From 8697555125c57ae64a0c9b78514b4aac4fd523de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mitja Felicijan Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2023 14:50:20 +0200 Subject: Massive formatting and added figcaption --- .../posts/2022-06-30-trying-out-helix-editor.md | 33 +++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 17 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 c1da4a5..23c1cf3 100644 --- a/content/posts/2022-06-30-trying-out-helix-editor.md +++ b/content/posts/2022-06-30-trying-out-helix-editor.md @@ -5,27 +5,27 @@ 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 +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. +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 +> 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 +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. +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. @@ -39,15 +39,14 @@ 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. +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). ![Editor](/assets/helix-editor/editor.png) -It's still young but has this mature feeling to it. It has sane defaults and +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