Code Editor Setup

Abstract

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• A list of code editors and their configuration on MacOS

Basics

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A set of common configurations for code editors:

• Use a coding friendly font - FireCode
  • Install FiraCode Nerd Font
  • Configure the editor to use this font, below is VSC example
  • Configure Editor Font
  • Configure Terminal Font
• Download the Vim extension to have vim keybinding inside the code editor
• Turn on Word Wrap under View -> Word Wrap (VSC example)

VIM

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.vimrc

" Must Have
syntax enable
set number
set relativenumber
set mouse=a
set autoindent
 
" Good to have
set expandtab
set tabstop=2
set shiftwidth=2

• Unlock Full Vim Features

• Opening Multiple Windows

• Suspending

• Starting Vim The Smart Way

  
  

• Basic Macros

Visual Studio Code

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• Visual Studio Code
  • Add code into cli
• Change the VSC Terminal font size to 16 in the setting page

Useful Shortcuts

• F1 to open command palette
• Ctrl + P to open a file by name

Zed Code Editor

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• Install Zed

Neovim

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• Install iterm2

brew install --cask iterm2

• Install neovim

brew install neovim
 
# Add the following to .zshrc
alias vim="nvim"
export EDITOR="nvim"

• Install nvchad (Yes for default settings)

git clone https://github.com/NvChad/NvChad ~/.config/nvim --depth 1 && nvim

• Set the theme to catppuccin
• You can install syntax heightening using :TSInstall <Language>

IntelliJ Community Code Editor

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• IntelliJ Community Code Editor
• Install third-party libraries

Handy shortcuts

• Press Shift twice to open “Search Everywhere” dialog.
• Press Cmd+2 to manage bookmarks
• Press Fn+3 to bookmark files or codes

Cursor

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• Install Curso

Removing settings and extensions installed

Run rm -rf ~/Library/Application Support/Cursor and rm -rf ~/.cursor*. For more information, refer to here.