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# Live Substitution

By default, vim’s :substitute command only modifies the document when you execute the command by pressing Enter (<CR>). In neovim, you can update the document interactively. neovim also shows you a preview window of all the changes you are going to make in the document.

Just add the following option to your vimrc file.

set inccommand=split

# Highlight Yanked Text

With the latest version of neovim, you have the ability to highlight yanked text without using any pluginsaside: If you want to use this feature in neovim v0.4.x or in vim 8, you can do so with this or this plugin. Also, check out this well written post on how this works under the hood..

At the time of writing, you’ll need a v0.5.0 or nightlyaside: Precompiled binaries are available on the github releases page. release of neovim for this feature.

$ nvim --version | head -1

$ nvim --version | head -1

NVIM v0.5.0-556-ge78658348

You can add the following in your vimrc to enable this feature:

augroup LuaHighlight
  autocmd!
  autocmd TextYankPost * silent! lua require'vim.highlight'.on_yank()
augroup END

# Language Server Protocol

neovim has a built-in implementation of the Language Server Protocol client and default configurations for over 50 languages.

At the time of writing, you’ll need a v0.5.0 or nightlyaside: Precompiled binaries are available on the github releases page. release of neovim for this feature.

$ nvim --version | head -1

$ nvim --version | head -1

NVIM v0.5.0-556-ge78658348

While technically you can configure the LSP client straight from your vimrc file, it is easier to use configurations from the neovim/nvim-lsp repository that the neovim developers maintain.

In order to set this up you need to do 3 things:

1. Add the neovim/nvim-lsp plugin:

   Plug 'neovim/nvim-lsp'

2. Run :LspInstall {servername}:

   :LspInstall sumneko_lua
   :LspInstall julials
   :LspInstall nimls
   :LspInstall rust_analyzer
   :LspInstall vimls
   :LspInstall pyls

3. Set up configurations with options in your vimrc:

   lua <<EOF
       local nvim_lsp = require'nvim_lsp'
       nvim_lsp.sumneko_lua.setup()
       nvim_lsp.julials.setup()
       nvim_lsp.nimls.setup()
       nvim_lsp.vimls.setup()
       nvim_lsp.pyls.setup{
           settings = {
               pyls = {
                   configurationSources = {
                       pycodestyle,
                       flake8
                   }
               }
           }
       }
   EOF

   lua <<EOF
       local nvim_lsp = require'nvim_lsp'
       nvim_lsp.sumneko_lua.setup()
       nvim_lsp.julials.setup()
       nvim_lsp.nimls.setup()
       nvim_lsp.vimls.setup()
       nvim_lsp.pyls.setup{
           settings = {
               pyls = {
                   configurationSources = {
                       pycodestyle,
                       flake8
                   }
               }
           }
       }
   EOF