From cd6644ea4ddc78597934ab0ef5ba50e3c3daa927 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mitja Felicijan Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2023 23:25:41 +0200 Subject: Moved to a simpler SSG --- .../posts/2022-06-30-trying-out-helix-editor.md | 52 ---------------------- 1 file changed, 52 deletions(-) delete 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 deleted file mode 100644 index 23c1cf3..0000000 --- a/content/posts/2022-06-30-trying-out-helix-editor.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,52 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: Trying out Helix code editor as my main editor -url: tying-out-helix-code-editor.html -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 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](/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). -- cgit v1.2.3