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-# neovim-from-scratch
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+# Neovim from scratch
+
+## Try out this config
+
+Make sure to remove or move your current `nvim` directory
+
+```
+git clone git@github.com:ChristianChiarulli/Neovim-from-scratch.git ~/.config/nvim
+```
+
+Run `nvim` and wait for the plugins to be installed 
+
+**NOTE** (You will notice treesitter pulling in a bunch of parsers the next time you open Neovim) 
+
+
+each video will be associated with a branch so checkout the one you are interested in
+
+## Get healthy
+
+Open `nvim` and enter the following:
+
+```
+:checkhealth
+```
+
+You'll probably notice you don't have support for copy/paste also that python and node haven't been setup
+
+So let's fix that
+
+First we'll fix copy/paste
+
+- On mac `pbcopy` should be builtin
+
+- On Ubuntu
+
+  ```
+  sudo apt install xsel
+  ```
+
+- On Arch Linux
+
+  ```
+  sudo pacman -S xsel
+  ```
+
+Next we need to install python support (node is optional)
+
+- Neovim python support
+
+  ```
+  pip install pynvim
+  ```
+
+- Neovim node support
+
+  ```
+  npm i -g neovim
+  ```
diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
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+require "user.options"
+
+
diff --git a/lua/user/options.lua b/lua/user/options.lua
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+local options = {
+  backup = false,                          -- creates a backup file
+  clipboard = "unnamedplus",               -- allows neovim to access the system clipboard
+  cmdheight = 2,                           -- more space in the neovim command line for displaying messages
+  completeopt = { "menuone", "noselect" }, -- mostly just for cmp
+  conceallevel = 0,                        -- so that `` is visible in markdown files
+  fileencoding = "utf-8",                  -- the encoding written to a file
+  hlsearch = true,                         -- highlight all matches on previous search pattern
+  ignorecase = true,                       -- ignore case in search patterns
+  mouse = "a",                             -- allow the mouse to be used in neovim
+  pumheight = 10,                          -- pop up menu height
+  showmode = false,                        -- we don't need to see things like -- INSERT -- anymore
+  showtabline = 2,                         -- always show tabs
+  smartcase = true,                        -- smart case
+  smartindent = true,                      -- make indenting smarter again
+  splitbelow = true,                       -- force all horizontal splits to go below current window
+  splitright = true,                       -- force all vertical splits to go to the right of current window
+  swapfile = false,                        -- creates a swapfile
+  -- termguicolors = true,                    -- set term gui colors (most terminals support this)
+  timeoutlen = 1000,                        -- time to wait for a mapped sequence to complete (in milliseconds)
+  undofile = true,                         -- enable persistent undo
+  updatetime = 300,                        -- faster completion (4000ms default)
+  writebackup = false,                     -- if a file is being edited by another program (or was written to file while editing with another program), it is not allowed to be edited
+  expandtab = true,                        -- convert tabs to spaces
+  shiftwidth = 2,                          -- the number of spaces inserted for each indentation
+  tabstop = 2,                             -- insert 2 spaces for a tab
+  cursorline = true,                       -- highlight the current line
+  number = true,                           -- set numbered lines
+  relativenumber = false,                  -- set relative numbered lines
+  numberwidth = 4,                         -- set number column width to 2 {default 4}
+  signcolumn = "yes",                      -- always show the sign column, otherwise it would shift the text each time
+  wrap = false,                            -- display lines as one long line
+  scrolloff = 8,                           -- is one of my fav
+  sidescrolloff = 8,
+  guifont = "monospace:h17",               -- the font used in graphical neovim applications
+}
+
+vim.opt.shortmess:append "c"
+
+for k, v in pairs(options) do
+  vim.opt[k] = v
+end
+
+vim.cmd "set whichwrap+=<,>,[,],h,l"
+vim.cmd [[set iskeyword+=-]]
+vim.cmd [[set formatoptions-=cro]] -- TODO: this doesn't seem to work