Simple NeoVim configuration

Features

• beautiful airline status bar
• modern colorscheme
• persistent undo without ugly files
• line numbers
• simple plug-vim plugin manager
• LaTex live preview using :LLPStartPreview

Installation (Ubuntu 18.04)

1. Install NeoVim

$ sudo apt install neovim latexmk texlive-latex-extra

2. Clone repository

$ git clone https://github.com/trirpi/simple-nvim-config

3. Go into repository

$ cd simple-nvim-config

4. Change config file located at ~/.config/nvim/init.vim

$ mv init.vim ~/.config/nvim/init.vim

5. Created directory for persistent undo

$ mkdir ~/.config/nvim/undodir

6. Install vim-plug for Neovim

$ curl -fLo ~/.local/share/nvim/site/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs \
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim

Refer to https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug for more information

7. Install all plugins (Open NeoVim)

$ nvim

then type :PlugInstall

8. Compile Youcomplete me. You need build-essential cmake python3-dev installed for this.

$ cd ~/.config/nvim/plugged/youcompleteme
$ ./install.py

That's it! You're ready!