---
title: NeoVim
aliases:
  - Nvim
  - Vim
compartir: true
---

NeoVim is a fork of Vim focused on extensibility and usability. This is my short reference guide as I learn to use it.

## Links

[Dotfiles](https://github.com/semanticdata/dotfiles) – [Website](https://neovim.io/) – [Documentation](https://neovim.io/doc/)

## Useful Commands

**Sync from CLI** → `nvim --headless "+Lazy! sync" +qa`

## Keybindings

| Key Combination            | Command                                        |
| -------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| `<leader>`                 | `<space>`                                      |
| **Unsorted**               |
| `<leader>h`                | `^`                                            |
| `<leader>l`                | `g_`                                           |
| `<leader>a`                | `:keepjumps normal! ggVG<cr>`                  |
| `gy`                       | `"+y`                                          |
| `gp`                       | `"+p`                                          |
| `x`                        | `"_x`                                          |
| `<leader>e`                | `<cmd>NvimTreeToggle<cr>`                      |
| **Commands**               |
| `<leader>w`                | `<cmd>write<cr>`                               |
| `<leader>bq`               | `<cmd>bdelete<cr>`                             |
| `<leader>bl`               | `<cmd>buffer #<cr>`                            |
| `<F2>`                     | `<cmd>Lexplore<cr>`                            |
| `<space><space>`           | `<F2>`                                         |
| **Telescope**              |
| `<leader><space>`          | `<cmd>Telescope buffers<cr>`                   |
| `<leader>?`                | `<cmd>Telescope oldfiles<cr>`                  |
| `<leader>ff`               | `<cmd>Telescope find_files<cr>`                |
| `<leader>fg`               | `<cmd>Telescope live_grep<cr>`                 |
| `<leader>fd`               | `<cmd>Telescope diagnostics<cr>`               |
| `<leader>fs`               | `<cmd>Telescope current_buffer_fuzzy_find<cr>` |
| **Telescope (builtin)**    |
| `<leader>ff`               | `builtin.find_files, {}`                       |
| `<leader>fg`               | `builtin.live_grep, {}`                        |
| `<leader>fb`               | `builtin.buffers, {}`                          |
| `<leader>fh`               | `builtin.help_tags, {}`                        |
| **Normal Mode**            |
| `<C-q>`                    | `:q!<CR>`                                      |
| `<F4>`                     | `:bd<CR>`                                      |
| **Moving Vertically**      |
| `<C-d>`                    | `<C-d>zz`                                      |
| `<C-u>`                    | `<C-u>zz`                                      |
| `n`                        | `nzzzv`                                        |
| `N`                        | `Nzzzv`                                        |
| **Tab Navigation**         |
| `<S-Tab>`                  | `gT`                                           |
| `<Tab>`                    | `gt`                                           |
| `<silent <S-t>`            | `:tabnew<CR>`                                  |
| **Pane/Window Navigation** |
| `<C-h>`                    | `<C-w>h`                                       |
| `<C-j>`                    | `<C-w>j`                                       |
| `<C-k>`                    | `<C-w>k`                                       |
| `<C-l>`                    | `<C-w>l`                                       |
| `<C-left>`                 | `<C-w>h`                                       |
| `<C-down>`                 | `<C-w>j`                                       |
| `<C-up>`                   | `<C-w>k`                                       |
| `<C-right>`                | `<C-w>l`                                       |
| **Terminal**               |
| `<A-t>`                    | `:sp term://pwsh<cr>i`                         |
| `tv`                       | `:lcd %:p:h<CR>:vsp term://pwsh<CR>i`          |
| `th`                       | `:lcd %:p:h<CR>:sp term://pwsh<CR>i`           |
| `<Esc>`                    | `<C-\\><C-n>`                                  |
| `:q!`                      | `<C-\\><C-n>:q!<CR>`                           |

## Plugins

| Author/Plugin | Description |
| --- | --- |
| [akinsho/bufferline.nvim](https://github.com/akinsho/bufferline.nvim) | A snazzy bufferline for Neovim. |
| [akinsho/toggleterm.nvim](https://github.com/akinsho/toggleterm.nvim) | A neovim lua plugin to help easily manage multiple terminal windows. |
| [ap/vim-css-color](https://github.com/ap/vim-css-color) | Preview colours in source code while editing. |
| [editorconfig/editorconfig-vim](https://github.com/editorconfig/editorconfig-vim) | EditorConfig plugin for Vim. |
| [folke/tokyonight.nvim](https://github.com/folke/tokyonight.nvim) | Theme |
| [kyazdani42/nvim-tree.lua](https://github.com/kyazdani42/nvim-tree.lua) | A file explorer tree for neovim written in lua. |
| [kyazdani42/nvim-web-devicons](https://github.com/kyazdani42/nvim-web-devicons) | Lua "fork" of vim-web-devicons for neovim. |
| [lewis6991/gitsigns.nvim](https://github.com/lewis6991/gitsigns.nvim) | Git integration for buffers. |
| [lukas-reineke/indent-blankline.nvim](https://github.com/lukas-reineke/indent-blankline.nvim) | Indent guides for Neovim. |
| [numToStr/Comment.nvim](https://github.com/numToStr/Comment.nvim) | Smart and powerful comment plugin for neovim. |
| [nvim-lua/plenary.nvim](https://github.com/nvim-lua/plenary.nvim) | All the lua functions I [they] don't want to write twice. |
| [nvim-lualine/lualine.nvim](https://github.com/nvim-lualine/lualine.nvim) | neovim statusline plugin written in pure lua. |
| [nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim](https://github.com/nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim) | Find, Filter, Preview, Pick. All lua, all the time. |
| [nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter-textobjects](https://github.com/nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter-textobjects) | Syntax aware text-objects, select, move, swap, and peek support. |
| [nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter](https://github.com/nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter) | Nvim Treesitter configurations and abstraction layer. |
| [ThePrimeagen/vim-be-good](https://github.com/ThePrimeagen/vim-be-good) | Nvim plugin designed to make you better at Vim Movements. |
| [tpope/vim-fugitive](https://github.com/tpope/vim-fugitive) | A Git wrapper so awesome, it should be illegal. |
| [vim-telescope/telescope-fzf-native.nvim](https://github.com/nvim-telescope/telescope-fzf-native.nvim) | Find, Filter, Preview, Pick. All lua, all the time. |
| [wellle/targets.vim](https://github.com/wellle/targets.vim) | Vim plugin that provides additional text objects. |