configs

My configuration files for tmux, neovim, and bash.

Contents

configs/
├── tmux/.tmux.conf        # tmux configuration
├── nvim/
│   ├── init.lua           # entry point — sources init.vim, then applies Lua config
│   ├── init.vim           # current vimscript configuration
│   └── coc-settings.json  # CoC language server settings
├── bash/.bashrc_ext       # bash extensions (aliases, functions, etc.)
├── vscode/
│   ├── settings.json      # VS Code settings (local + remote SSH)
│   └── keybindings.json   # VS Code keybindings (neovim-style)
├── zed/
│   ├── settings.json      # Zed settings (vim mode, gruvbox, etc.)
│   └── keymap.json        # Zed keymap mirroring the nvim/VS Code bindings
├── install.sh             # symlink installer + plugin setup
└── README.md

Prerequisites

The install script will set everything up, but the following should be installed first:

• git — required for cloning plugin managers
• curl — required for downloading vim-plug
• neovim — install via your package manager (e.g. apt install neovim)
• tmux — install via your package manager (e.g. apt install tmux)
• node.js — required by CoC (e.g. apt install nodejs npm)

Setup on a new server

1. Clone this repo:

git clone https://github.com/thomasjohns/configs ~/configs
cd ~/configs

2. Run the install script:

chmod +x install.sh
./install.sh

The script will:

• Create symlinks for all config files (backing up any existing files to .bak)
• Install vim-plug if not already present
• Run nvim +PlugInstall +qall to install all neovim plugins headlessly
• Clone TPM and install tmux plugins (tmux-yank)

Symlinks created

Symlink	Points to
~/.tmux.conf	~/configs/tmux/.tmux.conf
~/.config/nvim	~/configs/nvim/
~/.bashrc_ext	~/configs/bash/.bashrc_ext
~/.config/Code/User/settings.json	~/configs/vscode/settings.json
~/.vscode-server/data/Machine/settings.json	~/configs/vscode/settings.json
~/.config/Code/User/keybindings.json	~/configs/vscode/keybindings.json
~/.vscode-server/data/Machine/keybindings.json	~/configs/vscode/keybindings.json
~/.config/zed/settings.json	~/configs/zed/settings.json
~/.config/zed/keymap.json	~/configs/zed/keymap.json

3. Source the bash extensions by adding this line to your ~/.bashrc:

if [ -f ~/.bashrc_ext ]; then . ~/.bashrc_ext; fi

4. Open neovim once to let CoC auto-install its extensions (coc-omnisharp, coc-prettier, coc-pyright).

Neovim migration path

The nvim config supports both vimscript and Lua simultaneously:

• init.lua is the entry point neovim loads. It sources init.vim first, then applies any Lua settings.
• Put your current vimscript config in init.vim.
• As you migrate to Lua, move settings from init.vim into init.lua and delete them from init.vim.

Ansible provisioning

The following tasks can be added to an Ansible playbook to fully provision a new server with these configs. Adjust ansible_user_dir as needed.

- name: Install prerequisites
  become: true
  ansible.builtin.apt:
    name:
      - git
      - curl
      - tmux
      - neovim
      - nodejs
      - npm
    state: present
    update_cache: true

- name: Clone configs repo
  ansible.builtin.git:
    repo: "https://github.com/thomasjohns/configs"
    dest: "{{ ansible_user_dir }}/configs"
    version: main

- name: Run install script
  ansible.builtin.shell: "{{ ansible_user_dir }}/configs/install.sh"
  args:
    executable: /bin/bash

- name: Source bashrc extensions from ~/.bashrc
  ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
    path: "{{ ansible_user_dir }}/.bashrc"
    line: 'if [ -f ~/.bashrc_ext ]; then . ~/.bashrc_ext; fi'
    state: present

Note: CoC extensions will auto-install on first interactive neovim session. To provision them non-interactively, add the following task:

- name: Install CoC extensions headlessly
  ansible.builtin.shell: >
    nvim --headless
    +"CocInstall -sync coc-omnisharp coc-prettier coc-pyright"
    +qall
  args:
    executable: /bin/bash

Updating

Since configs are symlinked, pulling new changes takes effect immediately:

cd ~/configs && git pull

For neovim plugins, run :PlugUpdate inside neovim. For tmux plugins, press prefix + U in tmux. For bash, start a new shell or run source ~/.bashrc. For tmux, reload with tmux source-file ~/.tmux.conf.