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Added information about alternative repositories (to get latest version) and about the update-alternatives command

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@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ This repository contains my personal [neovim](https://neovim.io/) configuration
### Install neovim ### Install neovim
On Ubuntu, with root rights, neovim can be installed through the packet manager with On Ubuntu, with root rights, neovim can be installed through the packet manager with
```bash ```bash
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:neovim-ppa/stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install neovim sudo apt-get install neovim
``` ```
or with the AppImage or with the AppImage
@ -56,6 +58,15 @@ Since you don't want to use Vi(m) anymore after you setup this awesome environme
```bash ```bash
alias vi='nvim' alias vi='nvim'
``` ```
If you want to use Neovim for some (or all) of the editor alternatives, use the following commands:
```bash
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/vi vi /usr/bin/nvim 60
sudo update-alternatives --config vi
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/vim vim /usr/bin/nvim 60
sudo update-alternatives --config vim
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/editor editor /usr/bin/nvim 60
sudo update-alternatives --config editor
```
Then, clone the repository into you local `~/.config/nvim` directory, using: Then, clone the repository into you local `~/.config/nvim` directory, using:
```bash ```bash