TODO:

• Review configuration from: https://github.com/nvim-lua/kickstart.nvim

source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stqUbv-5u2s

• Better which key with (allows hints for operators and text objects) https://github.com/folke/which-key.nvim

Installation

Ephemiral devs can now be used to install this configuration

Install patched fonts from:

https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/tree/master/patched-fonts/Inconsolata/complete

For windows we need to enable the fonts in the terminal options:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/tutorials/custom-prompt-setup

Create symbolic link for vim

~/.vim -> vim
Linux:
    ln -s ~/dotfiles/vim ~/.vim
Windows:
    New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Path ~/vimfiles -Target C:\Users\blasc\dotfiles\vim

Create symbolic link for neovim:

Linux:
    ln -s ~/dotfiles/vim  ~/.config/nvim
Windows:
    New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Path ~/AppData/Local/nvim -Target C:\Users\blasc\dotfiles\vim

To fix the white borders in gtk-3.0

~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css -> gtk.css
    ln -s ~/dotfiles/vim/gtk.css ~/.config/gtk-3.0/

Install rip grep: https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep

To get an entry on dmenu for neovim:

    sudo ln -s ~/dotfiles/vim/nvim.desktop /usr/share/applications/

Check also the mime type to make sure that nvim is used to open text files:

xdg-mime query default text/plain
xdg-mime default nvim.desktop text/plain

Painting motion with the right brush, stop abusing hjkl

Horizontal Movement

Character Search

Almost always the best choice when moving within a line

Command	Mnemonic
f	find
Shift + f	Shift to reverse direction
t	to / until
Shift + t	Shift to reverse direction

Use easy-motion plugin to enhance search navigation

Plug 'easymotion/vim-easymotion'

End and Beginning of Line

Command	Proposed Keybinding
^	Ctrl+h
$	Ctrl+l

Mnemonic: like h and l but with Ctrl, which is the same modifier for moving with bigger motion brushes like up, down, forward, backward.

Big Word

Command	Mnemonic
W	Word
E	End
B	Beginning

Small word movement

Command	Mnemonic
w	word
e	end
b	beginning

Character movement

h l

Vertical Movement

Relative Jump

<number>j <number>k

If you are not comfortable writing numbers,I recommend using easy-motion plugin

Command	Mnemonic
s+k	search up k
s+j	search down j

Paragraph

Command	Proposed keybinding
{	Ctrl+j
}	Ctrl+k

Mnemonic: like j and k but with Ctrl, which is the same modifier for moving with bigger motion brushes like up, down, forward, backward.

Line

j k

Moving to a target

Search

Command	Mnemonic
/
Shift + / (with the right keyboard layout)	Shift to reverse direction
n	next
Shift+n	Shift to reverse direction

If we use easy motion plugin, we can map the search all as follows:

Command	Mnemonic
s+a	Search all

Return to position before we jumped

Command	Mnemonic
Ctrl+i	jump Ctrl+in
`Ctrl+o``	jump Ctrl+out

Add the following to be able to jump in and out of relative line jumps

" Add {count}[j|k] to the jump list
nnoremap <expr> k (v:count > 1 ? "m`" . v:count : "") . "gk"
nnoremap <expr> j (v:count > 1 ? "m`" . v:count : "") . "gj"

Asterisk

* This plugin really makes a big difference when working with the star Plug 'haya14busa/vim-asterisk' With this plugin we can mark a word with * and then navigate with n, N keeping the initial position within the word marked with *. Great for repeating edits with the dot operator!

Navigation

Up and Down

When we are exploring and we don’t know very well the text (smooth scrolling for not getting sick and lost).

Command	Mnemonic
Ctrl+u	Scroll Ctrl+up
Ctrl+d	Scroll Ctrl+down

Forwards and Backwards

When we want to advance a whole page of text.

Command	Mnemonic
Ctrl+f	Scroll Ctrl+forwards
Ctrl+b	Scroll Ctrl+bbackwards

When navigating use zz to scroll current line to middle of the screen. Mnemonic: Use zz in order to be able to zzee