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@goeranh @dreieck Well I'm currently pretty happy with #HelixEditor but that's probably going to get a plugin system scriptable with a lisp.

Just learned about the `gw` navigation command in Helix Editor and, wow, how have I lived before?

(Bind it to enter in normal mode for an even better workflow.)

Credit: https://www.reddit.com/r/HelixEditor/comments/1iearpt/comment/ma64dqd/

#HelixEditor #dev

Just learned about the `gw` navigation command in Helix Editor and, wow, how have I lived before?

(Bind it to enter in normal mode for an even better workflow.)

Credit: https://www.reddit.com/r/HelixEditor/comments/1iearpt/comment/ma64dqd/

#HelixEditor #dev

It looks like the Helix is getting a legit Scheme plugin language with Steel. This is amazing and terrifying for me, given my track record of jumping editors. Helix already plays super, duper well with NixOS as well.

Bookmarking this article for later for how to get the nREPL working: https://www.tomwaddington.dev/steel-helix-first-steps.html

#helix #helixeditor

It looks like the Helix is getting a legit Scheme plugin language with Steel. This is amazing and terrifying for me, given my track record of jumping editors. Helix already plays super, duper well with NixOS as well.

Bookmarking this article for later for how to get the nREPL working: https://www.tomwaddington.dev/steel-helix-first-steps.html

#helix #helixeditor

Hmm, #HelixEditor highlights staged changes in the buffer gutter, but doesn't identify their files in the changed file picker

Hmm, #HelixEditor highlights staged changes in the buffer gutter, but doesn't identify their files in the changed file picker

But also why the hell would you even consider a lisp based syntax in 2026 for a plugin system? Why do you like this in today's world, are you asking only hardcore tribes to enter the ecosystem? 🤣

#helixEditor

But also why the hell would you even consider a lisp based syntax in 2026 for a plugin system? Why do you like this in today's world, are you asking only hardcore tribes to enter the ecosystem? 🤣

#helixEditor

Are we finally getting helix IDE plugins? That's kinda wild how long its taking to decide on this. Back in the day you just do it and see where it goes 🤣

#editor #helixEditor

Are we finally getting helix IDE plugins? That's kinda wild how long its taking to decide on this. Back in the day you just do it and see where it goes 🤣

#editor #helixEditor

I'm really enjoying making small scripts in #AmberLang

https://docs.amber-lang.com/0.6.0-alpha

It's a higher-level and typed language which compiles down to #bash, a cool concept!

Below an example of a helper I use to copy to clipboard the remote link for the file I have currently open in #HelixEditor (complete with the range of lines in my selection).

https://codeberg.org/beeb/.dotfiles/src/branch/main/scripts/permalink.ab

The following command (using expansion) is bound to a keyboard shortcut in Helix:

`:sh permalink %{buffer_name} %{selection_line_start} %{selection_line_end}`

And here's one to git blame the current line: https://codeberg.org/beeb/.dotfiles/src/branch/main/scripts/blame.ab

#scripting #ScriptingLanguage #bash_scripting

I'm really enjoying making small scripts in #AmberLang

https://docs.amber-lang.com/0.6.0-alpha

It's a higher-level and typed language which compiles down to #bash, a cool concept!

Below an example of a helper I use to copy to clipboard the remote link for the file I have currently open in #HelixEditor (complete with the range of lines in my selection).

https://codeberg.org/beeb/.dotfiles/src/branch/main/scripts/permalink.ab

The following command (using expansion) is bound to a keyboard shortcut in Helix:

`:sh permalink %{buffer_name} %{selection_line_start} %{selection_line_end}`

And here's one to git blame the current line: https://codeberg.org/beeb/.dotfiles/src/branch/main/scripts/blame.ab

#scripting #ScriptingLanguage #bash_scripting

thankfully my terminal emulator of choice, alacritty, has an anti-llm policy!

My favorite editor helix sadly does not, and it appears to be infested as well :(

#alacritty #noai #nollm #HelixEditor

thankfully my terminal emulator of choice, alacritty, has an anti-llm policy!

My favorite editor helix sadly does not, and it appears to be infested as well :(

#alacritty #noai #nollm #HelixEditor

thankfully my terminal emulator of choice, alacritty, has an anti-llm policy!

My favorite editor helix sadly does not, and it appears to be infested as well :(

#alacritty #noai #nollm #HelixEditor

Anyone else using `eb` and `EB` instead of `miw` and `miW` to select words in Helix, or are y'all normal?

#helix #HelixEditor

Anyone else using `eb` and `EB` instead of `miw` and `miW` to select words in Helix, or are y'all normal?

