[Lukeisun]

I had tried getting into a vim about a year and a half ago, I used chris@machines LunarVim and I think that about after about a month I quit. I struggled with learning vim motions and how to configure it. Granted, I may like it more now that I know more. But, this video got me to try neovim again and I have not switched off for a few months now. I daily drive now and it is thanks to this video. The configuration is simple to understand and a lot easier to come to grips with. The video is a little outdated in that some parts don't match with how the configuration is set up now, but it was easy to figure out how to work with it (sorry my memory isn't great on what issues I ran into, skimming through the video it seems like Packer->Lazy is one).

[rcarr]

> The video is a little outdated in that some parts don't match with how the configuration is set up now

This is exactly my problem any time I try and get in to Vim/Emacs/NeoVim, even when trying some pre built config like Doom Emacs, LunarVim etc. Everybody has some bespoke setup so following along from a tutorial is a fucking nightmare because inevitably something will be out of date, or they'll be using a different package for say the file browser that makes it incompatible with the one you're using that you picked up from the previous tutorial. Or they'll be using a different package manager entirely, of which a new one seems to come out every year. Or you're fucking around trying to get LSP to work again because something has broke it. Or you'll try installing some kind of manager to let you switch between the different premade versions such as Doom Emacs and SpaceMacs and that won't work properly because Doom has been updated since it was written etc. It's just a never ending torrent of pain. It's the editor equivalent of the JavaScript ecosystem where there's some new shiny half baked bullshit every week. It's so much easier to just use VSCode or Jetbrains and have a consistent and reliable experience every time.

[Lukeisun]

I think that's why kickstart is good to start out with, despite the video being a little outdated it was still easy to reason with. I haven't run into those issues describe but it's probably because I'm still newer to the ecosystem.

[aquova]

I've been an avid Vim/Neovim user for several years now, but I've never been able to really get into some of those pre-made configurations like LunarVim. I personally only like to add plugins for things I have identified as lacking, but I can see why a pre-made solution would be nice. However, last I looked I found the documentation rather lacking. Even getting a list of what plugins they add, or a general sense of the keybindings they've changed was difficult, not to mention the difficulty if someone was learning Vim for the first time on top of that.

[angra_mainyu]

I didn't enjoy lunarvim at all and actually quit nvim several times and was beginning to like doomemacs until I gave Astro a try. Instantly got hooked.