and neovim and all the configuration you need is usually confusing and complicated for a newbie, but i loved this...thank you very much for this input...greetings from argentina

    • @dreamsofcode
      @dreamsofcode  Рік тому

      Glad it was helpful! Greetings to Argentina! 👋

  • @stealthcopter7398
    @stealthcopter7398 Рік тому +1

    Thanks a lot for this nice introduction/tutorial to neovim/nvchad 👍 I was using pure vim now for a decade or so but I'm pretty sure that I'll switch to neovim entirely from now on.

    • @dreamsofcode
      @dreamsofcode  Рік тому

      I had been using vim for a while as well before fully moving over to Neovim. It's really improved in the last few years!

  • @nekoill
    @nekoill Рік тому +1

    Arch + Neovim = I see you're a man of culture as well

  • @timgore829
    @timgore829 Рік тому

    Thank you for this tutorial. Very detailed. Cheers

  • @adityapalve3752
    @adityapalve3752 Рік тому

    love ur videos!! keep them coming

  • @wiztek1197
    @wiztek1197 Рік тому

    Best intro to nvim ive seen, thank you goid sir

  • @shekharxparmar
    @shekharxparmar Рік тому +1

    I have watched countless videos on vim but this is the first one that makes me want to try it out. Great video.

    • @dreamsofcode
      @dreamsofcode  Рік тому

      Thank you! I appreciate the feedback.

    • @sunnybadgr5073
      @sunnybadgr5073 Рік тому

      I just learned to use helix editor after using emacs, sublime text and VS code. Now this video makes me want to check out vim..
      I like helix but it's missing some features like the file explorer, integrated shell, project wide renaming and copilot.

    • @sunnybadgr5073
      @sunnybadgr5073 Рік тому

      ​@@dreamsofcode Until now, the fact that vim requires so many plugins and configurations just to be on par with another editor like sublime text or vs code kept me from trying it.
      But now I've found out there are several pre packaged distributions which contains all the necessary stuff. But which one is the best?
      LazyVim, LunarVim, AstroVim, NVChad?

  • @lipepaniguel
    @lipepaniguel 6 місяців тому

    this video was very helpful! thanks a lot!

  • @RobertGottlieb
    @RobertGottlieb Рік тому

    I have a nvim config issue: I can't seem to settle on one! I'm currently using AstroNVIM. I am now going to have to try NVChad! Regardless of what config anyone uses, this video is great for a quick overview of lua based configurations. I knew some of what was shown here, but I definitely learned something new. I'm on a Mac so all of the configs are pretty much the same as Linux based distros.
    Anyway, thanks for the video and I subscribed and liked the video so I can get more like it from you! I appreciate you taking your time to help others!

    • @dreamsofcode
      @dreamsofcode  Рік тому

      I appreciate the feedback and the sub!

    • @sunnybadgr5073
      @sunnybadgr5073 Рік тому

      LazyVim, LunarVim, AstroVim, or NVChad, which one is the best?

    • @RobertGottlieb
      @RobertGottlieb Рік тому

      @@sunnybadgr5073 They're all good. I'd suggest to try them all - look up the nvims video to see how to use more than one config. Whichever one is easiest for what you do is what I'd go with. I'm going back and forth between NvChad and Astro.

  • @anuragrawat4090
    @anuragrawat4090 9 місяців тому

    ngl, it took me a while to understand the config but it was so elegant in the end😘.

  • @areeburrehmankhan1166
    @areeburrehmankhan1166 Рік тому

    Hey I actually really liked the way you just kinda held my hand and helped me walk through the nvim customization and the guide. one more thing is that can you also make a neovim setup for go lang? will really appreciate it.💖💖

  • @korigamik
    @korigamik Рік тому

    So far I've been loving nvchad!

  • @anasouardini
    @anasouardini Рік тому

    Awesome work, don't forget to revert the copy and cut actions to what any sane person would like them to be :).

  • @sourcedecay
    @sourcedecay 6 місяців тому

    Loving this setup. I had to compile nvim 0.9.4 from source because the apt version installs 0.10.0-dev, where :checkhealth doesn't work. Only thing I had to change was setting the tab width to 4. The default of 2 is madness. :)

  • @LoneWolfGamer666
    @LoneWolfGamer666 Місяць тому

    HOLY CRAP! This is great!

  • @Zwk-kb9yc
    @Zwk-kb9yc 4 місяці тому

    One of the best videos out there :D

  • @MathewGarland
    @MathewGarland Рік тому

    Exactly the tutorial I was looking for, thank you so much for taking the time to prepare this for us geeks! By the way, I was following along using Debian Bullseye, on a Chromebook, and encountered an error when trying to launch nvim.
    The error I encountered was, "nvim Error detected while processing Bufreadpost Autocommands for "*": No C compiler found!". The error, being self explanatory, prompted me to execute, `sudo apt build-essential libssl-dev manpages-dev`. Upon accessing nvim again the error was gone and my world was a much nicer place.

    • @dreamsofcode
      @dreamsofcode  Рік тому +1

      Probably one of the few useful error messages out there! I’m glad you were able to solve the issue.

  • @paulliu6057
    @paulliu6057 Рік тому

    Pretty clear explanation. Thank you and I love it !

