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title: "SpaceVim lang#nim layer"
description: "This layer adds Nim language support to SpaceVim"
---

# [Available Layers](../../) >> lang#nim

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- [Description](#description)
- [Features](#features)
- [Install](#install)
- [Key bindings](#key-bindings)
  - [Inferior REPL process](#inferior-repl-process)
- [Examples](#examples)

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## Description

This layer adds [Nim](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim) language support to SpaceVim.
Nim is a compiled, garbage-collected systems programming language.

## Features

- syntax highlighting
- code completion
- code compiler and runner

## Install

To use this configuration layer, update custom configuration file with:

```toml
[[layers]]
  name = "lang#nim"
```

Before using this layer, you need to install Nim via package manager. For example in archlinux:

```sh
sudo pacman -S nim nimble
```

## Key bindings

| Key Bindings | Descriptions                 |
| ------------ | ---------------------------- |
| `SPC l r`    | compile and run current file |
| `SPC l e`    | rename symbol in file        |
| `SPC l E`    | rename symbol in project     |

### Inferior REPL process

Start a `nim secret` inferior REPL process with `SPC l s i`.

Send code to inferior process commands:

| Key Bindings | Descriptions                                     |
| ------------ | ------------------------------------------------ |
| `SPC l s b`  | send buffer and keep code buffer focused         |
| `SPC l s l`  | send line and keep code buffer focused           |
| `SPC l s s`  | send selection text and keep code buffer focused |

## Examples

This is an Nim example project which is developed in SpaceVim.

<https://github.com/wsdjeg/nim-example>