From 9f5454bda6299db43a4e9de5b3716471388b81d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mitja Felicijan Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2022 14:05:48 +0200 Subject: Move blog to Hugo --- .../posts/2022-06-30-trying-out-helix-editor.md | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/posts/2022-06-30-trying-out-helix-editor.md (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 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8286735 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/2022-06-30-trying-out-helix-editor.md @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +--- +title: Trying out Helix code editor as my main editor +url: tying-out-helix-code-editor.html +date: 2022-06-30 +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 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. + +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. + +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. + +And it comes us packed with many [really good themes](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/wiki/Themes). + +![Editor](/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). + -- cgit v1.2.3