feat(nvim): migrate editor from vim to Neovim (parity + LSP)
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Rewrite editor.nix on programs.nixvim, keeping every prior feature: file
tree (nvim-tree, toggle ,,), indent guides (indent-blankline), fugitive,
vim-tmux-navigator, Catppuccin Mocha, 2-space hard tabs, and the
*Jenkinsfile=groovy rule. Replace the inert ALE with a real LSP stack —
nvim-lspconfig, nvim-cmp completion, and tree-sitter for highlighting.
Leader is Space; LSP keymaps gd/gr/K/<leader>rn/<leader>ca.

Universal servers: nil (Nix), lua_ls, pyright (Python), terraformls. The
work box (work.nix) additionally enables omnisharp (C#) and helm_ls (Helm),
so the heavy omnisharp closure stays off the personal machines.

default.nix drops VISUAL=vim so nixvim's defaultEditor owns $EDITOR/$VISUAL.
README and KEYBINDINGS updated (and two stale references corrected).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
This commit is contained in:
Emma Thorpe
2026-06-10 15:31:40 +01:00
parent b8f09ed9ea
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| Sway (compositor) | [`sway.nix`](./sway.nix) `config.keybindings` + `config.modes`, plus the home-manager Sway module's built-in defaults |
| tmux | [`shell.nix`](./shell.nix) `programs.tmux` |
| zsh line editor | [`shell.nix`](./shell.nix) `programs.zsh.historySubstringSearch` |
| Neovim | [`editor.nix`](./editor.nix) `programs.nixvim` |
| foot (terminal) | foot package defaults — only colours are themed (in `sway.nix`) |
**Conventions**
@@ -167,6 +168,26 @@ Only colours are themed; these are foot's default key bindings.
---
## Neovim
Leader is **`Space`**. `Ctrl`+`h/j/k/l` is shared with tmux (see above): it moves
across vim splits and tmux panes seamlessly. Everything else is stock vim, plus:
| Shortcut | Action |
| ---------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
| `,``,` | Toggle the file tree (nvim-tree) — comma pressed twice |
| `Ctrl`+`h`/`j`/`k`/`l` | Move between vim splits / tmux panes (vim-tmux-navigator) |
| `gd` | Go to definition (LSP) |
| `gr` | List references (LSP) |
| `K` | Hover documentation (LSP) |
| `<leader>rn` | Rename symbol (LSP; `<leader>` is `Space`) |
| `<leader>ca` | Code action (LSP) |
LSP covers Nix, Lua, Python and Terraform (the work box adds C# and Helm);
completion (nvim-cmp) appears as you type. `:Git` opens fugitive.
---
## zsh
| Shortcut | Action |
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| ------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| zsh, CLI tools, tmux, ssh, auto-tmux | [`shell.nix`](./shell.nix) |
| git (+ delta, commitizen) | [`git.nix`](./git.nix) |
| vim | [`editor.nix`](./editor.nix) |
| Neovim (nixvim) + LSP | [`editor.nix`](./editor.nix) |
| GUI apps, GTK/Firefox theming, cursor | [`desktop.nix`](./desktop.nix) (graphical hosts only) |
Shared by every host via [`default.nix`](./default.nix); the work box also layers
[`../../system/modules/work/default.nix`](../../system/modules/work/default.nix)
on top (work email, its own ssh config, extra packages).
[`work.nix`](./work.nix) on top (work email, its own ssh config, extra packages,
and the C#/Helm language servers).
---
@@ -53,8 +53,9 @@ on top (work email, its own ssh config, extra packages).
driven from the shared `../catppuccin-mocha.nix` palette / the catppuccin/bat
theme.
**Env & defaults:** `xdg.enable` on; `PAGER`/`MANPAGER` (bat)/`VISUAL` set in
`default.nix`; `xdg.mimeApps` maps web→Firefox, directories→nemo (`desktop.nix`).
**Env & defaults:** `xdg.enable` on; `PAGER`/`MANPAGER` (bat) set in `default.nix`
(the editor owns `$EDITOR`/`$VISUAL`); `xdg.mimeApps` maps web→Firefox,
directories→nemo (`desktop.nix`).
## tmux
@@ -90,6 +91,32 @@ Darwin config). foot uses it as its main font automatically. iTerm2's font is a
GUI setting — set it to _JetBrainsMono Nerd Font_ (Settings → Profiles → Text →
Font) so the tmux statusline glyphs render instead of `?`.
## Editor (Neovim)
`nvim` — aliased to `vi`/`vim`, and set as `$EDITOR`/`$VISUAL` — is configured
declaratively with **nixvim**, so the same plugins and config are baked in on
every host. Migrated from plain vim; the practical gain is a real LSP stack in
place of the old (inert) ALE.
| Feature | Notes |
| ------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Colorscheme | Catppuccin Mocha (matches the terminal and the rest of the desktop) |
| File tree | nvim-tree, toggled with `,,` (comma twice; was nerdtree) |
| Indent guides | indent-blankline, on by default (was vim-indent-guides) |
| Git | fugitive (`:Git …`) |
| Pane nav | vim-tmux-navigator — `Ctrl`+`h/j/k/l` moves across vim splits and tmux panes |
| Syntax | tree-sitter (nix, lua, bash, markdown, groovy) — replaces `syntax enable` |
| LSP | nvim-cmp completion + servers `nil` (Nix), `lua_ls`, `pyright` (Python), `terraformls` |
| Indentation | 2-wide hard tabs (`noexpandtab`, `tabstop`/`shiftwidth` = 2); line numbers on |
| Filetypes | `*Jenkinsfile` → groovy |
Leader is `Space`. LSP keymaps (`gd`, `gr`, `K`, `<leader>rn`, `<leader>ca`) and
the file-tree toggle are listed in
[`KEYBINDINGS.md`](./KEYBINDINGS.md#neovim). Add a universal language server by
enabling it under `programs.nixvim.plugins.lsp.servers` in `editor.nix`;
host-specific ones go in that host's module — the work box (`work.nix`) adds
`omnisharp` (C#) and `helm_ls` (Helm), kept off the personal machines.
