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https://spacevim.org/ is also good alternative , it is basically vim/neovim sensible plugins pre-configured with smaller config file and simpler management.


There are many of these distributions and I recommend them to people new to Vim because they can get a good out-of-the-box experience.

However after some time you probably want to configure your own and only include what you truly need. For this a good solution is to just adapt https://github.com/LunarVim/nvim-basic-ide to your liking. This is made by the author(s) of LunarVim.



+1 to LunarVim, I use it daily. It has sensible default shortcuts and plugins. I think I have configured maybe 2 things in the last few years.


I suggest that everyone go through this journey before using Neovim: https://www.chrisatmachine.com (so you can understand how and why something works, and also fine-tune your setup). Chrisatmachine's setup as for me looks similar to AstroVim.


Oh this feels like spacemacs I already use evil mode spacemacs I think the most important feature is org mode but maybe I’ll play with spacevim over the holidays!


Thank you, that's just what I was looking for!


astrovim is really good as well




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