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
":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.
@@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.
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.
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!
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!
"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.
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.
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!
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.
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 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.
@@abpdev 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?
@@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.
I almost never comment on videos. I've always dreaded getting into nvim. This was such a straightforward tutorial, no b.s. Thank you, ive learned so much :)
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
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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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!
@@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!
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.
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
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.
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. :)
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.
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.
@@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 ....
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.
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!
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 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)
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.
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 :)
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
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.
@@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.
@@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!
@@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!
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.
too many extra steps to setup lsp and language server. It needs to be as simple as adding one line like installing a plugin. Really not surprised why people just open and use vscode.
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. :)
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
As a relatively recent neovim convert, I feel like using a heavily modified distro like this is counter-productive. Applying a massive config without understanding most of it is no better than using vscode. Instead of trying to replicate vscode experience, I think it's way better to start from scratch and add missing features one-by-one as required, changing your workflow as you go. Yes, it's going to be a slow process, but I don't think the retention rate is very high among new users who start with pre-configured distros.
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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?
This video was mindblowing, I absolutely like NVChad now, however what about some features that other IDE provides like Debugger tools, Git Integrations, and a few other useful extensions like Live Server, Auto-rename Tag, Indent rainbows, toggle semicolon, and a few AI extensions? Please make a video on those features as well, let's just say someone wants to switch from VS Code to NVChad what are the potential things that they won't get by default, and how to actually install those as well. Cause in vs code it's simple as It could be all someone gotta do is just open up the extension tab and install the one that they need, but what about Neovim Distros like NVChad, LunarVim, AstroVim. It'll be helpful if there is a video that covers these things.
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!
@@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.
The "TABS" on the top right of the tabufline are not a concept by tabufline, these are "native" tabs to nvim. tabufline invents its own tabs to circle through buffers, but it doesn't function like a conventional tab bar, because it reflects buffers, not tabs. This becomes pretty clear when you have to work in split-windows, you will not get multiple tabuflines for each window, you always have a global tabufline, because it reflects the buffer state.
Haven't had the chance to toy with this yet, but if it works as advertised, probably it could somewhat persuade this VSCode guy to attempt a migration to the other side. My only issue is, why isn't this like a forked minimum starting point? A "neovim complete package" that could work out-of-the-box with *all batteries included* for people who are used to VS, VSC and IntelliJ and want to spend less than 10 mins to setup their editor and never bother again?
For arch users (and others possibly), the base neovim package in aur is the 9.0, you need the 8.0 neovim-git for it to work properly, I couldn't get 9.0 to work despite all my efforts
@@dreamsofcode No matter what I tried, LSP's just refused to work, and I tried both doing it your way, and the way they have it in the documentation, very very strange, I might upgrade to 9.0 now and check if it stays working lol
This is actually fucking insane. I will try this for the next couple of weeks, for all my mandatory college work and for my job, which involves a ton of note keeping.
@@dreamsofcode Brother, I am only one day in, using it for documentation within a VM during pentesting. I fucking love it. I am so excited for how things go when actually programming bigger projects. This is god sent. AND I have to give you HUGE kudos for this video. Your visualization and structure of the video is on point. How did you create this epic video? What software did you use? I'd assume you're using something like Vegas Pro or some adobe tool (prime? after effects?) for cut and these insanely well done motion graphics? Also sick as hell audio. Huge thank you and be sure to have my sub, hell I even hope you get a fat carbohydrate-post-nap-coma from all the subs you are about to receive for this high quality stuff you produce!
@@longdashes Yooo thank you for the wonderful review! I've still got a lot to learn with motion graphics but am excited to keep trying new things. I use Davinci Resolve as it's the only viable software that works on Linux. I did pick up a MacBook to help me edit on the go, so I may try some other software and see what I like best. Honestly, I really like Davinci though, and I'm just starting to learn more of the advanced motion graphics. Thank you for the sub, I'm glad you like the content! Looking forward to producing more.
