First commit

neovim/init.lua

@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
 HOME = os.getenv("HOME")
 
 -- Configure the clipboard to access the "+ and "* registers
--- (not sure why I need this now and didn't before)
+-- N.B. JavaScript copy buttons on the web do not necessarily work as expected
 vim.opt.clipboard = "unnamedplus,unnamed"
 
 -- Spaces indentation
-vim.opt.expandtab = true
+vim.opt.expandtab = true -- converts tabs to spaces
-vim.opt.tabstop = 2
+vim.opt.tabstop = 2 -- tab equals 2 spaces
-vim.opt.shiftwidth = 2
+vim.opt.shiftwidth = 2 -- indent size in characters
 
--- Show whitespace
+-- Show whitespace (:list)
 vim.opt.listchars = "eol:¬,tab:>-,trail:~,extends:>,precedes:<,space:·"
 
 -- Show line numbers
 vim.opt.number = true
 
--- Default: split right
+-- Vertically splitting a window (:vsplit) places new window to the right
 vim.opt.splitright = true
 
 -- Highlight cursor line
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ vim.opt.termguicolors = true
 vim.opt.scrolloff = 5
 
 -- netrw
-vim.g.netrw_winsize = 25
+-- This is the workspace file explorer
+vim.g.netrw_winsize = 25 -- width of the file explorer
 vim.g.netrw_liststyle = 3 -- tree style listing
 
 -- Escape exits terminal mode