Intro

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Migration from vim to nvim

Start by reading some stuff there :help nvim-from-vim. The following will describe the main steps :

1. Installing Neavim with python support :

     sudo add-apt-repository ppa:neovim-ppa/stable
     sudo apt-get install neovim
     sudo apt-get install python-neovim # Or "pip2 install neovim"
     sudo apt-get install python3-neovim # Or "pip3 install neovim"
   

2. You will create an init file for neovim that links everything to a classic vim configuration. In ~/.config/nvim/init.vim add the following lines :

     set runtimepath+=~/.vim,~/.vim/after
     set packpath+=~/.vim                
     source ~/.vimrc                     
   

3. Use Plug to install packages. Get the file plug.vim and copy it to ~/.vim/autoload/plug.vim. Inside nvim, you can now use :Plug... commands. Check the (#usefull-plugins) section for a basic plugins setup.

4. Create the right alias by putting in your ~/.bashrc : alias vim=nvim

Usefull plugins

Ressources

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