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 envvars 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

 * - User-local nvim configuration file.
 * - User-local nvim configuration directory. See also XDG_CONFIG_HOME.
 * - System-global nvim configuration file.
 * - System-global nvim runtime directory.

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

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

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