darkcloud-nvimconfig

A theme, config and collection of plugins for Neovim

Requirements

• Neovim: neovim is a hard dependency
• Bash: Required by the update script
• Coreutils: Required by the update script
• Git: Required by the update script and git-related plugins

Optional Requirements

• Powerline Fonts: Required to enable the fancier looking status line
• Universal CTags: Required by vim-gutentags and vista, and optional for nvim-cmp
• Compilers, Linters and Runtimes: The ale plugin can use compilers, linters and runtimes to provide real-time syntax checking
• Tree-sitter CLI: Required to enable treesitter support

Distribution Features

• Default Configuration: A complete set of defaults, focusing on the most modern settings that still provide a compatible experience
• Custom theme: An original colour scheme with explicit values set to optimize the look of individual file types
• Key Bindings/Aliases: A set of bindings and aliases defined to group similar features and provide numerous (and sometimes more familiar) ways to access options
• Plugins: A set of plugins have been included and configured to provide support for most normally-unsupported file types, and a set of features useful when using Vim as an editor
• Custom Configuration: A second vimrc and bundle folder are included that aren't maintained as part of the repo, making custom plugins and configuration easy to add

Installation

1. Clone the darkcloud-nvimconfig repo and run the update script
2. Add source /path/to/darkcloud-nvimconfig/init.vim to your neovim init

Configuration

• Configure Variables: The following variables can be added to local/user.vim and have their values set to the values you require:
  • g:autostartchecker: 1 = Enable the syntax checker when a file is opened | 0 = Check syntax only after being toggled on (default: 0)
  • g:enabletreesitter: 1 = Use treesitter for compatible files | 0 = Keep treesitter disabled (default: 0)
  • g:enablecompletion: 1 = Enable autocompletion | 0 = Disable autocompletion (default: 0)
  • g:enableautotags: 1 = Automatically generate tags files | 0 = Disable tag generation (default: 0)
  • g:enablepowerline: 1 = Render the status line using characters that require powerline-patched fonts | 0 = Render the status line with characters that work with all fonts (default: 0)
• Custom Plugins: Pathogen compatible plugins can be cloned or extracted to local/bundle/, or a folder named bundle in any of the folders in the runtimepath
• Update Script: (requires: bash+git) Use the update script to update the project and submodules, as well as handle any required maintenance

Mappings

Mouse

Binding	Mode	Action
(Ctrl|Alt|Shift)+ScrollUp	ALL	Scroll left a few characters at a time
(Ctrl|Alt|Shift)+ScrollDown	ALL	Scroll right a few characters at a time
MiddleClick	ALL	Select between the cursor and the mouse
Ctrl+LeftClick	ALL	Select between the cursor and the mouse
Alt+LeftClick	ALL	Select the line at the mouse
Ctrl+Alt+LeftClick	ALL	Select the paragraph at the mouse
Ctrl+RightClick	ALL	Copy selection or character under the cursor
Ctrl+MiddleClick	ALL	Copy selection or character under the cursor
Alt+RightClick	ALL	Cut selection or character under the cursor
Alt+MiddleClick	ALL	Cut selection or character under the cursor
Ctrl+Alt+RightClick	ALL	Paste at the cursor
Ctrl+Alt+MiddleClick	ALL	Paste at the cursor
Shift+MiddleClick	ALL	Paste the contents of the xorg buffer

Keyboard

A more complete list of key bindings exists at the top of vim/config/keyboard.vim

Sidebars

Binding	Mode	Action
F11 or Leader+[	N	Toggle git history for the current file
F12 or Leader+]	N	Toggle the vista symbol and tag sidebar
Leader+Leader	N	Toggle the location list for ale issues

Toggles

Binding	Mode	Action
`	N	Toggle gutter (left bar with line numbers, etc)
~	N	Toggle code the code folding sidebar
F1	ALL	Toggle line wrapping
F2	ALL	Toggle highlighting of spelling mistakes
F3	ALL	Toggle external-paste mode
F4	ALL	Toggle source code syntax checking

Spell Check

Binding	Mode	Action
?+	N	Add the selected word to the local dictionary
??	N	Show spelling suggestions for selected word
?N	N	Go to the next spelling mistake
?P	N	Go to the previous spelling mistake

Fixing and Formatting

Binding	Mode	Action
Leader+J	N+V	Format line/selected lines to a max width of the textwidth
Leader+f	N+V	Format document/selection alignment using Vim syntax
Leader+F	N	Fix document with available ale fixers
Leader+t	N	Convert all tabs into spaces and continue session with spaces
Leader+T	N	Convert all spaces into tabs and continue session with tabs
Leader+w	N	Remove all trailing whitespace

Complete Reference

For a complete list of mappings specific to darkcloud-nvimconfig, check the list in the comments at the top of vim/config/keyboard.vim and the various plugin configs.

Plugins

• ale: Asynchronous Lint Engine
• Comment.nvim: Smart and Powerful commenting plugin for neovim
• lightline.vim: A light and configurable statusline/tabline plugin for Vim
  • lightline-ale: Provides ALE indicator for the lightline vim plugin
• nvim-cmp: A completion engine plugin for neovim written in Lua
  • cmp-async-path: Async file system path source for nvim-cmp
  • cmp-buffer: Buffer words source for nvim-cmp
  • cmp-nvim-tags: Tags source for nvim-cmp
  • cmp-omni: Omnifunc source for cmp-nvim
  • cmp-snippy: Nvim-snippy completion source for nvim-cmp
  • cmp-treesitter: Treesitter source for nvim-cmp
  • nvim-snippy: Snippet plugin for Neovim written in Lua
  • vim-snippets: Snippets files for various programming languages
• nvim-surround: Add/change/delete surrounding delimiter pairs with ease
• nvim-treesitter: Treesitter configurations and abstraction layer for Neovim
  • nvim-ts-context-commentstring: A Neovim plugin for setting the commentstring option based on the cursor location in the file. The location is checked via treesitter queries.
• qf.nvim: Extends the default quickfix and location lists for neovim
• smartyank.nvim: An opinionated (yet customizable) yank
• splitjoin.vim: Simplifies the transition between multi-line and single-line code
• tabular: Vim script for text filtering and alignment
• vim-fugitive: A wrapper integrating git into vim in such a way as to provide features neither of them could offer on their own
• vim-gutentags: A plugin that takes care of the much needed management of tags files in Vim
• vim-matchup: A plugin that lets you highlight, navigate, and operate on sets of matching text. It extends vim's % key to language-specific words instead of just single characters
• vim-move: Provides a few convenient ways to move selected text
• vim-pathogen: A plugin to load other plugins while keeping them isolated in their own directory structure rather than all dumped together
• vim-polyglot-darkcloud: The darkcloud-nvimconfig fork of a meta-package that attempts to provide the best syntax plugins for each file type
• vim-signify: When a version controlled file is changed, this displays a column showing where and how, and allows for navigation to and between differences
• vim-trailing-whitespace: Highlights and allows for the easy removal of trailing whitespace in documents
• vista.vim: Viewer & Finder for LSP symbols and tags

Credits

• By Kevin MacMartin: GitHub Projects | Arch Linux AUR Packages