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Quickstart Vim/Neovim

Quickstart with Vim/Nvim​

Make sure you have installed DevSpace on your system.

Add a Provider​

Add a provider via 'Providers' > '+ Add'. Select a provider and select 'Continue'.

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Select Provider

After selecting a provider, fill out the options (if necessary) and click on 'Add Provider'

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Add Provider

Start a Workspace with Vim/Neovim​

Navigate to 'Workspaces' > '+ Create'. Enter your project url or choose one of the quickstart examples.

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Create Workspace

Make sure to select 'None' under 'Default IDE'

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Select IDE

Then press 'Create Workspace'.

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Create Workspace

A new window appears showing DevSpace starting the workspace. After the workspace was created, you have a two options to start coding in vim:

Netrw/SCP​

Vim/Neovim allow you to edit remote files using Netrw. You can connect it either from within vim :e scp://[user@]machine[[:#]port]/path or by starting vim with vim scp://[user@]machine[[:#]port]/path. When you open the workspace, the DevSpace logs give you the user/machine combination you'll need to connect to the workspace, usually in the format of WORKSPACE_NAME.devspace

Spinning up your vim config in the workspace​

Since DevSpaces target environment is a docker container, you can also ssh into it and install your vim/neovim configuration like you would on any new machine. To connect to the workspace, run the command DevSpace gives you after starting the workspace, usually ssh WORKSPACE_NAME.devspace.