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+type: reference
+title: Neovim and LazyVim
+description: Two nvim entry points on the workstations — vanilla `nvim` and the `lazyvim` NVIM_APPNAME profile — plus the wallpaper palette hook and the fresh-box install procedure.
+tags:
+  - editor
+  - nvim
+  - lazyvim
+  - dotfiles
+  - blankpad
+verified: 2026-10-19
+timestamp: 2026-10-19
+---
+
+# Neovim and LazyVim
+
+Two editors share one binary. Plain `nvim` is **vanilla** (no user config at
+all — quick edits, agent-spawned edits, `git commit` buffers). The LazyVim
+distribution lives in a **separate `NVIM_APPNAME` profile**, reached with the
+`lazyvim` shell function. Keeping them apart is deliberate: a distro in
+`~/.config/nvim` would slow down and surprise every throwaway `nvim file` call.
+
+| | vanilla | LazyVim |
+|---|---|---|
+| command | `nvim` | `lazyvim` (= `NVIM_APPNAME=lazyvim nvim`) |
+| config | `~/.config/nvim` (empty) | `~/.config/lazyvim` → tracked at `dotfiles/lazyvim/` |
+| plugins/state | none | `~/.local/share/lazyvim`, `~/.local/state/lazyvim`, `~/.cache/lazyvim` — runtime, **never tracked** |
+| vim (not nvim) | `~/.vimrc` absent → Vim 9.2 stock defaults | — |
+
+The function is defined in `dotfiles/zz-blankpad/zsh/.zshrc`; `vim` and bare
+`nvim` stay untouched on purpose.
+
+## Fresh box
+
+1. `git clone http://192.168.0.143:3000/dank/command-center.git ~/.omp` — the
+   profile arrives as `dotfiles/lazyvim/` (dotfiles tier, see
+   [live-sync](live-sync.md)).
+2. `ln -s ~/.omp/dotfiles/lazyvim ~/.config/lazyvim` — files, not the whole
+   directory, are the repo convention elsewhere, but this tree is nvim-only and
+   the plugin manager rewrites `lazy-lock.json` in place.
+3. `NVIM_APPNAME=lazyvim nvim --headless "+Lazy! sync" +qa` — bootstraps
+   lazy.nvim, then every plugin. Needs network (GitHub) once.
+4. `:LazyHealth` inside `lazyvim` to confirm.
+
+Requirements met on blankpad: nvim ≥ 0.11 with LuaJIT, git, ripgrep, `fd`,
+`fzf`, `lazygit`, a Nerd Font. `tree-sitter` CLI is **not** installed and is
+**not** needed — nvim-treesitter downloads/compiles parsers with `cc` on the
+first real session. Language servers install on demand through mason.
+
+## The wallpaper palette (`lua/matugen.lua`)
+
+LazyVim's colorscheme is overridden by a base16 palette kept in
+`lua/matugen.lua`, applied through `RRethy/base16-nvim` on every `ColorScheme`
+event (`lua/plugins/matugen.lua`) — so `:colorscheme <anything>` still lands on
+the palette, and `v:colors_name` keeps reporting the underlying theme, which
+LazyVim's own plugin tweaks depend on.
+
+The module also registers a `SIGUSR1` handler that re-requires itself: a real
+`matugen` install (theme generator, not installed here) writing this file from
+a template can hot-retheme a live editor with `pkill -USR1 -x nvim`. Without
+matugen the palette is a static snapshot — the file is the source of truth.
+
+To recolor by hand: edit the `base00`–`base0F` table, then send `SIGUSR1` (or
+restart). Highlight groups for pickers live below the table; unlisted groups are
+harmless no-ops.
+
+## Do not
+
+* Do not clone `LazyVim/starter` over `~/.config/nvim` — the official recipe,
+  but it destroys the vanilla quick-edit path this box relies on.
+* Do not commit `~/.local/share/lazyvim` (≈200 MB of checkouts). `lazy-lock.json`
+  inside the profile *is* tracked: it pins plugin revisions.
+
+## See Also
+
+* [applications](applications.md) — the editor's place in the CachyOS/Niri stack.
+* [tmux](tmux.md) — extended-keys setup that the same terminals need.