Neovim

Neovim is Article description::a hyperextensible [[Vim-based text editor.]]

Plugin manager
A plugin manager allows installation of plugins to Neovim editor to make it function according to user preference.

Vim plug
This is a plugin manager made both for Vim and Neovim. Here is the GitHub page: vim-plug. Read the GitHub page for any issues encountered.

To install it for Neovim do the following:

Or for flatpak:

Environment variables
Important environment variables include:


 * VIMRUNTIME - Used to locate runtime files (documentation, syntax highlighting, etc.).
 * VIMINIT - Ex commands to be executed at startup. Run

A full list of environment variables can be found under the environment section of.

Files
Neovim honors XDG base directories. Therefore the configuration directories are defined by XDG_CONFIG_HOME (defaults to ) or XDG_CONFIG_DIRS (defaults to ) variables.


 * - User-local Neovim configuration directory
 * - User-local Neovim configuration file
 * - System-global Neovim configuration file

For example, customize Neovim for a specific user by editing the:

This particular example activates line numbers on the left hand side of the editor.

Tutorial
Neovim has a built-in tutorial. Learn basic nvim usage interactive with the :

Needs Python
This is an issue that occurs when a plugin (such as the vim-latex-live-preview) requires Python to execute its function. To resolve this issue, try to build Neovim with the correct USE flag, for example by adding a line to a package.use file:

Then rebuild the package:

Want to contribute
Neovim is a community fork of Vim. Contribute here: Github: Neovim