The Ultimate NeoVim Config for Colemak Users

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Please DO NOT just copy this configuration folder without really looking at it! Please, at least, read this README file!

• Requirements
• After Installation, You Need To
• After Installation, You Might Want To
  • First of all
  • For Python Debugger (via vimspector)
  • Config Python path
  • For Taglist:
  • For FZF
  • And also...
• Keyboard Shortcuts
  • 1 Basic Editor Features
    • 1.1 The Most Basics
    • 1.2 Remapped Cursor Movement
    • 1.3 Remapped Insert Mode Keys
    • 1.4 Remapped Text Manipulating Commands in Normal Mode
    • 1.5 Other Useful Normal Mode Remappings
    • 1.6 Remapped Commands in Visual Mode
  • 2 Window Management
    • 2.1 Creating Window Through Split Screen
    • 2.2 Moving the Cursor Between Different Windows
    • 2.3 Resizing Different Windows
    • 2.4 Closing Windows
  • 3 Tab Management
  • 4 Terminal Keyboard Shortcuts
• Plugins Keybindings (Screenshots/GIF provided!)
  • AutoCompletion
    • COC (AutoCompletion)
    • coc-snippets
  • File Navigation
    • coc-explorer (file browser)
    • rnvimr - file browser
    • FZF - the fuzzy file finder
    • xtabline (the fancy tab line)
  • Text Editing Plugins
    • vim-table-mode
    • Undotree
    • vim-visual-multi
    • vim-surround
    • vim-subversive
    • vim-easy-align
    • AutoFormat
    • vim-markdown-toc (generate table of contents for markdown files)
  • Navigation Within Buffer
    • Vista.vim
  • Find and Replace
    • Far.vim - find and replace
  • Git Related
    • vim-gitgutter
    • fzf-gitignore
  • Others
    • vim-calendar
    • Goyo - Work without distraction
    • suda.vim
    • coc-translator
• Custom Snippets
  • Markdown
• Some Weird Stuff
  • Press tx and enter your text
  • Customized Vertical Cursor Movement

Requirements

• This nvim configuration REQUIRES NeoVim 0.6.0+

After Installation, You Need To

• Install pip3, and do pip3 install --user pynvim
• Install node, and do npm install -g neovim
• Install nerd-fonts (actually it's optional but it looks real good)

After Installation, You Might Want To

First of all

• Do :checkhealth

For Python Debugger (via vimspector)

• Install debugpy (pip)

Config Python path

• Well, make sure you have python
• See _machine_specific.vim

For Taglist:

• Install ctags for function/class/variable list

For FZF

• Install fzf
• Install ag (the_silver_searcher)

And also...

• Install figlet for inputing text ASCII art
• Install xclip for system clipboard access (Linux and xorg only)

Keyboard Shortcuts

1 Basic Editor Features

1.1 The Most Basics

k : switchs to INSERT : mode (same as key i in vanilla vim)

Q : quits current vim window (same as command :q in vanilla vim)

S : saves the current file (same as command :w in vanilla vim)

IMPORTANT

Since the i key has been mapped to k, every command (combination) that involves i should use k instead (for example, ciw should be ckw).

1.2 Remapped Cursor Movement

Shortcut	Action	Equivalent
u	Cursor up a terminal line	k
e	Cursor down a terminal line	j
n	Cursor left	h
i	Cursor right	l
U	Cursor up 5 terminal lines	5k
E	Cursor down 5 terminal lines	5j
N	Cursor to the start of the line	0
I	Cursor to the end of the line	$
Ctrl u	Move the view port up 5 lines without moving the cursor	Ctrl y
Ctrl e	Move the view port down 5 lines without moving the cursor	Ctrl e
h	Move to the end of this word	e
W	Move cursor five words forward	5w
B	Move cursor five words forward	5b

1.3 Remapped Insert Mode Keys

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl a	Move cursor to the end of the line
Ctrl u	Move the character on the right of the cursor to the end of the line

1.4 Remapped Text Manipulating Commands in Normal Mode

Shortcut	Action
l	undo
<	Un-indent
>	Indent
SPACE SPACE	Goto the next placeholder (<++>)

1.5 Other Useful Normal Mode Remappings

Shortcut	Action
r	Compile/Run the current file
SPACE s c	Toggle spell suggestion a
SPACE d w	Find adjacent duplicated word
SPACE t t	Convert every 4 Spaces to a tab
SPACE o	Fold
SPACE -	Previous quick-fix position
SPACE +	Next quick-fix position
\ p	Show the path of the current file
SPACE /	Create a new terminal below the current window

1.6 Remapped Commands in Visual Mode

Shortcut	Action
Y	Copy selected text to system clipboard

2 Window Management

2.1 Creating Window Through Split Screen

Shortcut	Action
s u	Create a new horizontal split screen and place it above the current window
s e	Create a new horizontal split screen and place it below the current window
s n	Create a new vertical split screen and place it left to the current window
s i	Create a new vertical split screen and place it right to the current window
s v	Set the two splits to be vertical
s h	Set the two splits to be horizontal
s r v	Rotate splits and arrange splits vertically
s r h	Rotate splits and arrange splits horizontally

2.2 Moving the Cursor Between Different Windows

Shortcut	Action
SPACE + w	Move cursor to the next window
SPACE + n	Move cursor one window left
SPACE + i	Move cursor one window right
SPACE + u	Move cursor one window up
SPACE + e	Move cursor one window down

2.3 Resizing Different Windows

Use the arrow keys to resize the current window.

