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Neovim, or nvim is a re-written vim implementation. It is significantly faster than the vanilla fork, and has become my default editor.
Neovim, or nvim is a re-written vim implementation. It is significantly faster than the vanilla fork, and has become my default editor.
== Installation ==
For Arch Linux, Install <code>neovim</code>, <code>python-pynvim</code> from Pacman and <code>neovim-plug-git</code> from AUR.
Nvim provides a appimage that can be used when installing non-system package is not allowed: [[https://github.com/neovim/neovim/wiki/Installing-Neovim Installing Neovim]]
I use [https://github.com/hbsnmyj/neoroedeer neoroedeer] for configuration. Link the init file to ~/.config/nvim/init.vim. Run <code>:PlugInstall</code> to install the plugins.


== Usage ==
== Usage ==
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See [https://github.com/jlfwong/vim-mercenary Mercenary]
See [https://github.com/jlfwong/vim-mercenary Mercenary]
=== Markdown ===
Install [https://github.com/iamcco/markdown-preview.nvim Markdown Preview].
Use <code>:MarkdownPreview</code> to start the preview engine.
=== Vimline ===
When writing text-based files, I use the following vim line to make vim break lines automatically.
<syntaxhighlight>
vim: set tw=78 spell indentexpr=
</syntaxhighlight>
Use <code>gq<location></code> to perform a reformatting operation.