I can’t live without these options:

set background=dark
set belloff=all
set complete-=i
set completeopt=menu,menuone,noselect
set cursorline
set hidden
set hlsearch
set incsearch
set number
set omnifunc=syntaxcomplete#Complete
set path+=.,,
set pumheight=12
set relativenumber
set showmode
set wildmenu
set wildmode=longest:full,full
set wildoptions=pum,tagfile

Use gx to open URLS or paths without Netrw :D

nnoremap gx :silent !xdg-open <cfile><CR>

Keep visual selection when shifting text

xnoremap < <gv
xnoremap > >gv

I use buffers more than tabs but these tab keymaps are convenient

nnoremap <leader>1 1gt<cr>
nnoremap <leader>2 2gt<cr>
nnoremap <leader>3 3gt<cr>
nnoremap <leader>4 4gt<cr>
nnoremap <leader>5 5gt<cr>
nnoremap <leader>6 6gt<cr>
nnoremap <leader>7 7gt<cr>
nnoremap <leader>8 8gt<cr>
nnoremap <leader>9 9gt<cr>
nnoremap <leader>t :tabnew<cr>
nnoremap <leader>x :tabclose<cr>

Use fzy to pick files :O

function! FzyCommand(choice_command, vim_command)
  try
    let output = system(a:choice_command . " | fzy ")
  catch /Vim:Interrupt/
    " Swallow errors from ^C, allow redraw! below
  endtry
  redraw!
  if v:shell_error == 0 && !empty(output)
    exec a:vim_command . ' ' . output
  endif
endfunction

nnoremap <leader>ff :call FzyCommand("fd", ":e")<cr>

My favorite plugins

• comment (comment package bundled with vim)
• vim-gitgutter (Git gutter markings and diff navigation)
• vim-mucomplete (automatic omnicompletion )
• vim-repeat (repeating actions)
• vim-surround (easily surrounding text)
• vim-unimpaired (several useful mappings, I use [<space> and ]<space> often to add lines)

I always like to remap Y to yank from current position to end of line, so it works just like D.

nnoremap Y y$

I’ll go first: For me incrementing search is a must-have.

Vim script:

set incsearch

Lua:

vim.opt.incsearch = true

Edit: Typo

Default line wraping with this options:

opt.linebreak = true

opt.breakindent = true

Makes writing and reading notes a lot better. Don’t know about coding tho, some people don’t like it but for me it’s a killer feature.

I quite like the relativenumber option (paired with the number option), because I’m terrible at being able to use numbered motions without it.

I’m not sure what my favorite plugin would be (so many to choose from!), but my favorite Neovim color scheme has been “GitHub Dark Tritanopia” from the github-nvim-theme package.

Oh, and for another favorite tweak of mine, I always have vnoremap $ g_ set so that using $ doesn’t copy the new line character.

I have muscle memory that makes me press C-s after every escape so I just make it save document like other text editors

nmap :w

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I use vim as a log viewer. First thing I do is copy my homemade syntax files onto the host. chefskiss.gif

vim-surround is an essential plugin for me

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Pretty basic, but I like setting backupdir and directory so I don’t have to add vim undo and swap files to my .gitignore. Also, noerrorbells because sounds irritate me and I frequently intentionally do things that would trigger them.

Neovim with no plugins.