From 43b0708769eb61392050045b881f8e6ba39c5b66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mitja Felicijan Date: Fri, 26 May 2023 00:40:40 +0200 Subject: Massive update to posts, archetypes Added a archetypes for creating notes and posts so it auto-populates fields. Fixed existing posts so they align with the rule of 80 columns now. --- .../posts/2022-06-30-trying-out-helix-editor.md | 42 ++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) (limited to 'content/posts/2022-06-30-trying-out-helix-editor.md') diff --git a/content/posts/2022-06-30-trying-out-helix-editor.md b/content/posts/2022-06-30-trying-out-helix-editor.md index 5e25980..c1da4a5 100644 --- a/content/posts/2022-06-30-trying-out-helix-editor.md +++ b/content/posts/2022-06-30-trying-out-helix-editor.md @@ -1,31 +1,53 @@ --- title: Trying out Helix code editor as my main editor url: tying-out-helix-code-editor.html -date: 2022-06-30 +date: 2022-06-30T12:00:00+02:00 draft: false --- -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. +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. -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. +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. -> 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. +> 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. -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. +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. -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. +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. -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. +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. ```sh npm install -g typescript typescript-language-server ``` -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. +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. -And it comes us packed with many [really good themes](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/wiki/Themes). +And it comes us packed with many +[really good themes](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/wiki/Themes). ![Editor](/assets/helix-editor/editor.png) -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). +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). -- cgit v1.2.3