Just discovered Neovim today. I can't believe how much I've been missing out!
- Exactly like VIM, but faster
- Better performances
- Works out-of-the-box with my extensive VIM configuration
- Installation and configuration was a breeze, don't need to change anything
- Did I mention that it was faster?
And obviously it's free and open-source.
Here's a quick installation guide if you want to get started: just copy-paste this in ~/.config/nvim/init.vim
set runtimepath^=~/.vim runtimepath+=~/.vim/after
let &packpath = &runtimepath
source ~/.vimrc
This will make Neovim pick up your current VIM config. So if you end up not liking Neovim for some reason, your VIM config is still intact. You can even have both installed at the same time.
So, why aren't you on Neovim yet?
Why not? Because I don't understand the configuration, to be honest. I've tried it and it's too much like magic, and the things that are supposed to be great about it fall into precisely three camps:
So it's a learning curve for no benefit. I might try again sometime I have a weekend to play around.
EDIT: I just installed it, aliased it to
vim
and used your configuration snippet (though my .vimrc is actually ~/.vim/vimrc but that's a niggle).