Neovim on Windows ​

Setting up the same Neovim environment on Windows. Bye VSCode 😃

Requirement ​

Make sure you have zig installed. This is the easiest way to get a compatible C compiler.

Installation ​

1. Download pre-built binary for Windows from https://github.com/neovim/neovim/wiki/Installing-Neovim

   TIP

   Either the zip or msi work. Pick the one you like

2. Add the nvim directory to PATH
3. Set aliases in powershell
   powershell

   notepad $Profile

   notepad $Profile

   Add the following. Replace the path with the path to bin directory of the neovim installation

   # Neovim
   $env:HOME = $env:USERPROFILE
   Set-Alias vim nvim
   Set-Alias vi nvim

   # Neovim
   $env:HOME = $env:USERPROFILE
   Set-Alias vim nvim
   Set-Alias vi nvim

4. Reload powershell and you should be able to run nvim

Packer ​

git clone https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\nvim-data\site\pack\packer\start\packer.nvim"

git clone https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\nvim-data\site\pack\packer\start\packer.nvim"

Config ​

1. Download the config files
   powershell

   Invoke-WebRequest https://vmsetup.pistonite.org/dl-nvim-config.py -OutFile dl-nvim-config.py
   python dl-nvim-config.py
   Remove-Item dl-nvim-config.py

   Invoke-WebRequest https://vmsetup.pistonite.org/dl-nvim-config.py -OutFile dl-nvim-config.py
   python dl-nvim-config.py
   Remove-Item dl-nvim-config.py

2. Start nvim. Follow the normal nvim setup from now on