fix: add note in readme for custom plugins

Default mini.statusline location format is:
  'cursor line | total lines │ cursor column | total columns'

README.md

@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ Neovim's configurations are located under the following paths, depending on your
 | Windows (cmd)| `%userprofile%\AppData\Local\nvim\` |
 | Windows (powershell)| `$env:USERPROFILE\AppData\Local\nvim\` |
 
+### Install Kickstart
+
 Clone kickstart.nvim:
 
 <details><summary> Linux and Mac </summary>
@@ -100,6 +102,8 @@ can install to your machine using the methods above.
 
 #### Examples of adding popularly requested plugins
 
+NOTE: You'll need to uncomment the line in the init.lua that turns on loading custom plugins.
+
 <details>
   <summary>Adding autopairs</summary>
 
@@ -192,3 +196,23 @@ This requires:
 ```lua
 {'nvim-telescope/telescope-fzf-native.nvim', build = 'cmake -S. -Bbuild -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release && cmake --build build --config Release && cmake --install build --prefix build' }
 ```
+
+Alternatively one can install gcc and make which don't require changing the config,
+the easiest way is to use choco:
+
+1. install [chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org/install)
+either follow the instructions on the page or use winget,
+run in cmd as **admin**:
+```
+winget install --accept-source-agreements chocolatey.chocolatey
+```
+
+2. install all requirements using choco, exit previous cmd and
+open a new one so that choco path is set, run in cmd as **admin**:
+```
+choco install -y neovim git ripgrep wget fd unzip gzip mingw make
+```
+
+Then continue with the [Install Kickstart](#Install-Kickstart) step.
+
+

init.lua

@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ vim.opt.splitright = true
 vim.opt.splitbelow = true
 
 -- Sets how neovim will display certain whitespace in the editor.
---  See :help 'list'
---  and :help 'listchars'
+--  See `:help 'list'`
+--  and `:help 'listchars'`
 vim.opt.list = true
 vim.opt.listchars = { tab = '» ', trail = '·', nbsp = '␣' }
 
@@ -184,10 +184,14 @@ vim.keymap.set('n', '<C-l>', '<C-w><C-l>', { desc = 'Move focus to the right win
 vim.keymap.set('n', '<C-j>', '<C-w><C-j>', { desc = 'Move focus to the lower window' })
 vim.keymap.set('n', '<C-k>', '<C-w><C-k>', { desc = 'Move focus to the upper window' })
 
+-- [[ Basic Autocommands ]]
+--  See `:help lua-guide-autocommands`
+
 -- Highlight when yanking (copying) text
 --  Try it with `yap` in normal mode
 --  See `:help vim.highlight.on_yank()`
 vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd('TextYankPost', {
+  desc = 'Highlight when yanking (copying) text',
   group = vim.api.nvim_create_augroup('kickstart-highlight-yank', { clear = true }),
   callback = function()
     vim.highlight.on_yank()
@@ -214,8 +218,7 @@ vim.opt.rtp:prepend(lazypath)
 --    :Lazy update
 --
 -- NOTE: Here is where you install your plugins.
-require('lazy').setup({
-
+require('lazy').setup {
   -- NOTE: Plugins can be added with a link (or for a github repo: 'owner/repo' link).
   'tpope/vim-sleuth', -- Detect tabstop and shiftwidth automatically
 
@@ -255,10 +258,10 @@ require('lazy').setup({
   -- lazy loading plugins that don't need to be loaded immediately at startup.
   --
   -- For example, in the following configuration, we use:
-  --  event = 'VeryLazy'
+  --  event = 'VimEnter'
   --
-  -- which loads which-key after all the UI elements are loaded. Events can be
-  -- normal autocommands events (:help autocomd-events).
+  -- which loads which-key before all the UI elements are loaded. Events can be
+  -- normal autocommands events (`:help autocmd-events`).
   --
   -- Then, because we use the `config` key, the configuration only runs
   -- after the plugin has been loaded:
@@ -266,7 +269,7 @@ require('lazy').setup({
 
   { -- Useful plugin to show you pending keybinds.
     'folke/which-key.nvim',
-    event = 'VeryLazy', -- Sets the loading event to 'VeryLazy'
+    event = 'VimEnter', -- Sets the loading event to 'VimEnter'
     config = function() -- This is the function that runs, AFTER loading
       require('which-key').setup()
 
@@ -290,7 +293,7 @@ require('lazy').setup({
 
   { -- Fuzzy Finder (files, lsp, etc)
     'nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim',
-    event = 'VeryLazy',
+    event = 'VimEnter',
     branch = '0.1.x',
     dependencies = {
       'nvim-lua/plenary.nvim',
@@ -431,7 +434,7 @@ require('lazy').setup({
       -- Neovim. This is where `mason` and related plugins come into play.
       --
       -- If you're wondering about lsp vs treesitter, you can check out the wonderfully
-      -- and elegantly composed help section, :help lsp-vs-treesitter
+      -- and elegantly composed help section, `:help lsp-vs-treesitter`
 
