helix
nvim-config
| helix | nvim-config | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | |
| 26 | 2 | |
| - | - | |
| 9.7 | 6.6 | |
| 19 days ago | about 2 months ago | |
| Rust | Lua | |
| Mozilla Public License 2.0 | - |
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helix
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Why Kakoune
There is a working prototype (that's gone as far as implementing a vim-dirvish picker): https://github.com/mattwparas/helix/tree/mwp-steel-integrati...
The maintainers are collaborating with the dev and hope to get a draft PR open sometime this upcoming year.
nvim-config
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Why Kakoune
I've used all except Kakoune. For me, Neovim is the one that stuck. Helix is cool, but having no plugins is a deal breaker (for now!) The onboarding experience is much nicer for sure, and Helix's LSP is way easier to set up than Neovim's.
That being said, Neovim, once you get it set up, is great. The biggest hurdle for me was the config, but if you just start from scratch and make a light config (mines about 200-300 lines, with LSP, hints, etc) you can get through it. And you never have to touch it again, since most likely you configured it in a way you like. Well unless you wanna add the occasional plugin. There are also distros of Neovim that contain a fully baked IDE-lite experience, but honestly those have extremely complicated config, and often IME don't feel nice and light.
It's definitely not for everyone. There is that time investment to get started, but it's definitely been worth it for me.
My config: https://github.com/wrapperup/nvim-config
What are some alternatives?
dotfiles - My Personal Dot Files
kakoune-wakatime - WakaTime! For Kakoune! Yay!
golf - Some vimgolfs challenges and along with Kakoune solutions
kakoune - mawww's experiment for a better code editor
vis - A vi-like editor based on Plan 9's structural regular expressions
helix - A post-modern modal text editor.