Absolute VIM

A Lua Neovim configuration managed by lazy.nvim. It lives at .config/nvim in absolute-dotfiles as a submodule, and works on its own too.

Install

Requirements: Neovim 0.12 or newer, git, a Nerd Font, ripgrep and fd for the picker, a C compiler for treesitter parsers, and optionally lazygit and ImageMagick (for image previews).

git clone https://github.com/boxpositron/absolute-vim ~/.config/nvim
nvim   # lazy.nvim bootstraps itself and installs the pinned plugins from lazy-lock.json

Plugin versions are pinned in lazy-lock.json. Update them with :Lazy update, then commit the lockfile.

Layout

init.lua                  -> require("absolute")
lua/current-theme.lua     default colorscheme
lua/absolute/
  core/                   options, leader, colorscheme sync and the theme registry
  lazy.lua                lazy.nvim bootstrap; imports every spec in plugins/
  plugins/                one plugin spec per file
  after/                  the matching configuration, required from each spec's config
  remap.lua               editor keymaps
  lsp/, helpers/, utils/  extra LSP setup, project helpers, environment detection
docs/superpowers/         design spec and plan for the 2026 modernization

To add a plugin, create plugins/<name>.lua returning its spec, and put its setup in after/<name>.lua.

What's inside

Area	Plugins
Picker, explorer, notifications, input	snacks.nvim (also bigfile and quickfile)
Completion	blink.cmp with friendly-snippets; LSP, path, snippet and buffer sources, plus cmdline completion
LSP and formatting	nvim-lspconfig, mason (ts_ls, lua_ls, rust_analyzer, clangd, tailwindcss, svelte, astro, biome and more), conform
Syntax	nvim-treesitter, treesitter-context, treesj, tree-sitter-ghostty
Git	gitsigns with current-line blame, mini.diff, lazygit in toggleterm
Diagnostics and lists	trouble, todo-comments, nvim-bqf
Debugging	nvim-dap and dap-ui
Languages and tools	flutter-tools, venv-selector, apple-pkl, tailwind-sorter, markview, image.nvim, nvim-silicon
UI	lualine, incline, indent-blankline, smear-cursor, highlight-colors, flash, mini
Themes	tokyonight (default), catppuccin, rose-pine, nightfly

The 2026 modernization replaced Telescope with the snacks picker, nvim-cmp with blink.cmp, and nvim-notify and dressing with snacks, and removed abandoned and AI plugins. The spec and plan are in docs/superpowers/.

Themes

<leader>cs opens a colorscheme picker. Changing the colorscheme also switches Ghostty and WezTerm to the matching theme, using the mappings in core/theme-registry.lua. The startup colorscheme is set in lua/current-theme.lua.

Keymaps

The leader is Space. Highlights:

Keys	Action
<C-p>	Find files
<leader>gf / <leader>pr	Git files / recent files
<leader>ps / <leader>sb	Live grep / grep the word under the cursor
<leader>pf / <leader>cf	File explorer at the cwd / at the current file's directory
<leader>pt / <leader>tt	TODO comments in the picker / in Trouble
gd gi gt / <leader>cr	Definitions, implementations, type definitions / references
K / <leader>gh	Hover docs / signature help
<leader>rn / <leader>ca / <leader>f	Rename / code actions / format
<leader>rs	Restart LSP
<leader>td <leader>ts <leader>tq	Trouble: diagnostics, symbols, quickfix
<leader>gs	lazygit
<leader>db	Toggle a breakpoint
<leader>m	Split or join the node under the cursor (treesj)
<leader>u	Undo tree
<leader>sr	Replace the word under the cursor
<leader>y / <leader>p	Yank to the system clipboard / paste without overwriting the register
<leader>gr	Run a shell command in the git root
<leader>vs	Select a Python virtualenv
<leader>sc	Screenshot the selection with Silicon
<leader>?	Search all keymaps

blink.cmp uses its default keymap preset: <C-space> opens the menu, <C-y> accepts, <C-n> and <C-p> move through items.