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## Python
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## Python
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To use auto-completion and other features, you must install Python 3. The
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A lot of Neovim plugins are mainly written in Python. To use auto-completion
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easiest way to install Python 3 is via
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and other features, you must install Python 3. The easiest way to install is
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[Anaconda](https://www.anaconda.com/distribution/#download-section). Make sure
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via [Anaconda](https://www.anaconda.com/distribution/#download-section). Make
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that the output of `python --version` shows that Python 3.x is installed.
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sure that the output of `python --version` on the command line shows that
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Python 3.x is installed.
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## Pynvim
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## Pynvim
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Neovim relies on [pynvim](https://github.com/neovim/pynvim) to communicate with
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Neovim relies on [pynvim](https://github.com/neovim/pynvim) to communicate with
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plugins which utilizes its Python binding. Pynvim is required by plugin such as
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plugins which utilizes its Python binding. Pynvim is required by plugin such as
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Deoplete.
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[Deoplete](https://github.com/Shougo/deoplete.nvim).
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## Jedi
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## Jedi
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## Git
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## Git
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Git is used by plugin manager vim-plug to download plugins from GitHub or
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Git is used by the plugin manager vim-plug to download plugins from GitHub or
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other Git repositories.
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other Git repositories.
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Since Git is usually pre-installed on Linux and Mac, you do not need to worry
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Since Git is usually pre-installed on Linux and Mac, you do not need to worry
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```
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To install it on Linux, you need to build it yourself. See
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To install it on Linux, you need to build it yourself. See
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[here](https://askubuntu.com/questions/796408/installing-and-using-universal-ctags-instead-of-exuberant-ctags/836521#836521).
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[here](https://askubuntu.com/questions/796408/installing-and-using-universal-ctags-instead-of-exuberant-ctags/836521#836521)
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for the details.
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Set its PATH properly and make sure you can call `ctags` from command line.
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Set its PATH properly and make sure you can call `ctags` from command line.
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## Ripgrep
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## Ripgrep
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Ripgrep is fast grep tool available for both Linux, Windows and Mac. It is used
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[Ripgrep](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep), aka, rg, is fast grep tool
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by several searching plugins.
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available for both Linux, Windows and Mac. It is used by several searching
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plugins.
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For Windows and Mac, you can install it via chocolatey and homebrew. For Linux,
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For Windows and Mac, you can install it via chocolatey and homebrew
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you can download from its [release
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respectively. For Linux, you can download the executable file from its [release
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page](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases) and install it.
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page](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases) and install it.
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## Linters
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## Linters
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A linter is a tool to check your code for possible issues or errors. Based on
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A linter is a tool to check your code for possible style issues or errors.
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your programming languages, you may need to install various linters.
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Based on your programming languages, you may need to install various linters.
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+ Python: [pylint](https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint) and
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+ Python: [pylint](https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint) and [flake8](https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8).
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[flake8](https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8).
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+ Vim script: [vint](https://github.com/Kuniwak/vint) (You may need to install
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+ Vim script: [vint](https://github.com/Kuniwak/vint) (You may need to install
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the pre-release versions because of [this issue](https://github.com/Kuniwak/vint/issues/290)).
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the pre-release versions because of [this issue](https://github.com/Kuniwak/vint/issues/290)).
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## Terminal emulators
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## Terminal emulators
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Which [terminal emulator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_emulator) you
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Which [terminal emulator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_emulator) you
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are using greatly affects the appearance and functionalities of Neovim. Since
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choose to use greatly affects the appearance and functionalities of Neovim.
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Neovim supports true colors, terminals which support true colors are
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Since Neovim supports true colors, terminals which support true colors are
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recommended. For a list of terminals which support true colors, see
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preferred. For a list of terminals which support true colors, see
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[here](https://github.com/termstandard/colors).
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[here](https://github.com/termstandard/colors).
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For Mac, you can use [iterm2](https://www.iterm2.com/). If you connect to Linux
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For Mac, you can use [iterm2](https://www.iterm2.com/),
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server on Windows, I recommend [wsltty](https://github.com/mintty/wsltty) and
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[kitty](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/) or
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[Alacritty](https://github.com/jwilm/alacritty). If you connect to Linux server
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on Windows, I recommend [wsltty](https://github.com/mintty/wsltty) and
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[Cygwin](https://www.cygwin.com/), both of them use
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[Cygwin](https://www.cygwin.com/), both of them use
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[mintty](https://github.com/mintty/mintty) as the terminal emulator.
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[mintty](https://github.com/mintty/mintty) as the terminal emulator.
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to install [fonts here](https://github.com/powerline/fonts) to make vim-airline
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to install [fonts here](https://github.com/powerline/fonts) to make vim-airline
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look pretty. I am using
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look pretty. I am using
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[Hack](https://github.com/powerline/fonts/tree/master/Hack), and it looks
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[Hack](https://github.com/powerline/fonts/tree/master/Hack), and it looks
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great.
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great. Another great resource for programming font is the
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[nerd-font](https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts) project.
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# How to Install Neovim
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# Install Neovim
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There are various ways to install Neovim based on your system.
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There are various ways to install Neovim based on your system.
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page](https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/nightly).
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page](https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/nightly).
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For some Linux systems, you may not be able to run the appimage. You can
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For some Linux systems, you may not be able to run the appimage. You can
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directly download the tar ball from
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directly download the binary release from
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[here](https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/download/nightly/nvim-linux64.tar.gz)
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[here](https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/download/nightly/nvim-linux64.tar.gz) and extract it to run Neovim.
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and extract it to run Neovim.
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## Windows
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## Windows
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The Neovim that chocolatey installs may not the latest version. To keep
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The Neovim that chocolatey installs may not the latest version. To keep
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up-to-date with the latest features of Neovim, you may download the latest
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up-to-date with the latest features of Neovim, you may download the latest
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release from GitHub and manually extract it.
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[binary release](https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/download/nightly/nvim-win64.zip)
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from GitHub and manually extract it.
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dependencies, Neovim itself and Nvim configs in this repo.
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dependencies, Neovim itself and Nvim configs in this repo.
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Note that the variable `PYTHON_INSTALLED`, `SYSTEM_PYTHON` and
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Note that the variable `PYTHON_INSTALLED`, `SYSTEM_PYTHON` and
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`ADD_TO_SYSTEM_PATH` should be set properly based on your situation.
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`ADD_TO_SYSTEM_PATH` in the script should be set properly based on your
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