More senior engineer complains he can’t tell what’s going on in vim

• beacon.nvim

  7 292 0.0 Vim Script

  Whenever cursor jumps some distance or moves between windows, it will flash so you can see where it is

I would recommend installing a plugin like beacon.nvim or similar which flashes the new location of the cursor whenever it makes a jump. That way it's easier for someone to follow where your cursor is, which is often a reason for confusion otherwise.

• neovim-lua

  25 799 3.6 Lua

  Neovim KISS configuration with Lua

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• neovide

  109 11,897 9.1 Rust

  No Nonsense Neovim Client in Rust

  

You could try giving neovide a spin.

• vim-smoothie

  12 962 1.8 Vim Script

  Smooth scrolling for Vim done right🥤

I installed a plug-in that animates my scrolling. I’m not sure if it’s https://github.com/psliwka/vim-smoothie or something comparable (on phone so I can’t check right now). It also shows what’s going on in a more visual way. It’s hypothetically slower since it wastes frames, but I’m used to it now.

• fzf.vim

  157 9,401 6.6 Vim Script

  fzf :heart: vim

• nvim-scrollview

  13 485 9.4 Lua

  A Neovim plugin that displays interactive vertical scrollbars and signs.

Here are a few ideas to help: - Make sure your cursor stands out and is easy to find - Briefly explain windows, the status bar, and the tab bar, and make sure he knows that the file names are indicated at the BOTTOM of a window in the status bar - Make sure you have line numbers turned on and perhaps use this scrollbar plugin https://github.com/dstein64/nvim-scrollview so he knows where in a file you are - Explain what you are doing constantly, especially if the screen appears to be changing all of a sudden e.g., when you are scrolling up/down, jumping to the next search match, jumping through the jump list, jumping to a code symbol, navigating to a new file, opening up a file explorer, opening a fuzzy finder, opening a terminal, etc.

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