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Written by Eduardo Flores :rust: on 2025-01-13 at 11:11

I’m thinking of switching to #HelixEditor, how is the experience for other Rust developers out there? Is there something missing?

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Written by sntx on 2025-01-13 at 13:55

@edfloreshz I quiet enjoy the experience of helix, mainly the:

• kakoune-style keybindings

• daily-drivable default config

• speed

Especially the kakoune-style select->action in contrast to vims' action->select is a huge win for me.

If you don't like that, I'm not sure if it's worth the hussle to switch away from your already configured dev-env (unless your scouting for inspiration).

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Written by Eduardo Flores :rust: on 2025-01-13 at 14:54

@sntx I have very little muscle memory right now, so I don’t mind non-vim key bindings

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Written by sntx on 2025-01-13 at 15:23

@edfloreshz In that case #helix is a strong recommendation from me!

I don't know how much experience you have with modal editors -> editors that have modes, like NORMAL to navigate within the document, INSERT to write code and SELECT to perform more complex selections (and replacements etc.).

Most complex keybind follow-up options will be displayed on a menu. I.e. after pressing 'g' in NORMAL mode, a goto menu will appear displaying your goto options like 'e': end of document.

Easy to learn!

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Written by Eduardo Flores :rust: on 2025-01-13 at 16:05

@sntx Thanks!

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