Posts tagged: neovim

Research on the current Neovim plugin landscape for writing/journaling in Markdown, oriented around this site's workflow: a markata blog with YAML frontmatter, mkdocs-material-style `!!! scripture` / `??? scripture` admonitions, `[[ slug ]]` wikilinks, and a custom `pypeaday.daily` module (copier templates + telescope/fzf pickers + live_grep backlinks). ## 1. LazyVim `lang.markdown` extra — what it actually does Source of truth (current `main`): Docs: As of 2026, the extra installs/configures: - **marksman** via nvim-lspconfig (`servers = { marksman = {} }`) — markdown LSP with `[[wikilink]]` completion, go-to-definition, references (backlinks), and dead-link diagnostics. Big deal: most of what `pypeaday.daily.find_backlinks()` does via telescope live_grep, marksman gives via `grr`/`vim.lsp.buf.references`. - **markdownlint-cli2** via nvim-lint (and none-ls if installed), plus conform.nvim formatters `prettier`, `markdownlint-cli2`, and `markdown-toc` (the last only runs ...

# What? Windsurf helped me whip up a neovim plugin for my daily notes workflows. It has a few features that make my note taking workflow day-to-day a tiny bit more fluid !!! note "credit due" Honestly my zettlekasten and this daily notes stuff is only possible with the help of [Waylon Walker](https://waylonwalker.com) ## Context I learned about the concept of a [zettlekasten]() recently and it really spoke to me. I've sought for YEARS to have a nice note-taking workflow, where I never think about _where_ to put something, it's searchable, portable to some degree, and customizable... I've used OneNote and its derivatives, different self-hosted container based note taking apps, raw markdown files scattered on my file system, etc... I think I've finally landed on a solution which is basically this blog + some tooling to achieve the things I want... - [markata](https://markata.dev) is the build system, it's what lets me keep all my notes in markdown files, and build them into a c...