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authorJosh Rahm <joshuarahm@gmail.com>2025-02-05 23:09:29 +0000
committerJosh Rahm <joshuarahm@gmail.com>2025-02-05 23:09:29 +0000
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Nvim *nvim* *neovim* *nvim-intro*
-Nvim is based on Vim by Bram Moolenaar.
+Nvim is based on Vim by Bram Moolenaar. Nvim is emphatically a fork of Vim,
+not a clone: compatibility with Vim (especially editor and Vimscript features,
+except |Vim9script|) is maintained where possible. See |vim-differences| for
+the complete reference.
-If you already use Vim see |nvim-from-vim| for a quickstart.
-If you are new to Vim, try the 30-minute tutorial: >vim
+If you already use Vim, see |nvim-from-vim| for a quickstart. If you just
+installed Nvim and have never used it before, watch this 10-minute
+video: https://youtu.be/TQn2hJeHQbM .
- :Tutor<Enter>
-
-Nvim is emphatically a fork of Vim, not a clone: compatibility with Vim
-(especially editor and Vimscript features) is maintained where possible. See
-|vim-differences| for the complete reference of differences from Vim.
+To learn how to use Vim in 30 minutes, try the tutorial: >vim
+ :Tutor<Enter>
+<
Type |gO| to see the table of contents.
==============================================================================
-Transitioning from Vim *nvim-from-vim*
+Transitioning from Vim *nvim-from-vim*
1. To start the transition, create your |init.vim| (user config) file: >vim
@@ -71,4 +73,20 @@ the same Nvim configuration on all of your machines, by creating
source ~/.config/nvim/init.vim
==============================================================================
+What next? *nvim-quickstart*
+
+If you are just trying out Nvim for a few minutes, and want to see the
+extremes of what it can do, try one of these popular "extension packs" or
+"distributions" (Note: Nvim is not affiliated with these projects, and does
+not support them):
+
+- *kickstart* https://github.com/nvim-lua/kickstart.nvim
+- *lazyvim* https://www.lazyvim.org/
+- *nvchad* https://nvchad.com/
+
+However, in general, we recommend (eventually) taking time to learn Nvim from
+its stock configuration, and incrementally setting options and adding plugins
+to your |config| as you find an explicit need to do so.
+
+==============================================================================
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