Make sure you are showing hidden files in your file manager or terminal.Д«efore we get into more complex things like extensions and their settings, let's stick to the basics.

Remember that files starting with '.' are hidden by default on Unix systems (Linux, BSDs and macOS). If these files/directories do not exist in your home folder, just create them manually. The name and location will vary depending on whether you use Vim or Neovim: To keep these settings saved, just write these commands in a file in your user folder. The problem with this is that these commands will have to be repeated each time you reopen the program. Try opening an instance of Vim/Neovim now and type :set number, you'll notice that the line numbers will appear on the side. These can be tested with the command :set. I'm aware that there are more modern ways to do this, but I prefer to keep my settings concise.ДЄt the end of this guide, you will not have a tangle of files and directories, as you may have seen elsewhere, but rather a single file, just enough for comfortable use.ДЄs with most software, there is a way to edit options and preferences. I have no experience with Lua, and at the moment I have no plans on learning the language just to configure the application. Here I will use the last one, as it works for both Vim and Neovim.

There are two ways to configure it: using the Lua language, or VimScript, created for Vim. Therefore, my configuration supports these technologies.ДЄs you can imagine, Neovim is configured by text files. The programming languages I use in my daily life are JavaScript (JSX and TypeScript), CSS, Sass and lately I'm studying Python, too. However, it does not come with plugins or nice looks by default. In the last few articles, I commented on why I adopted Neovim as my main editor and went through the basics for using the program.

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