My Neovim Configuration

Introduction

This is a fork of nvim-lua/kickstart.nvim and kickstart-modular.nvim.

Installation

Install Neovim

'stable' and latest 'nightly' of Neovim.

Install External Dependencies

External Requirements:

• Basic utils: git, make, unzip, C Compiler (gcc)
• ripgrep
• Clipboard tool (xclip/xsel/win32yank or other depending on platform)
• A Nerd Font: optional, provides various icons
  • if you have it set vim.g.have_nerd_font in init.lua to true
• Language Setup:
  • If want to write Typescript, you need npm
  • If want to write Golang, you will need go
  • etc.

NOTE See Install Recipes for additional Windows and Linux specific notes and quick install snippets

Install Kickstart

Neovim's configurations are located under the following paths, depending on your OS:

OS	PATH
Linux, MacOS	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvim, ~/.config/nvim
Windows (cmd)	%userprofile%\AppData\Local\nvim\
Windows (powershell)	$env:USERPROFILE\AppData\Local\nvim\

Key Confgurations

Karabiner Configuration

{
    "description": "Caps Lock to Esc, Long Press is Left Control",
    "manipulators": [
        {
            "from": {
                "key_code": "caps_lock",
                "modifiers": {
                    "optional": [
                        "any"
                    ]
                }
            },
            "to": [
                {
                    "key_code": "left_control"
                }
            ],
            "to_if_alone": [
                {
                    "key_code": "escape"
                }
            ],
            "type": "basic"
        }
    ]
}

AutoHotKey Configuration

Persistent
InstallKeybdHook

SetTitleMatchMode 2
SetTimer DisableCaps, 100

; Disables CapsLock when WezTerm is active
DisableCaps()
{
    if WinActive("ahk_exe wezterm-gui.exe")
    {
        SetCapsLockState "AlwaysOff"
    }
    else
    {
        SetCapsLockState GetKeyState("CapsLock", "T")
    }
}

; If CapsLock is pressed on its own, it works like Escape.
; If it is held down, it functions like Left Control.
#HotIf WinActive("ahk_exe wezterm-gui.exe")
Capslock::
{
    Send "{LControl Down}"
    KeyWait "CapsLock"
    Send "{LControl Up}"
    if ( A_PriorKey = "CapsLock" )
    {
        Send "{Esc}"
    }
    return
}