Nvim

Nvim:help pages,generated fromsource using thetree-sitter-vimdoc parser.

Nvim is based on Vim by Bram Moolenaar. Nvim is emphatically a fork of Vim,not a clone: compatibility with Vim (especially editor and Vimscript features,exceptVim9script) is maintained where possible. Seevim-differences forthe complete reference.

If you already use Vim, seenvim-from-vim for a quickstart.

If you have never used Vim or Nvim before, see below.

What now?nvim-quickstart

To learn how to use Vim in 30 minutes, try the tutorial:

:Tutor<Enter>

Or watch this 10-minute video:https://youtu.be/TQn2hJeHQbM .

To customize Nvim, you will need a config file. Create yourinit.lua bycopying the "example_init.lua" file:

:exe 'edit' stdpath('config') .. '/init.lua':read $VIMRUNTIME/example_init.lua

Seelua-guide for practical notes on using Lua to configure Nvim.

"IDE" features in Nvim are provided byLSP.

If you are just trying out Nvim for a few minutes, and want to see theextremes of what it can do, try one of these popular "extension packs" or"distributions" (Note: Nvim is not affiliated with these projects, and doesnot support them):

lazyvimhttps://www.lazyvim.org/

nvchadhttps://nvchad.com/

kickstarthttps://github.com/nvim-lua/kickstart.nvim

Not recommended; use$VIMRUNTIME/example_init.lua instead.

However, we recommend (eventually) taking time to learn Nvim from its stockconfiguration, and incrementally setting options and adding plugins to yourconfig as you discover a need.

Transitioning from Vimnvim-from-vim

1. To start the transition, create yourinit.vim (user config) file:

:exe 'edit '.stdpath('config').'/init.vim':write ++p

2. Add these contents to the file:

set runtimepath^=~/.vim runtimepath+=~/.vim/afterlet &packpath = &runtimepathsource ~/.vimrc

3. Restart Nvim, your existing Vim config will be loaded.

:restart

Seeprovider-python andprovider-clipboard for additional software youmight need to use some features.

Your Vim configuration might not be entirely Nvim-compatible (seevim-differences). For example the'ttymouse' option was removed from Nvim,because mouse support is always enabled if possible. If you use the samevimrc for Vim and Nvim you could guard'ttymouse' in your configurationlike so:

if !has('nvim')    set ttymouse=xterm2endif

And for Nvim-specific configuration, you can do this:

if has('nvim')    tnoremap <Esc> <C-\><C-n>endif

For a more granular approach useexists():

if exists(':tnoremap')    tnoremap <Esc> <C-\><C-n>endif

Now you should be able to explore Nvim more comfortably. Checknvim-featuresfor more information.

portable-config
Because Nvim follows the XDGbase-directories standard, configuration onWindows is stored in ~/AppData instead of ~/.config. But you can still sharethe same Nvim configuration on all of your machines, by creating~/AppData/Local/nvim/init.vim containing just this line:

source ~/.config/nvim/init.vim

Transitioning from Vim

Movatterモバイル変換

Nvim

What now?nvim-quickstart

Transitioning from Vimnvim-from-vim