@@longdashes it's very underrated, although a lot of creators have been moving to it in the last year as it's coming far ahead. I should definitely do a motion graphics course though at some point!
sudo update-alternatives --config vim lets you pick system wide what "vim" refers to. usually, "vim" is not a proper binary but a mirror to either vim.tiny or vim.basic
I actually switched to nvim for the lack of builtin features, i wanted an editor that ran in a terminal (idk it looks cool ok?) and that I could easily customize So I have themes, language icons, airline (configured to show the bare minimum info) for a statusbar and a bar for buffers on top, a plugin to show the battery level in airline, the plugin for folder trees (barely used but is sometimes useful) and that's about it Configuring it to be exactly the way i wanted took about a week but most of it was just figuring out what I wanted exactly in an editor
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
Hi, thanks a lot for making the video. Its amazingly easy to follow and very beginner friendly. Just one question: How do you debug codes in nvchad? I mean, 1. How to add a breakpoint? 2. How to start debugging session? Thanks a lot
Ok so, got back into it 10months later. Solution: you have to download the nightly build of neovim, and then build it... then make sure you've uninstalled the previous version of neovim if it was already installed.. then perform a make install .. this should install the absolute latest version of neovim.. THEN.. go ahead and install NVChad as per the video.
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
What a pile of unuseful crap if even this basic config is constantly changing, it simply doesn't worth....
Thank you! I couldn't figure out why it wasn't prompting to install the config files. Thank you so much for the update!
Thanks,Can you elaborate on the breaking changes
Your voice similar like david bombal 👍🏼
paitently waiting for the video to drop...
":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.
This is a great tip! Thanks for sharing. I'm too accustomed to the vim commands.
@@dreamsofcode So you jumped right to nvim then? I just strarted using vscode + vim and I think there are alot things to learn
@@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.
This actually just blew my mind. Absolutely great tip!
Thanks for this man!
Arch and Vim, the perfect combo for endless configuration and terrible productivity.
this
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Fedora is life
Also eternal virginity
@@cumibakar10 also eternal adoration to femboys
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.
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!
I'm really glad to hear that! Thank you for sharing. 💜
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!
I'm very glad to hear that! I hope you enjoy Neovim as much as I do!
"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.
I'm glad someone did haha!
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.
Glad I could help!
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!
I'm a vim minimalist who switched to neovim for copilot testing. Now that I have I'm sorely tested by this.
You can use copilot with neovim?
@@SB-qm5wg Sorry for the late reply, yes! And I have been now for months.
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.
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...
Which IDE are you using?
@@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.
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.
@@abpdev 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?
@@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.
Excellent tutorial! Thank you, I learned so much and will be revisiting this video many times to make sure it sticks in memory.
I'm very glad to hear it was useful!
Best software dev YT channel I’ve discovered recently! Fantastic video!
Thank you! Your videos are exceptional as well.
I almost never comment on videos. I've always dreaded getting into nvim. This was such a straightforward tutorial, no b.s. Thank you, ive learned so much :)
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
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
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.
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
Insanely well made video. Good job!
Thank you! It was fun to make this one as well
@@dreamsofcode have you tried Helix? Would be fun to watch a video on it as well. Keep it up with the great content G 💪💯
After watching this I am considering seriously to VS Code with vim plugin for this setup. It really feels smooth.
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
how to focus in editor buffer from terminal ? tf
Got this working for my Linux, MacOS and Windows systems. Truly the most chad of all the text editors
I am glad you think so!
“I use Arch btw” within a minute 😂 Love it
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.
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.
Note to Ubuntu 22.04 gang: our apt repository's neovim doesn't actually support NvChad now.. We must install something more modern.
This video made the setup seem very easy. Currently setting up NeoVIM using a different tutorial but now I'm interested in NVChad.
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.
I was actually about to do the same thing :D
Thank you for breaking this down so that a beginner can comprehend!
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!
Thank you for the feedback! I appreciate it a lot!
If you think this is a lot of work, it’s not for you. Nothing wrong with that!
@@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!
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.
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.
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
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.
funny enough lunarvim didnt work for me but after this everything is working fine :D
author of NvChad here! :D
❤️ thank you for a wonderful nvim configuration!
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.
I hope it helps!
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. :)
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.
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.
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.
I'm v glad to hear that!
I recommend Neovide as a GUI on top of nvim, looks even more crisp than any IDE I have seen
DoC's Videos on NvChad, Nvim, and Tmux, are fantastic. I now have a full working terminal suite - a terminal IDE. God bless you
Thank you! I'm really glad you enjoyed it and found it useful!
@@dreamsofcode Your video on tmux is another boon. Your content is, literally, the best
@@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 ....
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.
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!
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!
I'm glad it helped!
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! 🚀
LazyVim, LunarVim, AstroVim, and NVChad, which one is the best?
@@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)
This is why i picked nvchad
I have been trying to get into neovim for sometime. This is the first video that really made it simple for me. Thank you.
I'm really glad to hear that! I hope you enjoy Neovim as well.
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.
Did you find a fix for this?
I'm super excited to spend an entire day getting acquainted with Chad tomorrow
Amazing work
Thanks a lot 😊
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.
