Advice needed wrt plugins approaches vs vanilla vim

• ale

  133 13,276 8.7 Vim Script

  Check syntax in Vim/Neovim asynchronously and fix files, with Language Server Protocol (LSP) support

  

For me, code completion use-case (i.e. YouCompleteMe) is a nice-to-have, but not a requirement. As such, one of the few plugins I use is ALE, which can provide completion in vim using the built-in vim completion functionality (see :h complete-functions and :h omnifunc. But, as documented in ALE, completion information comes from other tools called Language Servers. With ALE, no additional configuration is needed besides having the Language Server tool installed. ALE will detect it and talk to it automatically. Often times, I am working on machines with little resources, so I forego Language Servers/code completion and rely on looking up API docs. I don't know your use-cases or workflows or YouCompleteMe, so you will have to read the plugin docs to understand how to install and configure the plugin and any other dependencies needed by the plugin. If the docs don't provide the answers you're looking for, you will need to do some searching online, and if that doesn't provide the answers, then you will need to ask on the repo's Discussion or Issues.

• LunarVim

  272 17,463 7.6 Lua

  🌙 LunarVim is an IDE layer for Neovim. Completely free and community driven.

  

If you're set on a terminal-centric workflow, then look into pre-configured (Neo)Vim distributions, like lunarvim, astronvim, nvchad.

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• language-server-protocol

  121 10,675 8.7 HTML

  Defines a common protocol for language servers.

  

For me, code completion use-case (i.e. YouCompleteMe) is a nice-to-have, but not a requirement. As such, one of the few plugins I use is ALE, which can provide completion in vim using the built-in vim completion functionality (see :h complete-functions and :h omnifunc. But, as documented in ALE, completion information comes from other tools called Language Servers. With ALE, no additional configuration is needed besides having the Language Server tool installed. ALE will detect it and talk to it automatically. Often times, I am working on machines with little resources, so I forego Language Servers/code completion and rely on looking up API docs. I don't know your use-cases or workflows or YouCompleteMe, so you will have to read the plugin docs to understand how to install and configure the plugin and any other dependencies needed by the plugin. If the docs don't provide the answers you're looking for, you will need to do some searching online, and if that doesn't provide the answers, then you will need to ask on the repo's Discussion or Issues.

• AstroNvim

  135 11,890 9.7 Lua

  AstroNvim is an aesthetic and feature-rich neovim config that is extensible and easy to use with a great set of plugins

  

If you're set on a terminal-centric workflow, then look into pre-configured (Neo)Vim distributions, like lunarvim, astronvim, nvchad.

• NvChad

  187 22,887 8.8 Lua

  Blazing fast Neovim config providing solid defaults and a beautiful UI, enhancing your neovim experience.

  

If you're set on a terminal-centric workflow, then look into pre-configured (Neo)Vim distributions, like lunarvim, astronvim, nvchad.

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