Helix
helix-editor.com
A post-modern modal text editor.
  • gfle@szmer.infoEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    Vim/Emacs/… starter kits achieve the same experience.

    Which Vim/Emacs/… starter kit sets up the same keyboard navigation model as Helix uses? I think that it’s its main strength, the selection -> action approach, which is quite intuitive (at least for me once I’ve tried) is what really matters in Helix. The rest is just an addition, the one that makes it a quite competent and convenient environment to work with, but an addition.

    • lukas@lemmy.haigner.meEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      Which Vim/Emacs/… starter kit sets up the same keyboard navigation model as Helix uses?

      Emacs 29 supports tree-sitter out of the box if you’re referring to code navigation. No starter kit uses Helix keybindings yet afaik.

      I think that it’s its main strength, the selection -> action approach, which is quite intuitive (at least for me once I’ve tried) is what really matters in Helix.

      I saw the Helix demo video and that aspect feels like extra steps to me. Perhaps the wiki is poorly worded, but I can select a word, a paragraph, a line, etc. and then delete, change, yank, etc. it in Emacs. Although I also have the option to ignore that approach wherever appropriate. I don’t need visual help to delete the next word, Emacs can do that for me with one keybinding.