I'm with you! I do enjoy a good customization
Great! If you don't mind next time paste the links to all downloads used in your video under the description
Absolutely. That's a good idea. I'll add that in to the description as well
I dreamed I'd see this video by Dreams of Code one day... Dreams do come true! Absolutely awesome video. Thank you so much!
You're welcome! I hope you enjoyed the video.
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 :)
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
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.
Just when I was looking for a vscode replacement. Thank you for tempting me to go to the vim side
You're very welcome!
Are you using vanilla arch ?? Keep up the content. Just subbed your channel
I am using vanilla arch! Thank you, I appreciate the sub and feedback!
@@dreamsofcode what de/window manager you using?
@@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.
@@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!
@@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!
Looking forward to the updated version of this video. Thanks!
Great video! Could you please share your alacritty config. Your theme looks awsome. Keep up the good work!
Yes! Absolutely, I'll probably do another video on Alacritty and Tmux as well.
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.
too many extra steps to setup lsp and language server. It needs to be as simple as adding one line like installing a plugin. Really not surprised why people just open and use vscode.
If you're having issues with NVChad, make sure you're running the latest Neovim!
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
@dreamsofcode your terminal theme is really beautiful!! Can u do a video about your config?
@@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!
@@natancosta2017 how did you install it?
@@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 :(
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. :)
I started using neovim after watching this video! Thanks it's a great editor :)
Great to hear!
Thank you for sharing this. It looks like the business, can't wait to dive in now
Your videos are by far the best I have seen... thank you!
Thank you! I appreciate that feedback!
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
I'm very glad to hear that!
Arch + Neovim = I see you're a man of culture as well
As a relatively recent neovim convert, I feel like using a heavily modified distro like this is counter-productive. Applying a massive config without understanding most of it is no better than using vscode. Instead of trying to replicate vscode experience, I think it's way better to start from scratch and add missing features one-by-one as required, changing your workflow as you go. Yes, it's going to be a slow process, but I don't think the retention rate is very high among new users who start with pre-configured distros.
I really like your explanation and inspire me to use vim again. Thank you 👍
You're welcome!
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.
How to make vim better in one command, first thing he does is install a new IDE. Top job
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.
Probably one of the few useful error messages out there! I’m glad you were able to solve the issue.
Finnaly a decent tutorial on how to setup nvchad !
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.
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!
I have watched countless videos on vim but this is the first one that makes me want to try it out. Great video.
Thank you! I appreciate the feedback.
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.
@@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?
Nice video! I was looking way to improve my vim config and this helped a lot.
Glad to hear!
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
So far I've been loving nvchad!
That's great!
Thanks for the latest heads up about the Chad VM being broken! I was stuck in a loop (on MacOS)... Unstuck! 😀
This video was mindblowing, I absolutely like NVChad now, however what about some features that other IDE provides like Debugger tools, Git Integrations, and a few other useful extensions like Live Server, Auto-rename Tag, Indent rainbows, toggle semicolon, and a few AI extensions? Please make a video on those features as well, let's just say someone wants to switch from VS Code to NVChad what are the potential things that they won't get by default, and how to actually install those as well. Cause in vs code it's simple as It could be all someone gotta do is just open up the extension tab and install the one that they need, but what about Neovim Distros like NVChad, LunarVim, AstroVim. It'll be helpful if there is a video that covers these things.
You can get all of these by googling.
This is a great idea. I can set up some content for this as well.
@@dreamsofcode Thank you so much, it'll be really helpful for beginners like me.
I found it. I asked about it in another video. Now i am setting this up.
When I heard Arch Linux automatically my mind, this guy deserves Like and subscribe
Thank you haha
This video is the reason I am still sane. Thank you!!
You're very welcome!
ngl, it took me a while to understand the config but it was so elegant in the end😘.
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!
I appreciate the feedback and the sub!
LazyVim, LunarVim, AstroVim, or NVChad, which one is the best?
@@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.
Hello, I've been able to configure everything except rust-analyzer. Do you have an open repo of your config files? Awesome tutorial btw!
u got urself a new sub, for the explanation, music and ur deep voice :)
Aww thanks! Glad you liked all three!
Best intro to nvim ive seen, thank you goid sir
You're very welcome!
what an awesome video and creator, thanks for this, really helped a bunch!
Thank you for the feedback!
my own nvim ide also uses space for , great minds think alike
The video: "With one command, it'll all be set up!"
Me: *spends half an hour trying to set my font*
🤣 I need to do a font setup video!
