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NvChad
Blazing fast Neovim framework providing solid defaults and a beautiful UI, enhancing your neovim experience.
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packer.nvim
A use-package inspired plugin manager for Neovim. Uses native packages, supports Luarocks dependencies, written in Lua, allows for expressive config
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AstroNvim
AstroNvim is an aesthetic and feature-rich neovim config that is extensible and easy to use with a great set of plugins
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LunarVim discussion
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- A Power-Filled IDE for Neovim with Sane Defaults
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Leaving Neovim for Zed
> I also settled on Lunarvim (ans stopped worrying)
Then I have some sad news for you. :(
https://github.com/LunarVim/LunarVim/discussions/4518#discus...
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Every Neovim, Every Config, All At Once
LunarVim
- LunarVIM: An IDE Layer for Neovim
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Tools to achieve a 10x developer workflow on Windows
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.
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Helix 23.10 Highlights
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/
- How to Transform Vim to a Complete IDE?
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Mastering Emacs
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.
- No inline errors in Python unless I add and delete a line
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LazyVim
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
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LunarVim/LunarVim is an open source project licensed under GNU General Public License v3.0 only which is an OSI approved license.
The primary programming language of LunarVim is Lua.
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