2.4 Closing Windows

Shortcut	Action
Q	Close the current window
SPACE q	Close the window below the current window. (The current window will be closed if there is no window below)

3 Tab Management

Shortcut	Action
t u	Create a new tab
t n	Go one tab left
t i	Go One tab right
t m n	Move tab left
t m i	Move tab right

4 Terminal Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl n	Escape from terminal input mode

Plugins Keybindings (Screenshots/GIF provided!)

AutoCompletion

COC (AutoCompletion)

Shortcut	Action
Space y	Get yank history list
gd	Go to definition
gr	List references
gi	List implementation
gy	Go to type definition
Space r n	Rename a variable

coc-snippets

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl e	Expand a snippet
Ctrl n	(in snippet) Previous Cursor position in snippet
Ctrl e	(in snippet) Next Cursor position in snippet

File Navigation

coc-explorer (file browser)

Shortcut	Action
tt	Open file browser
?	show help (in explorer)

rnvimr - file browser

• Make sure you have ranger installed

Press R to open Ranger (file selector)

And Within rnvimr (ranger), you can:

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl t	Open the file in a new tab
Ctrl x	Split up and down with the file
Ctrl v	Split left and right with the file

FZF - the fuzzy file finder

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl p	FZF Files
Ctrl u	Move up 1 item
Ctrl e	Move down 1 item
Ctrl w	FZF Buffers
Ctrl f	FZF Files' Content
Ctrl h	FZF Recent Files
Ctrl t	FZF Tags

xtabline (the fancy tab line)

Shortcut	What it creates
to	Cycle tab mode
\p	Show current path

Text Editing Plugins

vim-table-mode

Shortcut	Action
SPACE t m	Toggle table mode
SPACE t r	Realign table

See :help table-mode.txt for more.

Undotree

Shortcut	Action
Shift + L	Open Undotree
u	Newer Version
e	Older Version

vim-visual-multi

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+k	Select next key (multiple cursors)
q	Deselect the current keys (multiple cursors)
-	Select the previous key
=	Select the next key
Esc	Quit mutiple cursors

vim-surround

To add surround (string -> "string"):

string

press: yskw':

'string'

To change surround

'string'

press: cs'":

"string"

vim-subversive

New operator: s:

You can execute s<motion> to substitute the text object provided by the motion with the contents of the default register (or an explicit register if provided). For example, you could execute skw to replace the current word under the cursor with the current yank, or skp to replace the paragraph, etc.

vim-easy-align

Press ga + symbol in normal or visual mode to align text based on symbol

AutoFormat

Press \ f to format code

vim-markdown-toc (generate table of contents for markdown files)

In markdown files, type :Gen then tab, you'll see your options.

Navigation Within Buffer

Vista.vim

Press T to toggle function and variable list

Find and Replace

Far.vim - find and replace

Press SPACE f r to search in cwd.

Git Related

vim-gitgutter

Shortcut	Action
H	Show git hunk at current line
SPACE g -	Go to previous git hunk
SPACE g +	Go to next git hunk
SPACE g f	Fold everything except hunks

fzf-gitignore

Press Space g i to create a .gitignore file

Others

vim-calendar

Shortcut	Action
\ \	Show clock
\ c	Show calendar

Goyo - Work without distraction

Press g y to toggle Goyo

suda.vim

Forgot to sudo vim ...? Just do :sudowrite or :sw

coc-translator

Press ts to translate word under cursor.

Custom Snippets

Markdown

Shortcut	What it creates
,n	---
,b	Bold text
,s	sliced text
,i	italic text
,d	code block
,c	big block of code
,m	- [ ] check mark
,p	picture
,a	link
,1	# H1
,2	## H2
,3	### H3
,4	#### H4
,l	--------

,f to go to the next <++> (placeholder)

,w to go to the next <++> (placeholder) and then press Enter for you

Some Weird Stuff

Press tx and enter your text

tx Hello<Enter>

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Customized Vertical Cursor Movement

This NeoVim configuration includes a customized vertical cursor movement tailored for Colemak users. It can be located in cursor.vim, and it serves as an alternative to the "number + up/down" key combination.

In order to move the cursor up x lines, press the [ key, and treat the middle row of the Colemak keyboard layout ("arstdhneio") as number 1 to 0. Press the numbers that you'd like your cursor to move (x) and press the space bar.

To move the cursor down, press the ' key instead of the [ key, and the rest would be the same.

Example:

Shortcut	Action
[ a o o SPACE	Move the cursor up 100 lines
' a r s SPACE	Move the cursor down 123 lines
[ d o SPACE	Move the cursor up 50 lines

Note: As of now, you may only move vertically up to 199 lines with this key configuration!