Troubleshooting
Answers / Solutions for common problems when using Better Vim.
I can’t see folders like .github or dotfiles
By default we hide any dotfile like .github
or .husky
and files ignored by your .gitignore
. If you want to show
these files/folders, you have two options:
- With your cursor on the file explorer, press shift + u and/or shift + i to show dotfiles/ignored files.
- Or, you can also change the default filters for the file explorer. Please check out the customization section of the file explorer here.
Icons are not working
You need to install a powerline font like NERD Fonts and set it up that font in your terminal. We’re using SpaceMono Nerd Font in our screenshots. A powerline font is required for a better experience, since we’re using a font-based icons in the file explorer, file finder, etc.
How to change the default leader
Check this guide.
How to create custom mappings
Check this guide.
I don’t have the .bettervimrc
To create the .bettervimrc
file on your setup, run the following comand:
curl -L https://bettervim.com/bettervimrc/YOUR_LICENSE | bash
I’m seeing weird error messages
If you already had a previous installation of Neovim, and after installed Better Vim you are seeing some weird error messages, you should clean up your system, removing everything that was automatically created by Neovim or its dependencies.
Follow the steps below:
- First, uninstall Better Vim
- Delete all Neovim related directories:
rm -rf ~/.config/nvim
rm -rf ~/.cache/nvim
rm -rf ~/.local/nvim
rm -rf ~/.local/share/nvim
rm -rf ~/.local/state/nvim
- Now you can install Better Vim again.
If you keep seeing weird errors, feel free to drop us a message at [email protected] and we’ll try to help you.