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Neovim is a modal text editor forked off of Vim in 2014. Being modal means that you do not simply type text on screen, but the behavior and functionality of the editor changes entirely depending on the mode.

The most common and most used mode, the "normal mode" for Neovim is to essentially turn your keyboard in to hotkeys with which you can navigate and manipulate text. Several modes exist, but two other most common ones are "insert mode" where you type in text directly as if it was a traditional text editor, and "visual mode" where you select text.

Neovim seeks to enable further community participation in its development and to make drastic changes without turning it in to something that is "not Vim". Neovim also seeks to enable embedding the editor within GUI applications.

The Neovim logo by Jason Long is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.

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Neovim 💚 Fennel! (git.minimally.online)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://board.minimally.online/post/20318

I just recently discovered TIC-80 and then Fennel. I was already liking Lua but now I'm hooked on LISP!! Here's my Neovim config using lazy.nvim, all written in fennel thanks to hotpot

It's not marketed like one of those "template Neovim config repos" but it could be one of those if your heart desired. I based it loosely off kickstart.nvim.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This is a pretty cool project of yours! If you're really into writing and using LISP, I'd recommend trying out GNU Emacs (assuming you haven't given it a shot already).

I switched from NeoViM myself, and I found that maintaining an init.el file to be much easier than an init.lua or an init.vim.

Of course, I don't dislike NeoViM. I think it's a great editor with a bright future. I moved because I wanted a GUI editor, as well as a stable release cycle. I stuck around because I found ELisp both easy to read and write.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This is certainly the closest I've ever been to trying emacs... but for better or for worse I probably won't get around to even trying it until a decade from now and then just like LISP I'll probably think damn I should have tried this a decade ago.

I've got a few fennel projects to get to a good place and then I'm really excited to look into Lisp Flavored Erlang!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

If you're learning LISP languages, I'd recommend taking a look at these dialects:

Common Lisp
- The LISP according to ANSI.
Clojure
- Runs in the JVM.
GNU Guile
- Personal favorite!

It's great to see someone else learn LISP languages! I've found them to be both readable and useful, while most languages struggle to balance the two.