user_example VS LunarVim

Hey everyone! I'm relatively new to Lua and Neovim. I'm trying to switch over from VSCode to Neovim but before I do I'd like to bring over all of my custom snippets from VSCode. I have a custom user config I made from this template https://github.com/AstroNvim/user_example and I was following these instructions on the AstroNvim docs https://astronvim.com/Recipes/snippets. After following those instructions I tested my snippet in another project I have and the snippet wasn't showing up in my completion options. Given that I'm new to Lua and Neovim I'm not quite sure how to go about debugging the issue. If anyone knows what I did wrong or can at least help point me in the right direction it would be much appreciated! you can check out the code from my configuration here: https://github.com/joegoggin/goggin-nvim/tree/feature-snippets/snippets

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After cloning astrovim as `~/.config/nvim`, do similar with https://github.com/AstroNvim/user_example but with button "Use this template".

Then in `~/.config/nvim/user/plugins/user.lua` add

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hey can someone google the link to the docs for me... sure i can... https://astronvim.com/Recipes/custom_plugins lol... you might also want to use the recommended https://github.com/AstroNvim/user_example too <3

hey just ran into this while trying to debug this same issue. I had based my settings on https://github.com/AstroNvim/user_example (just cloned and started editing init.lua), and for some reason setting plugins in init.lua doesn't work if you do that. I started again without cloning the repo and didn't have that issue, plugins worked just fine.

I'm trying to override a highlight group to change its color, to make bash syntax easier to read (for me), but I can't figure out how to make a permanent change in my config, which I splitted following the https://github.com/AstroNvim/user_example template.

LunarVim

I would suggest to start getting into vim by first trying out popular vim keybinding plugins available on your favorite code editor and get used to those first. Then, if you want to dive deeper into the power of Neovim, try out popular configs like LazyVim, LunarVim, NvChad... Taking Neovim from a mere text editor to a full-featured IDE with features like intellisense, debugging, testing, etc... on your own takes quite a lot of work and configuration.

I used Helix for a while due to its support for LSP out-of-the-box, which my Vim config at the time couldn't live up to. I switched back to NeoVim after finding LunarVim[1] which had everything I was trying to get setup in my own config.

[1] https://www.lunarvim.org/

I'll admit I didn't look into it, but Helix sounds like something like LunarVim (https://www.lunarvim.org/)

Personally I much prefer that the editor NOT ship with something like that by default, especially when it's so easy to set up. I have several different vim config I use, including a pretty bare-bones one for headless systems, and I much prefer the ability to customize something very specifically.

Build tools that can compose together, rather than a single do-it-all tool. That is the power of the low level editors vs IDE's.

I can't comment on any implementation details, but at least with LunarVim (which I use for daily coding), a slowdown when interacting with LSP is very noticeable. Some others have attested to this on a GitHub issue.

I'm not doubting your experiences with the lack of a slowdown, but there is truth that others do experience it. That might be more of a problem with LunarVim itself rather than Vim, but how likely am I (as someone who would like to avoid what he calls "config hell") or other newcomers to avoid whatever pitfalls there are, if a distribution designed for ease of use by people who know better fall into them?

https://github.com/LunarVim/LunarVim/discussions/3359

Anyways, although i have not used them, LazyVim and LunarVim comes highly recommended. You can try these and see what suits you .