Getting Started

Create a configuration file (different locations for windows/unix)
https://neovim.io/doc/user/starting/#init.lua
nvim $VIMRUNTIME/example_init.lua

Create our init.lua file https://neovim.io/doc/user/lua-guide.html#lua-guide-config

1. Check if one is already exists

   $ :echo stdpath('config')
   

2. Install lazy.vim our package manager
   • custom theme settings for nvim
3. Add to init file: github.com/ab12gu/dotfiles/tree/master/vim
   Commands Docs: neovim.io/doc/user/lua-guide/#lua-guide-vim-commands

   # vim script
   $ :colorscheme (torte)
   
   # Lua Script
   $ vim.cmd("colorscheme torte") 
   $ vim.o.number = true
   

4. Add plugins

   Treesitter # fancier syntax highlighting (cause some files aren't supported in nvim by default)
   telescope.nvim
   

How to port .vimrc to init.lua

Create an init.lua file in ~/.config/nvim/

For vim, you use the :set command, which in Lua is vim.o

vim.o.number = true -- in init.lua
:vim.o.number -- directly in nvim

To use other vim functions in lua

vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "LineNr", { ctermfg = "LightBlue", })

The vim.cmd runs vimscript rather than lua in-built functions, so its slower

vim.cmd("colorscheme elflord")
vim.cmd.colorscheme(elflord) -- same as above