Vim / NeoVim

vim

Motion

Key(s)	Bidding
i	insert
a	append
o	insert at next line
O	insert at previous line
u	undo
w	Next word
b	Previous word
e	Next end of the word
W	Next whitespace
f	Find next character
F	Find previous character
t	Find before next character
T	Find before previous character
gg	first line of the file
G	last line of the file
%	Go to start / end if block
^	Go to first character of line
$	Go to end of line
0	Go to start of line
p	Paste
d	Delete
r	Replace 1 character
R	Replace multiple characters
y	Yank / Copy
v	Visual mode
V	Visual mode (line)
Ctrl + v	Visual mode (block)
vi + ' or " or ( or { or [ or <	select all within scope
va + ' or " or ( or { or [ or <	select all within scope (inclusive)
Ctrl + d	Scroll down
Ctrl + u	Scroll up
Ctrl + r	Redo
di(	Delete all in parenthesis
ci(	Change all in parenthesis

Macro

1. q[register] = start recording to register. Example: qa
2. Do whatever
3. q to stop
4. @[register] = replay macro. Example @a

Note: @@ Replay last macro 100@a Run macro a 100 times/

Pane

Control + W

Key(s)	Bidding
v	Vertical pane
s	Horizontal pane
h / j / k / l	Move to pane
left / right / up / down	Move to pane
H / J / K / K	Move pane to direction
+	Increase height
-	Decrease height
<	Increase width
>	Decrease width
=	Equal height and width
c	Close current pane
o	Quit all except current
_	Minimize all except current

config

Vim default setting

set tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2 expandtab relativenumber foldmethod=indent autoindent hlsearch incsearch
filetype plugin indent on
" colorscheme Monokai
syntax on

NeoVim

Setup

1. create ~/.config/nvim/init.lua Put all the plugin in ~/.config/nvim/lua/plugin.lua or Put all the plugin in ~/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/some-plugin.lua

add the config at

config = function() 
  -- do something here
end

2. Set vim parameters

vim.cmd("set expandtab")
vim.cmd("set tabstop=2")
vim.cmd("set softtabstop=2")
vim.cmd("set shiftwidth=2")

-- map leader to space
vim.g.mapleader = " "

vim.keymap.set('n', '<C-s>', ':w<CR>', { noremap = true, silent = true })
vim.keymap.set('i', '<C-s>', '<Esc>:w<CR>a', { noremap = true, silent = true })
vim.keymap.set('n', '<C-t>', ':tabnew<CR>', { noremap = true, silent = true })

3. Setup lazy vim. Copy from lazy.nvim
4. Install telescope. Telescope and configure https://github.com/nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim?tab=readme-ov-file#usage
5. Install treesitter
6. Instal neotree
7. Install Mason, Mason-lspconfig, nvim-lspconfig
8. Telescope-ui-select
9. None-ls (this might not needed)

Directory specific config

To have specific config on project based feature(s), add .nvim.lua in the project root Example of the config file

-- Project-Specific Config Example

-- Set project-specific options

vim.opt.tabstop = 2
vim.opt.shiftwidth = 2
vim.opt.expandtab = true

-- Add keybindings specific to the project
vim.keymap.set('n', '<leader>pr', ':!npm run dev<CR>', { noremap = true, silent = true })

-- Configure plugins
if require('telescope') then
  require('telescope').setup({
    defaults = {

      file_ignore_patterns = { "node_modules", "dist/" }
    }
  })
end

print("Loaded project-specific Neovim config!")