RIrickstanley·Oct 25, 2021
In Lua backed completion engine for NeovimLunarVim
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LunarVim / LunarVim
LunarVim
🌙 LunarVim is an IDE layer for Neovim. Completely free and community driven.
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What it is
🌙 LunarVim is an IDE layer for Neovim. Completely free and community driven.
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Where it is used
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I can't comment on any implementation details, but at least with LunarVim (which I use for daily coding), a slowdown when interacting with LSP is very noticeable. Some others…
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- nvchad/nvchad · linked in 3 of the same discussions
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| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
7 sourcesI too had some fun getting a nice neovim setup going but in the end I just wanted to get work done instead.
I settled on https://github.com/LunarVim/LunarVim and then I customize my lv-config.lua with the extra pluggins/settings I want.
I really like 99% of everything with VSCode except, 1) it kills my CPU and 2) the terminal experience is terrible. I spend all day in a shell and I want to move around quickly.
In NvChad: An attempt to make Neovim TUI as functional as an IDESimilar projects:
LunarVim https://github.com/lunarvim/lunarvim
Doom Nvim https://github.com/NTBBloodbath/doom-nvim
In NvChad: An attempt to make Neovim TUI as functional as an IDENeovim is great. I've moved from a very large custom vim setup to a slightly modified LunarVim [1] config (requires Neovim 0.5+), which takes full advantage of tree-sitter and LSP. Loving it so far.
[1] https://github.com/ChristianChiarulli/LunarVim
In Neovim v0.5LunarVim: A Neovim config made with sane defaults https://github.com/ChristianChiarulli/LunarVim
LunarVim will be like Spacemacs/Doom Emacs/SpaceVim, but for neovim. A distribution of useful neovim packages with sane defaults.
This project is still at its early stage and many things change rapidly. You currently cannot easily keep your custom changes in sync with LunarVim, but support for this feature is on the way.
In a few months this project should be stable enough for typical users.
In Neovim v0.5Just this morning I upgraded to NeoVim 0.5 and set up TreeSitter and LSP with Lunar. I haven't had much time to play with it today, but it's looking good so far. https://github.com/ChristianChiarulli/LunarVim
In Helix: a post-modern modal text editorI’ve found lunarvim to be another good config baseline: https://github.com/ChristianChiarulli/LunarVim
Explained here: https://youtu.be/Qm864kVxAss
In Telescope.nvim: Find, Filter, Preview, Pick