copilot.vim VS helix

Copilot.nvim (Official Vim Plugin) — The official plugin maintained by GitHub for Vim and NeoVim.

https://github.com/github/copilot.vim works pretty well for inline autocompletion

https://github.com/CopilotC-Nvim/CopilotChat.nvim is the best I've found for the chat-type interaction. It lets you choose models/etc.

It's still not quite as nice as cursor, but decent enough that I enjoy using them

I use copilot in neovim[1]. It was remarkably simple to get installed. Highly recommend

[1]: https://github.com/github/copilot.vim

I use Plug 'tpope/vim-markdown' and markdown fenced codeblocks fairly extensively, and recently installed Copilot.vim.

Anyways. Yes, neovim has AI integration like copilot ( https://github.com/github/copilot.vim ) and chatgpt ( https://github.com/jackMort/ChatGPT.nvim )

Helix was great until I discovered something that was a dealbreaker for me. They treat newline character as a normal character which is just very very non intuitive. I just wish there was option for behavior same as vim does. https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/issues/2956

The bikeshedding has long past. They've been working on the implementation now for some time.

https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/8675

Lots of vim/emacs mentions so I feel obliged to mention Helix (https://helix-editor.com/). Used neovim for _years_, tried Helix for a few weeks and never looked back

I’m not sure. Command based editing opens more doors than just optimizing keystrokes. There are edits I somewhat regularly do with Vim macros that save me minutes of typing and cognitive burden of examining refactor locations. It’s probably not going to be make or break, but I do think it’s significant in a p > 0.05 sense.

I imagine Vim is only just a local optima too. There are newer editors [0] that are more AST aware that I haven’t been able to fairly evaluate yet (not in the boring corp approved software list).

[0]: https://helix-editor.com/

Likely soon: https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/8675#issuecomment...

My initial point was just that it's kind of nice to have something that's usable from the get-go. I don't miss my giant vim config one bit.

If you're using the Helix Editor — the lightning-fast, modal, and fully-native code editor — you probably already appreciate its clean interface and modern features. But let’s be honest: theming matters.

Over the past 5 years, I have worked primarily with Rust, Golang, Python and Typescript. I have built and maintained various services and tools, ranging from internal utilities to services used by millions of users. For most of my career I have worked remotely, collaborating across various timezones. I like to work in environments with good engineering culture.

As a fellow hn reader you might be particularly interested in

- Lox Language Interpreters: https://github.com/nkitsaini/lox

- Contribution to uv: https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/pull/11738

- Contribution to Helix Editor: https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/9660

- Solutions to protohackers: https://github.com/nkitsaini/protohackers_impl

You can find more details in the resume at https://nkit.dev/resume.pdf

Nearly all my developer tools are open-source projects written in Rust (Nushell, Helix, WezTerm, and more).

The Helix editor, a popular alternative to Vim, is going to implementing it's plugin system in a Scheme-like language. Helix is also written in Rust.

https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/discussions/3806#discu...