golf
helix
golf | helix | |
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3 | 405 | |
118 | 30,328 | |
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9.2 | 9.9 | |
about 2 months ago | about 19 hours ago | |
Shell | Rust | |
The Unlicense | Mozilla Public License 2.0 |
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golf
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Why Kakoune
I'd probably use Helix if it had 1:1 Kakoune keybindings. Or even Vim bindings.
Vim bindings are not the most consistent, but they are ubiquitous. Every program that offers Vim mode has very similar keymap. If modal text editor deviates from them, it better be for good reason.
Kakoune bindings are very different from Vim, but they are provably and objectively [1] better, so that's fine. They are also more consistent and there is a clear idea behind the whole design. It's written down in documentation. You might prefer Vim or Emacs, but at least you can see that changes from well known Vim scheme are not made at whim.
Helix keymap feels like it was improvised without any thought behind it. βLet's take Kakoune binds and add back visual mode cuz I feel like it.β Currently, they are designed by committee in this GitHub issue[2]. I don't see any design notes and explanations why should I spend time learning Helix keymap.
[1]: https://github.com/mawww/golf
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Is there objective data on the "most efficient" modal editor?
People claim that their new(er) modal text editor is better/faster/requires fewer keystrokes than vi/vim/neovim, but I have yet to see some clear, objective, concrete data to back these claims up (like a benchmark of the editors for the same tasks). Is there anything of this sort? I know there's this, but it's only about kakoune/vim and it seems a little biased.
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Kakoune Code Editor
Judging by https://github.com/mawww/golf kakoune is capable of completing the majority of the same editing tasks as vim in a very similar amount of keystrokes. The main advantage of multiple selections is that you can see which text you will operate on ahead of time, rather than having to first select which operation you want (delete/yank/change/etc) and then which text it will affect. I think pointing out that vim's selections aren't as capable as kakoune's is a fair response, and saying that you can accomplish similar things without selections is a bit of a deflection.
helix
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Multi-cursor code editing: An animated introduction
Nice post. Obligatory Helix plug: For anyone interested in taking this further, there are whole editors designed around multi-cursor editing.
https://helix-editor.com/
- Helix: Post-modern and modal text editor
- Difftastic, a structural diff tool that understands syntax
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:syntax off (2016)
I could never turn it off completely but I do sometimes use the Acme theme during the day (it's too bright in the evening), which highlights just comments, strings, and errors.
https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/wiki/Themes#acme
- Helix - Front-End Power
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Lapce
You can use a snippet LSP to work around Helix not having a built-in LSP manager. They're listed in https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/issues/395
- Helix: GUI
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Memray β A Memory Profiler for Python
I'm probably not the average python programmer.
But I normally just create two terminals (I have a tiling window manager) and in one I open a python file under /tmp/ write my code and execute it in the other terminal.
I would probably use a REPL if it was integrated in my favorite editor ( https://helix-editor.com ).
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Neovide β a simple, no-nonsense, cross-platform GUI for Neovim
Wow, that's been there a while: https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/commit/35c974c9c49f912...
Wonder how I missed that. I'm getting a re-education in helix today -- thank you! I'll go through `hx --tutor` again before I insert any more feet in my mouth.
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Zed is now open source
Interesting to see how they are gonna approach integrating plugins/extensions system, because this is likely gonna be one of the major factors affecting adoption and ecosystem growth.
Helix devs, for instance, lean towards a Scheme-like implementation. [1]
[1]: https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/discussions/3806#discu...
What are some alternatives?
nvim-config
kakoune - mawww's experiment for a better code editor
symflower-kakoune - Unit test generation for the Kakoune editor with Symflower
lapce - Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust
one.kak - Atom "One" color schemes for Kakoune.
neovim - Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability
kakoune-easymotion - kakoune plugin for navigating like the easymotion vim mode
micro-editor - A modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor
kakoune-wakatime - WakaTime! For Kakoune! Yay!
xi-editor - A modern editor with a backend written in Rust.
incsearch.vim - :flashlight: Improved incremental searching for Vim
copilot.vim - Neovim plugin for GitHub Copilot