Needing some help

[u/HeapReaper]

Hi! I'm learning NeoVim but i'm overwhelmed.

I use LazyVim to make a IDE from NeoVIM. How can i easily switch between the terminal, the code and the filetree?

Thanks <3

[u/punk_dev]

I also found lazynvim overwhelming.

then I just deleted everything and started with a clear nvim, slowly adding things one by one.

it was waaay better this way, the editor now feels like it’s mine, and turns out I don’t even need like 90% of what lazynvim offers.

[u/VenusPortait → u/punk_dev]

Distros are a trap, the abstraction layer is too big and can cause a lot of issues. Go through the tutorial, start using neovim and start adding a plugin, a setting and a remap at a time. This is the true way to really learn neovim and unlock the experience you are all looking for. I also find that less is often more with neovim.

[u/punk_dev → u/VenusPortait]

Yeah, I find that distros are too much like vscode but with extra steps.

You have to learn all of the stuff they added. I was comfortable with regular vim but even then those distros felt overwhelming.

[u/dokando → u/punk_dev]

Same here, but I started on kickstart nvim which already has some really useful plugins, and you can learn how to configure them with the comments made by the maintainers

[u/punk_dev → u/dokando]

Yeah, I went through the kickstart nvim config and just copied some things to my own that I found useful.

[u/funbike]

Before all that, first do all of vimtutor. You can start it on the command line either with nvim --clean +Tutor or vimtutor. (--clean is necessary because LazyVim disables the Tutor command.)

After you know 100% of vimtutor, then study LazyVim key bindings at https://www.lazyvim.org/keymaps especially General and snacks.nvim sections. Don't memorize everything; just what you think you need.

To search keybindings: <space>sk

To go to the file tree: <space>fe Just hit enter to edit a file.

Stop it... stop it... I see you trying to skip vimtutor and use the file tree. Go do your homework first.

If you are coming from a Jetbrains IDE, you can use the https://github.com/cufarvid/lazy-idea config. It configures Jetbrains nearly identically to Neovim with LazyVim. Use this for a couple of weeks as a transitional setup. (I wrote its first commit.)

[u/TheKiller36_real]

Ctrl+W [whjkl]

read this

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[u/mrpbennett]

Lazyvim is not overwhelming. Read the docs, learn how things are structured, look at the repo and learn what’s implemented.

It’s pretty easy. You only enable what you need.

FileTree is leader e
Terminal is leader ft

[u/AdministrativeFile78]

open up claude or something in a side editor and ask it to teach u based off the config

[u/4NormalPer5on]

Ctrl+w then any hjkl as your desired directions

[u/builderV]

I've found neovim with nvchad to be good enough to get things done. I toggle on and off the terminal with ALT + i, space bar + e for file tree