my_configs VS rnvimr

You can look it up here.

I think you're structring your configs wrong. You can take a look into my (old) nvim-configs.

I'm organizing my stuff like that https://github.com/TornaxO7/my_configs/tree/master/nvim. lua/ |- plugins.lua -- main file with packer |-_settings/ |- settings.lua -- the main file for each plugin which holds the config |- just splitted up the settings.lua.

Pika-Boo: https://github.com/TornaxO7/my_configs/tree/master/nvim

I like the solarized light theme since it matches pretty much with my violet evergarden theme/wallpaper (you need to scroll down a little bit).

I'm also still using init.vim. I don't see any points as well to move over to an init.lua file. I've tried to setup packer but it looks like that I had to go more deeper into this to setup my stuff, so I stay for the time being with vim-plug.

You can ranger inside of Neovim with this plugin rnvimr. Check it out. Neo-tree is another plugin that I like as a file manager. And also mini.files is another option if you prefer a more minimal approach and the ability to manipulate files like you edit a normal Neovim buffer. I'm pretty sure there are other great options out there as well, these are just my personal preferences.

https://github.com/kevinhwang91/rnvimr is pretty good, it opens ranger in a floating terminal and takes care of file renaming and deletion, etc.

Ranger inside Neovim for when I need it

This plugin is unique from the other alternatives such as ranger.vim and rnvimr in that my plugin has no dependencies besides ‘ranger’ and written in 100% lua.

chadtree for dealing with files in the current project & Rnvimr (which basically integrates Ranger) when I want to work with files all over the disk.

Although Ranger is a terminal application, you can use it in neovim via some plugins like rnvimr.

If you don't mind switch to another plugin I highly recommend rnvimr to use ranger, a real-world, feature-complete file amanger perfecrly integrated in nvim.