basic config

init.lua

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ do
   vim.g.maplocalleader = ' '
 
   -- Set to true if you have a Nerd Font installed and selected in the terminal
-  vim.g.have_nerd_font = false
+  vim.g.have_nerd_font = true
 
   -- [[ Setting options ]]
   --  See `:help vim.o`
@@ -340,6 +340,13 @@ do
   vim.pack.add { gh 'NMAC427/guess-indent.nvim' }
   require('guess-indent').setup {}
 
+  -- Because lua is a real programming language, you can also have some logic to your installation -
+  -- like only installing a plugin if a condition is met.
+  --
+  -- Here we only install `nvim-web-devicons` (which adds pretty icons) if we have a Nerd Font,
+  -- since otherwise the icons won't display properly.
+  if vim.g.have_nerd_font then vim.pack.add { gh 'nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons' } end
+
   -- Here is a more advanced configuration example that passes options to `gitsigns.nvim`
   --
   -- See `:help gitsigns` to understand what each configuration key does.
@@ -397,13 +404,6 @@ do
   --  A collection of various small independent plugins/modules
   vim.pack.add { gh 'nvim-mini/mini.nvim' }
 
-  -- If a nerd font is available, load the icons module for pretty icons in various plugins.
-  if vim.g.have_nerd_font then
-    require('mini.icons').setup()
-    -- Used for backwards compatibility with plugins that require `nvim-web-devicons` (e.g. telescope.nvim)
-    MiniIcons.mock_nvim_web_devicons()
-  end
-
   -- Better Around/Inside textobjects
   --
   -- Examples:

lua/kickstart/plugins/neo-tree.lua

@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
 -- Neo-tree is a Neovim plugin to browse the file system
 -- https://github.com/nvim-neo-tree/neo-tree.nvim
 
-vim.pack.add {
+local plugins = {
   { src = 'https://github.com/nvim-neo-tree/neo-tree.nvim', version = vim.version.range '*' },
   'https://github.com/nvim-lua/plenary.nvim',
   'https://github.com/MunifTanjim/nui.nvim',
 }
 
+if vim.g.have_nerd_font then
+  table.insert(plugins, 'https://github.com/nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons') -- not strictly required, but recommended
+end
+
+vim.pack.add(plugins)
+
 vim.keymap.set('n', '\\', '<Cmd>Neotree reveal<CR>', { desc = 'NeoTree reveal', silent = true })
 
 require('neo-tree').setup {