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| author | Mitja Felicijan <mitja.felicijan@gmail.com> | 2022-08-27 14:05:48 +0200 |
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| committer | Mitja Felicijan <mitja.felicijan@gmail.com> | 2022-08-27 14:05:48 +0200 |
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| 2 | Title: Trying out Helix code editor as my main editor | ||
| 3 | Description: Trying out Helix code editor as my main editor | ||
| 4 | Slug: tying-out-helix-code-editor | ||
| 5 | Listing: true | ||
| 6 | Created: 2022-06-30 | ||
| 7 | Tags: [] | ||
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| 10 | I have been searching for a lightweight code editor for quite some time. One of the main reasons was that I wanted something that doesn't burn through CPU and RAM usage is not through the roof. I have been mostly using Visual Studio Code. It's been an outstanding editor. I have no quarrel with it at all. It's just time to spice life up with something new. | ||
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| 12 | I have been on this search for a couple of years. I have tried Vim, Neovim, Emacs, Doom Emacs, Micro and couple more. Among most of them, I liked Micro and Doom Emacs the most. Micro editor was a little too basic for me. And Doom Emacs was a bit too hardcore. This does not reflect on any of the editors. It's just my personal preference. | ||
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| 14 | > I tried Helix Editor about a year ago. But I didn't pay attention to it. Tried it and saw it's similar to Vi and just said no. I was premature to dismiss it. | ||
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| 16 | One of the things I actually miss is line wrapping for certain files. When writing Markdown, line wrapping would be very helpful. Editing such a document is frustrating to say the least. Some of the Markdown to HTML converters don't take kindly of new lines between sentences. Not paragraphs, sentences. And I use Markdown to write this blog you are reading. | ||
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| 18 | But other than this, I have been extremely satisfied by it. It's been a pleasant surprise. There have been zero issues with the editor. | ||
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| 20 | One thing to do before you are able to use autocompletion and make use Language Server support is to install the language server with NPM. | ||
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| 22 | ```sh | ||
| 23 | npm install -g typescript typescript-language-server | ||
| 24 | ``` | ||
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| 26 | I am still getting used to the keyboard shortcuts and getting better. What Helix does really well is packing in sane defaults and even though because currently there is no plugin support I haven't found any need for them. It has all that you would need. It goes to extreme measures to show a user what is going on with popups that show you what the keyboard shortcuts are. | ||
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| 28 | And it comes us packed with many [really good themes](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/wiki/Themes). | ||
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| 32 | It's still young but has this mature feeling to it. It has sane defaults and mimics Vim (works a bit differently, but the overall idea is similar). | ||
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