vimfiles

Diego’s Vim / Neovim Configuration

A portable, modular Vim and Neovim configuration optimized for macOS and Linux.

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Supported Environments

• Editors: Neovim (primary) and Vim
• Operating Systems: macOS and Linux (Windows/WSL is not supported)
• Clipboard: Native +clipboard on macOS; uses xsel on Linux

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Prerequisites

Required tools (validated via make check):

• nvim (or vim)
• python3
• ctags (Universal Ctags)
• node, yarn, and npm
• gopls

Optional language servers (configured in coc-settings.json): solargraph (Ruby), bash-language-server (Bash).

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Installation

Automated

curl https://vimfiles.diegolemos.net/install | bash

Manual

git clone git@github.com:dlresende/vimfiles.git ~/.vim
cd ~/.vim
make install

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Keybindings & Cheat Sheet

The leader key is , (let mapleader=",").

The full, auto-generated shortcut reference is maintained on the Project Wiki.

To export or view the cheat sheet locally, run:

make docs

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Layout

vimrc acts as a dispatcher that sources configuration in the following order (note that load order is significant):

1. config/plug.vim — plugin declarations (vim-plug). Must come first.
2. config/plugin/* — per-plugin configurations.
3. config/basic.vim — general editor settings.
4. config/bindings.vim — global key mappings.
5. config/bindings/*.vim — per-plugin key mappings.

Because config/bindings.vim is sourced after plugins load, a mapping defined there silently overrides a plugin’s own default mapping.

Other entry points:

• coc-settings.json — language server configurations
• ftplugin/*.vim — filetype-specific settings
• Makefile — setup, dependency checks, test targets, and doc generation

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Testing

To verify the setup locally:

make check      # verify required tools are present on PATH
make install    # symlink configuration, install/update plugins
make test-nvim  # run smoke tests and checkhealth in Neovim
make test-vim   # run smoke tests in Vim
make test       # run all tests

CI (.github/workflows/ci.yml) runs the Neovim and Vim test suites in parallel on pull requests.

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