The "TABS" on the top right of the tabufline are not a concept by tabufline, these are "native" tabs to nvim. tabufline invents its own tabs to circle through buffers, but it doesn't function like a conventional tab bar, because it reflects buffers, not tabs. This becomes pretty clear when you have to work in split-windows, you will not get multiple tabuflines for each window, you always have a global tabufline, because it reflects the buffer state.
You're correct.
Thank you for this tutorial. Very detailed. Cheers
You're welcome!
Haven't had the chance to toy with this yet, but if it works as advertised, probably it could somewhat persuade this VSCode guy to attempt a migration to the other side. My only issue is, why isn't this like a forked minimum starting point? A "neovim complete package" that could work out-of-the-box with *all batteries included* for people who are used to VS, VSC and IntelliJ and want to spend less than 10 mins to setup their editor and never bother again?
For arch users (and others possibly), the base neovim package in aur is the 9.0, you need the 8.0 neovim-git for it to work properly, I couldn't get 9.0 to work despite all my efforts
Interesting. I'm using 9.0 currently without any problems. What is the issue you're getting?
@@dreamsofcode No matter what I tried, LSP's just refused to work, and I tried both doing it your way, and the way they have it in the documentation, very very strange, I might upgrade to 9.0 now and check if it stays working lol
This is actually fucking insane. I will try this for the next couple of weeks, for all my mandatory college work and for my job, which involves a ton of note keeping.
Let me know how it goes!
@@dreamsofcode Brother, I am only one day in, using it for documentation within a VM during pentesting. I fucking love it. I am so excited for how things go when actually programming bigger projects. This is god sent.
AND I have to give you HUGE kudos for this video. Your visualization and structure of the video is on point. How did you create this epic video? What software did you use? I'd assume you're using something like Vegas Pro or some adobe tool (prime? after effects?) for cut and these insanely well done motion graphics? Also sick as hell audio. Huge thank you and be sure to have my sub, hell I even hope you get a fat carbohydrate-post-nap-coma from all the subs you are about to receive for this high quality stuff you produce!
@@longdashes Yooo thank you for the wonderful review!
I've still got a lot to learn with motion graphics but am excited to keep trying new things. I use Davinci Resolve as it's the only viable software that works on Linux. I did pick up a MacBook to help me edit on the go, so I may try some other software and see what I like best. Honestly, I really like Davinci though, and I'm just starting to learn more of the advanced motion graphics.
Thank you for the sub, I'm glad you like the content! Looking forward to producing more.
@@dreamsofcode I am extremely surprised that you're able to produce such high quality content with DR. I did not see that coming.
Kudos!
@@longdashes it's very underrated, although a lot of creators have been moving to it in the last year as it's coming far ahead. I should definitely do a motion graphics course though at some point!
You earned a like from me after the first comment about it being the only ide to double up as an escape room 🤣🤣🤣
sudo update-alternatives --config vim
lets you pick system wide what "vim" refers to.
usually, "vim" is not a proper binary but a mirror to either vim.tiny or vim.basic
I actually switched to nvim for the lack of builtin features, i wanted an editor that ran in a terminal (idk it looks cool ok?) and that I could easily customize
So I have themes, language icons, airline (configured to show the bare minimum info) for a statusbar and a bar for buffers on top, a plugin to show the battery level in airline, the plugin for folder trees (barely used but is sometimes useful) and that's about it
Configuring it to be exactly the way i wanted took about a week but most of it was just figuring out what I wanted exactly in an editor
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
Glad it was helpful! Greetings to Argentina! 👋
Hi, thanks a lot for making the video. Its amazingly easy to follow and very beginner friendly. Just one question: How do you debug codes in nvchad? I mean,
1. How to add a breakpoint?
2. How to start debugging session?
Thanks a lot
Great questions! I typically use nvim-dap for debugging. I have language specific videos that show this if you want to have a look!
Man i would love to see your arch linux setup as a tutorial. It's so cool😃😃
I shall have to do so!
I was not ready for that opening line😂. Comedy gold
I'm glad someone found it funny haha 😂
this video was very helpful! thanks a lot!
Ok so, got back into it 10months later.
Solution: you have to download the nightly build of neovim, and then build it... then make sure you've uninstalled the previous version of neovim if it was already installed.. then perform a make install .. this should install the absolute latest version of neovim..
THEN.. go ahead and install NVChad as per the video.
Your channel is THE BEST
Thank you!
Awesome work, don't forget to revert the copy and cut actions to what any sane person would like them to be :).