feat: A working state during the transfer between the old neovim

configurations and using newer built-in functionality in the 0.12.x
versions of Neovim.

Further work is needed for treesitter updates, cleanup of the conversion
work and testing to verify old functionality isn't lessened to get the
benefits of a cleaner config and vastly faster load times.

nvim/lua/plugins.lua

@@ -1,41 +1,43 @@
-local lazypath = vim.fn.stdpath('data') .. '/lazy/lazy.nvim'
+require('vim._core.ui2').enable()
 
-if not vim.loop.fs_stat(lazypath) then
-    vim.fn.system({
-        'git',
-        'clone',
-        '--filter=blob:none',
-        'https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim.git',
-        '--branch=stable',
-        lazypath,
-    })
-end
-
-vim.opt.rtp:prepend(lazypath)
-
-require('lazy').setup({
-    require('plugins.lspconfig'),        -- LSP configuration
-    require('plugins.mason'),            -- LSP and DAP manager
-    require('plugins.gruvbox'),          -- Colorscheme
-    require('plugins.comment'),          -- Simple language specific commenting shortcuts
-    require('plugins.dap'),              -- DAP debugging plugin
-    require('plugins.dap-python'),       -- Debug plugin settings specifically for python
-    require('plugins.treesitter'),       -- Treesitter syntax highlighting and tree support
-    require('plugins.gitsigns'),         -- Gutter symbols for Git status and quick actions for Git operations
-    require('plugins.luasnip'),          -- Snippet engine
-    -- require('plugins.nvim-lint'),        -- Linter loader
-    require('plugins.nvim-cmp'),         -- Autocompletion engine
-    require('plugins.lualine'),          -- Status line
-    require('plugins.telekasten'),       -- Note taking setup
-    require('plugins.telescope'),        -- Floating windows for searching and other operations
-    'tpope/vim-surround',                -- Change surrounding symbols
-    require('plugins.floaterm'),         -- Floating terminal
-    require('plugins.vim-godot'),        -- Godot specific bindings and debug
-    -- require('plugins.markdown-preview'), -- Open a preview of markdown rendered in a browser
-    require('plugins.render-markdown'),  -- Render markdown directly in nvim (experimental, may take over for markdown-preview)
-    require('plugins.autopairs'),        -- Autocomplete symbol pairs when typing (experimental)
-    require('plugins.twilight'),         -- Focus mode, dim lines around the current segment of code
-    require('plugins.yaml-companion'),   -- Additional YAML and JSON schema helper
-    require('plugins.fugitive'),        -- _The_ Git integration plugin people have been using forever
-    -- require('plugins.schemastore'),      -- Loads YAML and JSON schemas for autocompletion
+-- Load the following plugins eagerly to prevent visual oddities
+vim.pack.add({
+    'https://github.com/sainnhe/gruvbox-material',
 })
+
+vim.g.gruvbox_material_enable_italic = true
+vim.g.gruvbox_material_background = 'hard'
+vim.g.gruvbox_material_better_performance = 1
+vim.cmd.colorscheme('gruvbox-material')
+
+require('plugins.lualine')              -- Status line plugin
+
+-- vim.schedule defers plugin loading for after the main loop starts
+-- Startup is cleaner and faster than ever
+vim.schedule(function ()
+    require('plugins.gitsigns')             -- Git gutter notifiers
+    require('plugins.nvim-cmp')             -- Autocompletion plugin (TODO: Move to builtin completion?)
+    require('plugins.telescope')            -- Floating window fuzzy searching different sources
+    require('plugins.telekasten')           -- Note taking plugins
+    require('plugins.mason')                -- LSP and DAP manager
+    require('plugins.twilight')             -- Focus mode, dim lines around the cursor's location
+    require('plugins.render-markdown')      -- Render markdown directly in neovim
+    require('plugins.luasnip')              -- Snippet engine
+    require('plugins.treesitter')           -- Syntax highlighting and tree support
+
+    vim.pack.add({'https://github.com/windwp/nvim-autopairs'})  -- Autocomplete symbol pairs when typing
+    vim.pack.add({'https://github.com/tpope/vim-surround'})     -- Change surrounding characters (doesn't need setup called)
+    vim.pack.add({'https://github.com/habamax/vim-godot'})      -- Godot specific bindings and debug
+
+    require('nvim-autopairs').setup()
+end)
+
+-- TODO: Still in need of translation to the new setup
+-- require('plugins.dap'),              -- DAP debugging plugin
+-- require('plugins.dap-python'),       -- Debug plugin settings specifically for python
+-- require('plugins.yaml-companion'),   -- Additional YAML and JSON schema helper
+
+-- Currently not enabled
+-- require('plugins.nvim-lint'),        -- Linter loader
+-- require('plugins.fugitive'),        -- _The_ Git integration plugin people have been using forever
+-- require('plugins.schemastore'),      -- Loads YAML and JSON schemas for autocompletion