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Edit neovim start screen without plugins

i like to edit this neovim start screen

                 NVIM v0.6.1                                                                                          

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But, without any plugin, i tried searching a file on /usr/share/nvim/runtime but i not found anything

How i can change that start screen?

Solution

    1. The intro screen is hardcoded in Vim/Neovim source and is not customizable.

    2. Instead, it is possible to write some stuff into text buffer and erase it after a while. This will require some bits of scripting though. This is how "plugins" work.

    3. "Plugin" is a collection of script lines needed to implement extra functionality. So "plugin" is not too much different from "~/.vimrc" or "/usr/share/nvim/runtime" etc., except it was written by another person. If you don't like other people's code then go and do it better.