Getting Started¶

Prerequisites¶

Vim 8.2+ (or Neovim 0.8+)
Git, curl
A Nerd Font for icons (recommended: JetBrainsMono Nerd Font)

Installation¶

# Clone as your .vim directory
cd ~
git clone https://github.com/GauravAgarwalGarg/dotvim.git .vim

# Run the installer
cd ~/.vim
chmod +x install.sh
./install.sh

The installer handles:

vim-plug (plugin manager)
All plugins downloaded
External tools: fzf, ripgrep, bat
Symlinks ~/.vimrc → ~/.vim/vimrc
Persistent undo directory

First Launch¶

vim

On first open, plugins will auto-install. Wait for it to finish.

Installing Language Servers¶

Open any source file and run:

:LspInstallServer

This auto-detects the filetype and installs the correct LSP server:

Language	Server	Command
C/C++	clangd	`:LspInstallServer` in `.c`/`.cpp`
Python	pyright	`:LspInstallServer` in `.py`
Go	gopls	`:LspInstallServer` in `.go`
Rust	rust-analyzer	`:LspInstallServer` in `.rs`
JavaScript/TS	typescript-language-server	`:LspInstallServer` in `.js`/`.ts`
Bash	bash-language-server	`:LspInstallServer` in `.sh`
YAML	yaml-language-server	`:LspInstallServer` in `.yaml`
LaTeX	texlab	`:LspInstallServer` in `.tex`
HTML	vscode-html-language-server	`:LspInstallServer` in `.html`
JSON	vscode-json-language-server	`:LspInstallServer` in `.json`
Dockerfile	dockerfile-language-server	`:LspInstallServer` in `Dockerfile`
Terraform	terraform-ls	`:LspInstallServer` in `.tf`
CMake	cmake-language-server	`:LspInstallServer` in `CMakeLists.txt`

Updating¶

cd ~/.vim
git pull
vim +PlugUpdate +qa

Uninstalling¶

rm -rf ~/.vim ~/.vimrc