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+# shadowcatzero's neovim config
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+uhhh hi, welcome to my home grown neovim config :)
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+I have no idea if I'm doing things right, but I try to keep it structurally clean and up to date with well written plugins
+I try to only add plugins that I will use so it's somewhat minimal but it does everything I want
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+I would put details here, but I'm too lazy to update this readme, and this is mostly just for syncing my config / sharing with friends
+I might add keybind documentation in the future in case someone actually wants to try using this, or I wanna introduce someone to neovim
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