## git
Pager is **delta**. **commitizen** is installed on every host; `cz` defaults to
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# defaults match the conventional ~/.config, ~/.cache, ~/.local/share.
xdg.enable = true;
# Editor itself comes from vim.defaultEditor (sets $EDITOR). Round out the
# rest of the standard env. desktop.nix adds its own Wayland session vars;
# home-manager merges the two attrsets, so these do not clash.
# Editor ($EDITOR and $VISUAL) comes from nixvim's defaultEditor (editor.nix).
# Round out the rest of the standard env. desktop.nix adds its own Wayland
# session vars; home-manager merges the two attrsets, so these do not clash.
home.sessionVariables = {
VISUAL = "vim";
PAGER = "less -FRX"; # -F quit-if-one-screen, -R raw colour, -X no clear
# Render man pages through bat (themed): col strips backspace overstrike,
# bat -l man -p highlights without its own pager decorations.
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# Editor: vim as the default $EDITOR. Wanted on every host.
{ pkgs, ... }:
# Editor: Neovim via nixvim. Migrated from plain vim with feature parity (file
# tree, indent guides, fugitive, tmux-navigator, Catppuccin Mocha, 2-space hard
# tabs, Jenkinsfile=groovy) plus a real LSP stack in place of the inert ALE.
# Wanted on every host; vi/vim/$EDITOR all launch nvim.
{ inputs, ... }:
{
programs.vim = {
imports = [ inputs.nixvim.homeModules.nixvim ];
programs.nixvim = {
enable = true;
viAlias = true;
vimAlias = true;
defaultEditor = true;
plugins = with pkgs.vimPlugins; [
nerdtree
ale
vim-fugitive
vim-indent-guides
catppuccin-vim
vim-tmux-navigator # Ctrl-h/j/k/l moves between vim splits and tmux panes
];
settings = {
# Build against our (followed) nixpkgs; set explicitly so the module doesn't
# warn that its pinned nixpkgs was overridden by the input `follows`.
nixpkgs.source = inputs.nixpkgs;
globals.mapleader = " ";
opts = {
expandtab = false;
tabstop = 2;
shiftwidth = 2;
termguicolors = true;
background = "dark";
number = true;
};
extraConfig = ''
let g:indent_guides_enable_on_vim_startup = 1
syntax enable
set termguicolors
set background=dark
colorscheme catppuccin_mocha
au BufNewFile,BufRead *Jenkinsfile setf groovy
'';
colorschemes.catppuccin = {
enable = true;
settings.flavour = "mocha";
};
plugins = {
nvim-tree.enable = true; # file explorer (was nerdtree)
web-devicons.enable = true; # nvim-tree icons (explicit; else auto-enabled with a warning)
indent-blankline.enable = true; # indent guides (was vim-indent-guides)
fugitive.enable = true; # git (was vim-fugitive)
tmux-navigator.enable = true; # Ctrl-h/j/k/l across vim splits and tmux panes
# Highlighting/indent — the Neovim-native replacement for `syntax enable`.
treesitter = {
enable = true;
settings.ensure_installed = [
"nix"
"lua"
"bash"
"markdown"
"groovy"
"c_sharp" # C#
"python"
"terraform" # also covers HCL
"yaml" # Helm chart templates/values
];
};
# LSP + completion, replacing the (inert) ALE.
lsp = {
enable = true;
# Universal servers. Host-specific ones are enabled in their own module:
# C# (omnisharp) and Helm (helm_ls) live in work.nix (EDaaS only).
servers = {
nil_ls.enable = true; # Nix
lua_ls.enable = true; # Lua (editing this config)
pyright.enable = true; # Python
terraformls.enable = true; # Terraform
};
keymaps.lspBuf = {
gd = "definition";
gr = "references";
K = "hover";
"<leader>rn" = "rename";
"<leader>ca" = "code_action";
};
};
cmp = {
enable = true;
autoEnableSources = true;
settings.sources = [
{ name = "nvim_lsp"; }
{ name = "buffer"; }
{ name = "path"; }
];
};
};
keymaps = [
{
mode = "n";
key = ",,";
action = "<cmd>NvimTreeToggle<cr>";
options.desc = "Toggle file tree";
}
];
# au BufNewFile,BufRead *Jenkinsfile setf groovy
autoCmd = [
{
event = [
"BufNewFile"
"BufRead"
];
pattern = [ "*Jenkinsfile" ];
command = "setf groovy";
}
];
};
}
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programs.go = {
enable = true;
};
# LSP servers only relevant to work: C# (omnisharp) and Helm charts (helm_ls).
# The shared editor (lyrathorpe/home/editor.nix) carries the universal ones;
# these are gated to this host so the heavy omnisharp closure stays off the
# personal machines. Tree-sitter grammars (highlighting) remain global there.
programs.nixvim.plugins.lsp.servers = {
omnisharp.enable = true;
helm_ls.enable = true;
};
}