LazyVim

https://lazyvim.org

Since September/2023 and I'm testing LazyVim distribution (do not confuse with Lazy.nvim plugin, very related but different).

The out-of-the-box experience is not 100% aligned with what I'm used to, but at least it's not as buggy as LunarVim.

Things to do right after installation

disable H and L to navigate between buffers

These keys have a native meaning in vim and should not be remapped to do other things. Prefixing them with the leaderkey would be ok...

lua/config/keymaps.lua:

vim.keymap.del("n", "<S-h>")
vim.keymap.del("n", "<S-l>")

plugins to disable

Create the file lua/plugins/disabled.lua:

return {
  -- disable mini.surround, (confusing keybindings)
  -- I have years of muscle memory using tpope/vim-surround
  { "echasnovski/mini.surround", enabled = false },

  -- flash.nvim tries to enhance /searching but it's confusing!
  { "folke/flash.nvim", enabled = false },

  -- disable commandline and search in unusual places
  -- NOTE: disabling noice also removes popup notifications
  -- { "folke/noice.nvim", enabled = false },

  -- alpha-nvim: neovim "splashscreen"
  { "goolord/alpha-nvim", enabled = false },
}

plugins to install

Create the file lua/plugins/init.lua:

return {
  "vim-scripts/ReplaceWithRegister",
  "tpope/vim-surround",
  "tpope/vim-repeat",     -- make vim-surround dot-repeatable
  "tpope/vim-speeddating", -- <C-a>/<C-x> to increase/decrease dates
}

disable plugin update checker

lua/config/lazy.lua

  checker = {
    enabled = false,
    notify = false,
  },

keep my .vimrc

Put this at the end of lua/config/options.lua

-- meleu: load my own "old" configs written in VimScript
vim.cmd('source ~/.vimrc')

-- version with checking if file exists
if vim.fn.filereadable("~/.vimrc") then
  vim.cmd("source ~/.vimrc")
end

navigate between buffers like they were tabs

I want to navigate between tabs with gt (to keep the same feel when using VSCodeVIM).

lua/config/keymaps.lua

vim.keymap.set("n", "gT", ":bprevious<cr>", { desc = "Prev buffer" })
vim.keymap.set("n", "gt", ":bnext<cr>", { desc = "Next buffer" })

gr for "go replace" conflicting with "go reference"

lua/plugins/lsp.lua:

-- overriding LazyVim's default LSP configs
return {
  "neovim/nvim-lspconfig",
  init = function()
    local keys = require("lazyvim.plugins.lsp.keymaps").get()

    -- I want to use gr for "Go Replace" (vim-scripts/ReplaceWithRegister)
    keys[#keys + 1] = { "gr", false }

    -- use gR to "Go to References"
    keys[#keys + 1] = { "gR", ":Telescope lsp_references<cr>", desc = "[G]oto [R]eferences" }
  end,
}

disable the clock in lualine

lua/plugins/lualine.lua:

return {
  "nvim-lualine/lualine.nvim",
  opts = {
    sections = {
      lualine_z = {},
    },
  },
}

.bats as shell scripts

This is important to have shfmt and shellcheck even when working on bats files.

Put this at the end of ~/.config/nvim/lua/config/options.lua

vim.filetype.add({
  extension = { bats = "sh" },
})

ctrl-j / ctrl-k to navigate in telescope

UPDATE: I decided to not change this behavior anymore. Reason: keep consistency with other situations where C-n/C-p are used for next/previous option.

I used this in lua/config/plugins/telescope.lua:

return {
  "nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim",
  config = function()
    local telescope = require("telescope")
    local actions = require("telescope.actions")

    telescope.setup({
      defaults = {
        mappings = {
          i = {
            ["<C-k>"] = actions.move_selection_previous, -- prev result
            ["<C-j>"] = actions.move_selection_next, -- next result
            ["<C-q>"] = actions.send_selected_to_qflist + actions.open_qflist,
          },
        },
      },
    })
  end,
}

Things I still wanna do

auto-formatting for some languages

github copilot

disable prompt for Ex-commands in the middle of screen

noice.nvim is doing that...

the problem is that disabling noice also disables notifications

disable different prompt for searching with /

also noice.nvim...

disable json "renderization

-- Disable the concealing in some file formats
-- The default conceallevel is 3 in LazyVim
vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd({ "FileType" }, {
  pattern = { "json", "jsonc" },
  callback = function()
    vim.wo.conceallevel = 0
  end,
})