       --  This function gets run when an LSP attaches to a particular buffer.
       --    That is to say, every time a new file is opened that is associated with
@@ -559,6 +562,9 @@ require('lazy').setup({
                 -- If lua_ls is really slow on your computer, you can try this instead:
                 -- library = { vim.env.VIMRUNTIME },
               },
+              completion = {
+                callSnippet = 'Replace',
+              },
               -- You can toggle below to ignore Lua_LS's noisy `missing-fields` warnings
               -- diagnostics = { disable = { 'missing-fields' } },
             },
@@ -586,15 +592,11 @@ require('lazy').setup({
         handlers = {
           function(server_name)
             local server = servers[server_name] or {}
-            require('lspconfig')[server_name].setup {
-              cmd = server.cmd,
-              settings = server.settings,
-              filetypes = server.filetypes,
-              -- This handles overriding only values explicitly passed
-              -- by the server configuration above. Useful when disabling
-              -- certain features of an LSP (for example, turning off formatting for tsserver)
-              capabilities = vim.tbl_deep_extend('force', {}, capabilities, server.capabilities or {}),
-            }
+            -- This handles overriding only values explicitly passed
+            -- by the server configuration above. Useful when disabling
+            -- certain features of an LSP (for example, turning off formatting for tsserver)
+            server.capabilities = vim.tbl_deep_extend('force', {}, capabilities, server.capabilities or {})
+            require('lspconfig')[server_name].setup(server)
           end,
         },
       }
@@ -732,7 +734,7 @@ require('lazy').setup({
   },
 
   -- Highlight todo, notes, etc in comments
-  { 'folke/todo-comments.nvim', dependencies = { 'nvim-lua/plenary.nvim' }, opts = { signs = false } },
+  { 'folke/todo-comments.nvim', event = 'VimEnter', dependencies = { 'nvim-lua/plenary.nvim' }, opts = { signs = false } },
 
   { -- Collection of various small independent plugins/modules
     'echasnovski/mini.nvim',
@@ -740,7 +742,7 @@ require('lazy').setup({
       -- Better Around/Inside textobjects
       --
       -- Examples:
-      --  - va)  - [V]isually select [A]round [)]parenthen
+      --  - va)  - [V]isually select [A]round [)]paren
       --  - yinq - [Y]ank [I]nside [N]ext [']quote
       --  - ci'  - [C]hange [I]nside [']quote
       require('mini.ai').setup { n_lines = 500 }
@@ -755,7 +757,16 @@ require('lazy').setup({
       -- Simple and easy statusline.
       --  You could remove this setup call if you don't like it,
       --  and try some other statusline plugin
-      require('mini.statusline').setup()
+      local statusline = require 'mini.statusline'
+      statusline.setup()
+
+      -- You can configure sections in the statusline by overriding their
+      -- default behavior. For example, here we disable the section for
+      -- cursor information because line numbers are already enabled
+      ---@diagnostic disable-next-line: duplicate-set-field
+      statusline.section_location = function()
+        return ''
+      end
 
       -- ... and there is more!
       --  Check out: https://github.com/echasnovski/mini.nvim
@@ -771,7 +782,7 @@ require('lazy').setup({
       ---@diagnostic disable-next-line: missing-fields
       require('nvim-treesitter.configs').setup {
         ensure_installed = { 'bash', 'c', 'html', 'lua', 'markdown', 'vim', 'vimdoc' },
-        -- Autoinstall languages that are not installed. Defaults to false (but you can change for yourself!)
+        -- Autoinstall languages that are not installed
         auto_install = true,
         highlight = { enable = true },
         indent = { enable = true },
@@ -780,7 +791,7 @@ require('lazy').setup({
       -- There are additional nvim-treesitter modules that you can use to interact
       -- with nvim-treesitter. You should go explore a few and see what interests you:
       --
-      --    - Incremental selection: Included, see :help nvim-treesitter-incremental-selection-mod
+      --    - Incremental selection: Included, see `:help nvim-treesitter-incremental-selection-mod`
       --    - Show your current context: https://github.com/nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter-context
       --    - Treesitter + textobjects: https://github.com/nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter-textobjects
     end,
@@ -802,9 +813,9 @@ require('lazy').setup({
   --    This is the easiest way to modularize your config.
   --
   --  Uncomment the following line and add your plugins to `lua/custom/plugins/*.lua` to get going.
-  --    For additional information see: :help lazy.nvim-lazy.nvim-structuring-your-plugins
+  --    For additional information, see `:help lazy.nvim-lazy.nvim-structuring-your-plugins`
   -- { import = 'custom.plugins' },
-}, {})
+}
 
 -- The line beneath this is called `modeline`. See `:help modeline`
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