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3. [9]My thoughts on Helix after 6 months
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My thoughts on Helix after 6 months
Published June 19, 2023
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Published June 19, 2023
2 minutes read
Back in [13]January I decided to try out Helix as my primary editor and
today I have almost been using it for 6 months and these are my
thoughts.
Back in [13]January I decided to try out Helix as my primary editor and today I
have almost been using it for 6 months and these are my thoughts.
What I like
Keystrokes
Helix lives in the opposite land when it comes to keystrokes in
comparison to Vim, and it was only difficult for the first couple of
days. I've become fond of the way to navigate around.
Helix lives in the opposite land when it comes to keystrokes in comparison to
Vim, and it was only difficult for the first couple of days. I've become fond
of the way to navigate around.
Minor modes
I really like that there are more modes, called [14]"Minor modes", and
the reason why I like them are that whenever I initate a mode there is
a subtle pop-up in the lower-right corner with the available actions
with the activated mode. This is super helpful when you are first
learning Helix and when you are doing something you don't do on a
regular basis. It lowers the chance of having to switch context in
order to do something. For instance, I know that m activates "Match
mode", but sometimes I may forget how to select around specific
selector like (), but with Helix I will have a little helper that tells
me that the next key is a and then the next helper will help me select
just ().
I really like that there are more modes, called [14]"Minor modes", and the
reason why I like them are that whenever I initate a mode there is a subtle
pop-up in the lower-right corner with the available actions with the activated
mode. This is super helpful when you are first learning Helix and when you are
doing something you don't do on a regular basis. It lowers the chance of having
to switch context in order to do something. For instance, I know that m
activates "Match mode", but sometimes I may forget how to select around
specific selector like (), but with Helix I will have a little helper that
tells me that the next key is a and then the next helper will help me select
just ().
Moving around
I've become really fond of the idea that every move-action is also a
selection/highlight, I find that I miss that feature whenever I edit
server-configs via SSH or somewhere else when I'm not in Helix. It
feels natural after a while because you get used to moving around
text/code with w and e.
I've become really fond of the idea that every move-action is also a selection/
highlight, I find that I miss that feature whenever I edit server-configs via
SSH or somewhere else when I'm not in Helix. It feels natural after a while
because you get used to moving around text/code with w and e.
Configuration
No more Vimscript and Lua, just plaintext TOML! The documentation for
how to configure the editor is great and most of the defaults are also
great! My editor-config is just 23 lines in contrast to my
Neovim-config which is 209 lines long.
No more Vimscript and Lua, just plaintext TOML! The documentation for how to
configure the editor is great and most of the defaults are also great! My
editor-config is just 23 lines in contrast to my Neovim-config which is 209
lines long.
Language server protocol (LSP) support
I had some experience with this from Neovim, but it felt cumbersome
having to configure everything. With Helix I can simply run hx --health
markdown and see what LSP is required for Markdown.
I had some experience with this from Neovim, but it felt cumbersome having to
configure everything. With Helix I can simply run hx --health markdown and see
what LSP is required for Markdown.
$ hx --health markdown
Configured language server: marksman
Binary for language server: /opt/homebrew/bin/marksman
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Textobject queries: ✘
Indent queries: ✘
I even managed to get it working with Deno thanks to its documentation
on how to use custom LSPs for specific languages.
I even managed to get it working with Deno thanks to its documentation on how
to use custom LSPs for specific languages.
What I don't like
There really isn't anything in particualr that I don't like about
Helix. I really miss having it installed on servers by default, but I
completely understand that that is a big ask 😅 It's not too difficult
to swap between Vim-bindings and Helix-bindings for short sessions.
There really isn't anything in particualr that I don't like about Helix. I
really miss having it installed on servers by default, but I completely
understand that that is a big ask 😅 It's not too difficult to swap between
Vim-bindings and Helix-bindings for short sessions.
Conclusion
Helix is fun and easy! I highly recommend Helix if you:
* want to try a new editor,
* tired of configuring {Neo}vim with Vimscript/Lua,
* or been thinking about trying out Vim, but been hesitant because of
the modes.
Helix is fun and easy! I highly recommend Helix if you:
I will continue to use Helix for the forseeable future, I'm looking
forward to what future updates will bring!
• want to try a new editor,
• tired of configuring {Neo}vim with Vimscript/Lua,
• or been thinking about trying out Vim, but been hesitant because of the
modes.
Remember to check out Helix's tutor, hx --tutor for quick introduction
to its keystrokes and interactions.
I will continue to use Helix for the forseeable future, I'm looking forward to
what future updates will bring!
Remember to check out Helix's tutor, hx --tutor for quick introduction to its
keystrokes and interactions.
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