  • @FreddyRangel85
    @FreddyRangel85 7 місяців тому +1

    “I use Arch btw” within a minute 😂 Love it

  • @vladanisov1689
    @vladanisov1689 11 місяців тому

    This video is the reason I am still sane. Thank you!!

  • @user-yf6jt5yv1h
    @user-yf6jt5yv1h 10 місяців тому

    Great video! Thanks for you!!!

  • @deatharte
    @deatharte Рік тому

    Love the simplistic approach of this configuration, I'd be willing to try it out wouldn't it be for the long time I spent on mine (been using nvim since 0.3, each version had me changing about... everything)!
    I'd like to ask something if you do not mind, probably I just didn't read enough documentations 😴 at the 11:34 minute mark you are showing lsp, nvim-cmp completion capabilities; what is responsible in making the completion popup (pum) expand to a quickfix list-like popup? (the completion entries are displayed in a popup as wide as the terminal width)

  • @damilolaowolabi9148
    @damilolaowolabi9148 Рік тому

    I was not ready for that opening line😂. Comedy gold

    • @dreamsofcode
      @dreamsofcode  Рік тому

      I'm glad someone found it funny haha 😂

  • @gnom-om
    @gnom-om Рік тому

    Thanks for video! Would be nice to see from you video about setup for alacritty, tmux, zsh.

  • @olliefromsteam5219
    @olliefromsteam5219 9 місяців тому

    How to make vim better in one command, first thing he does is install a new IDE. Top job

  • @ReuelNixon
    @ReuelNixon Рік тому

    Man i would love to see your arch linux setup as a tutorial. It's so cool😃😃

  • @gsilva877
    @gsilva877 4 місяці тому

    This is really a CHAD, no wait, this is the GigaChad of terminal editors. I'm old user of vim but used only for edit server config files, now if my brain managed to remember a few of this keyboard shorcuts (that are by the way intuitive) I will use it more as a alternative to vscode.

  • @aonodensetsu
    @aonodensetsu Рік тому

    my own nvim ide also uses space for , great minds think alike

  • @Jmcgee1125
    @Jmcgee1125 Рік тому

    I'm the kind of person who will still spend a long time customizing, but this is a fantastic starting point to jump off of.

    • @dreamsofcode
      @dreamsofcode  Рік тому

      I'm with you! I do enjoy a good customization

  • @Redyf
    @Redyf Рік тому

    Your channel is THE BEST

  • @HenryCrans
    @HenryCrans Рік тому

    You earned a like from me after the first comment about it being the only ide to double up as an escape room 🤣🤣🤣

  • @oliveeeerh
    @oliveeeerh 11 місяців тому

    Hey I just discovered your channel and absolutely love your content, it is really helpful, concise and to the point. What browser are you using btw? It looks really cool

    • @dreamsofcode
      @dreamsofcode  11 місяців тому +2

      Thank you! In this video I'm using the Gnome Web browser but it's not very good, it just looks nice for videos haha.
      Id recommend Firefox personally. It's close to it and has decent performance.

  • @infosync
    @infosync 10 місяців тому

    Thanks for the great tutorials. Can you help do a video about how to set it up for typescript, Angular (frontend development.)

  • @harmonicseries6582
    @harmonicseries6582 11 місяців тому

    LEGEND! Thank you!

  • @sunnybadgr5073
    @sunnybadgr5073 Рік тому +1

    Funny how I just learned to use the helix editor and now the youtube algo tries to make me switch to vim!
    Also funny how, after cycling through all themes in helix, I settled on the catppuccin mocha theme, and now I see you confirming it's the best theme :)
    I really like catppuccin, but in bright sunlight the selection was not visible enough (and with multiple selections the color difference between primary and other selections was not distinctive enough), so I had to switch to the github dark high contrast theme!

  • @justahumanwithamask4089
    @justahumanwithamask4089 Рік тому

    I haven't heard of tmux terminal emulator before but that setup with catpuchin looks really clean

    • @dreamsofcode
      @dreamsofcode  Рік тому +4

      I'll have to do another video!

    • @RenXZen
      @RenXZen Рік тому

      @@dreamsofcode Please do! i'm very interested in this!

  • @ThatLocalBozo
    @ThatLocalBozo Рік тому

    Very similar to AstroNvim. Love it.❤

    • @siduck_og
      @siduck_og Рік тому

      astronvim is similar to it, NvChad was released first.

  • @jayantaghosh4465
    @jayantaghosh4465 Рік тому

    Nice explanation. Helix editor is another editor with much simple configuration options with functionality like NVChad .

    • @dreamsofcode
      @dreamsofcode  Рік тому

      I like Helix a lot! It's a really cool project. I plan on doing a deeper dive at some point in the future. Thank you for recommending it :)

    • @jayantaghosh4465
      @jayantaghosh4465 Рік тому

      @@dreamsofcode It would be great to have a video on Helix :)

  • @SANJITHKUMARECDCS
    @SANJITHKUMARECDCS 5 місяців тому +1

    Which oh my zsh theme are u using or how did u customize ur terminal? I would like to watch a tutorial for it too?

  • @KelvinKirima
    @KelvinKirima 10 місяців тому +1

    Hello, I've been able to configure everything except rust-analyzer. Do you have an open repo of your config files? Awesome tutorial btw!

  • @chintan357
    @chintan357 11 місяців тому

    awesome video 🔥