direnv VS Neovim-from-scratch

I think direnv already does a good job in this space, and it's already available in your package manager.

https://direnv.net/

I switched from asdf to mise after a comment on lobste.rs[1] suggested I do so a few months ago, and I have been very happy with it.

It sands off some of asdf's sharp UI edges and provides a somewhat larger but still reasonable feature set; I've also replaced most of my direnv[2] usage with it.

The mise -> asdf comparison page is useful[3]

1: https://lobste.rs/s/66uxbj/how_love_homebrew#c_mvmsjp

2: https://direnv.net/

3: https://mise.jdx.dev/dev-tools/comparison-to-asdf.html

I also made the export diff configurable, motivated by this post: https://github.com/direnv/direnv/pull/1233

Nice.

For years I've been using [direnv](https://direnv.net/) for this, setting environment variables which git picks up. This looks like a more feature complete equivalent, although to be honest I only really need switching of committer email and the SSH key used.

Direnv, for the uninitiated, loads and unloads environment variables when directories are entered and exited. Under every project folder there is a `$PROJ_DIR/.envrc` which contains:

buffer-env: A pure-Elisp version of the direnv utility. Useful to make Emacs aware of Python virtualenvs (which, judging by the questions posted here, is unfortunately still a complication for a lot of people). Similar to (and inspired by) envrc, but doesn't require the direnv program.

You can look at direnv to see this in action as they wrote shell hooks that get loaded into the shell profile and are executed on every prompt. https://direnv.net/

Yes, most Nix users employ https://direnv.net or the equivalent for your IDE of choice. Emacs for instance has https://github.com/purcell/envrc which set per-buffer variables.

They also provide a "from-scratch" option, to be easier to understand

I would recommend the Neovim from Scratch series on Youtube with the addition of the code_runner.nvim plugin. It's a good config that will teach you a lot about configuring Neovim. code_runner.nvim is a nice addition, especially for a university student. Good luck!

I don't know myself how I learned neovim, but I started with using a repo called Neovim-from-scratch, but I'm not sure if it's still up to date, but I used it as my base config then started to add plugins I want and remove plugins I don't need. Most of the people recommend kickstart.nvim now as base config for neovim lua config.

Hey So I am trying to setup the neovim config for gopls and ts-server using [this](https://github.com/LunarVim/Neovim-from-scratch/tree/06-LSP), Now I would like to clarify that I have copy pasted from this guys repo and I do understand what he is doing to some extent. But for some reason in the file `lua/user/lsp/handlers.lua` He creted the following function ```lua local function lsp_keymaps(bufnr)

This is the GitHub repo for the aforementioned playlist.

I would recommend LazyVim or Kickstart.nvim. If you don't want to do any configuration, LunarVim might be for you. I would recommend the Neovim from Scratch config since it is very good and essentially has an accompanying guide. However, it is slightly out of date and needs a few tweaks to work properly.