Developer Voices Neovim: Creating, Curating and Customising your Ideal Editor (with TJ DeVries)
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Mar 13, 2024 Explore the evolution of Neovim from Vim, the power of Lua integration, and the benefits of customizable plugins. Learn about mechanisms over policies in Lula, advancing Lula integration in Neo-vim, and navigating software project challenges. Discover the advantages of Lua scripting in Neovim and the satisfaction of customizing your editing environment.
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Neovim Origin Story
- TJ DeVries became interested in Neovim during an internship after seeing a coworker use Vim.
- This led him to contribute to Neovim, starting with a pull request for centering the filename in the status line.
Neovim's Plugin Architecture
- Neovim allows plugins to be written in any language via an RPC mechanism and message pack communication.
- Lua, however, has direct in-process communication, providing performance advantages and simplifying plugin development.
Why Lua for Neovim?
- Lua's simplicity, embeddability, and active ecosystem make it ideal for Neovim's plugin system.
- LuaJIT, shipped with Neovim, offers significant performance improvements for tasks like handling keystrokes and text changes.