Neovim Configuration Skill

Configure Neovim 0.12+ with a focus on built-in features and minimal plugins.

Philosophy

• •Minimize plugins - Prefer built-in Neovim features over plugins
• •Use vim.pack - Native package manager instead of lazy.nvim
• •LSP-first - Use built-in LSP for completions, diagnostics, folding
• •Treesitter - For syntax highlighting and text objects

Neovim 0.12 Features

• •vim.pack.add() - Native plugin management
• •vim.lsp.foldexpr() - LSP-based folding
• •vim.lsp.completion.enable() - Built-in completion
• •vim.lsp.semantic_tokens.enable(true, { bufnr = bufnr }) - Semantic highlighting

Config Structure

• •~/.config/nvim/init.lua - Main config
• •~/.config/nvim/ftplugin/ - Filetype-specific configs
• •~/.config/nvim/lua/ - Custom Lua modules

Documentation Access

Use ~/bin/nvim-doc.sh to fetch Neovim 0.12 documentation:

~/bin/nvim-doc.sh news      # What's new in 0.12
~/bin/nvim-doc.sh lsp       # LSP documentation
~/bin/nvim-doc.sh treesitter

Current Plugins (via vim.pack)

• •nvim-lspconfig
• •nvim-treesitter
• •conform.nvim (formatting)
• •fzf-lua
• •oil.nvim (file explorer)
• •aerial.nvim (outline)

LSP Settings

• •Rust: rust-analyzer with check.command = "clippy"
• •Folding: vim.lsp.foldexpr() for LSP-capable languages

Best Practices

• •Check if a feature exists in Neovim 0.12 before suggesting a plugin
• •Use ftplugin/ for language-specific settings
• •Snippets go in LSP server config (e.g., rust-analyzer snippets)