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+# Chris's Neovim Config
+
+## Install Neovim
+
+- On Mac
+    ```
+    brew install neovim
+    ```
+
+- Ubuntu
+
+    ```
+    sudo apt install neovim
+    ```
+- Arch
+
+    ```
+    sudo pacman -S neovim
+    ```
+
+## Clone this repo 
+
+```
+git clone https://github.com/ChristianChiarulli/nvim.git
+```
+
+## Install python & node support
+
+```
+pip install pynvim
+```
+
+```
+npm i -g neovim
+```
+
+## Install clipboard support
+
+- On mac pbcopy should be builtin
+
+- On Ubuntu
+
+    ```
+    sudo apt install xsel
+    ```
+
+- On Arch Linux
+
+    ```
+    sudo pacman -S xsel
+    ```
+
+## (Optional) Install python & node support using virtual environments
+
+Make sure to add these paths somewhere in your config
+
+```
+let g:python3_host_prog = expand("<path to python with pynvim installed>")
+let g:python3_host_prog = expand("~/.miniconda/envs/neovim/bin/python3.8") " <- example
+
+let g:node_host_prog = expand("<path to node with neovim installed>")
+let g:node_host_prog = expand("~/.nvm/versions/node/v12.16.1/bin/node") " <- example 
+```