#helix #HelixEditor

📁[PRO] It’s time to say goodbye to #Vim / #NVim and hello 👋 to #HelixEditor … and yes I change my whole NixOS Infrastructure to configure 🧬Helix declarative and reproducible 😅

https://www.nerdbude.com/helix/

📁[PRO] It’s time to say goodbye to #Vim / #NVim and hello 👋 to #HelixEditor … and yes I change my whole NixOS Infrastructure to configure 🧬Helix declarative and reproducible 😅

https://www.nerdbude.com/helix/

#HelixEditor mode in Zed is starting to feel nicer than Helix itself

#HelixEditor mode in Zed is starting to feel nicer than Helix itself

@krutonium #HelixEditor with #nixd LSP and #nixfmt formatter.

#Nix #NixOS

@krutonium #HelixEditor with #nixd LSP and #nixfmt formatter.

#Nix #NixOS

@nikitonsky @mwichary this is tempting me to give it another shot, but I’m like 90% happy with #HelixEditor

@nikitonsky @mwichary this is tempting me to give it another shot, but I’m like 90% happy with #HelixEditor

I decided to work on this #treesitter parser a little bit more and put together some documentation for it:

https://tree-sitter-fasta.jrhawley.ca/

This won't come as a surprise to software maintainers, but writing good documentation is hard! It takes a lot of time to make sure it's right and that things are understandable.

In this case, I found Tree-sitter's support across editors to be ... sparse. #HelixEditor is by far the easiest, which is why I've documented that one first.

By the way, if you know Vim/Neovim and are curious about Helix, you should probably watch this 13-minute video: it reviews the latter editor, comparing it to the former ones.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJHjCGHGQhw

Or, you know, visit the website, read the documentation, go through the tutorial

#Vim #Neovim #HelixEditor #blambers

#terSoftware de programa para fazer programa?

Classicamente uso o #RStudio para analisar dados de pesquisa com o #RStats. A tendência é mudar para o Positron, mas eu nunca aprendi a usar o VSCodium e seus amigos, e estou com preguiça de aprender. Pensei em voltar para o #Vim, mas as coisas legais que o RStudio faz dependem de recursos que eu achava estarem mais presentes no #Neovim. Configurar o Neovim é cansativo, estou experimentando o #HelixEditor

#terSoftware de programa para fazer programa?

Classicamente uso o #RStudio para analisar dados de pesquisa com o #RStats. A tendência é mudar para o Positron, mas eu nunca aprendi a usar o VSCodium e seus amigos, e estou com preguiça de aprender. Pensei em voltar para o #Vim, mas as coisas legais que o RStudio faz dependem de recursos que eu achava estarem mais presentes no #Neovim. Configurar o Neovim é cansativo, estou experimentando o #HelixEditor

I'm pretty stoked about this https://codeberg.org/trey/dotfiles/src/branch/main/helix/config.toml#L21-L32 #HelixEditor

Shows a nicely formatted git blame message for the current line and then copies the sha1 hash to your clipboard if you want to dig in more.

I'm pretty stoked about this https://codeberg.org/trey/dotfiles/src/branch/main/helix/config.toml#L21-L32 #HelixEditor

Shows a nicely formatted git blame message for the current line and then copies the sha1 hash to your clipboard if you want to dig in more.

The Helix modal editor has built-in support for treesitter, but it only ships with some of the R queries: (syntax) highlight, injection, and locals. It does not have yet queries for text objects, tags, indentation or rainbow brackets. At least three of these are available elsewhere; I wonder how hard would it be to adapt those for Helix?

#HelixEditor #RStats #treesitter

It is kinda sarcastic that I went from neovim to #HelixEditor for "plugin free" experience where everything works out-of-the-box and now I end up installing helix fork with plugins 🤣

It is kinda sarcastic that I went from neovim to #HelixEditor for "plugin free" experience where everything works out-of-the-box and now I end up installing helix fork with plugins 🤣

What are your thoughts on Helix, especially when coming from Vim?

https://helix-editor.com/

#HelixEditor #Vim

What are your thoughts on Helix, especially when coming from Vim?

https://helix-editor.com/

#HelixEditor #Vim

#Zellij integration in #Rustlings 🪟

https://asciinema.org/a/902151

Works well with terminal text editors like #HelixEditor :helix:

Will be released soon ✨️

#Rust #RustLang

#Zellij integration in #Rustlings 🪟

https://asciinema.org/a/902151

Works well with terminal text editors like #HelixEditor :helix:

Will be released soon ✨️

#Rust #RustLang

Ich hab die #IDE gewechselt 😇 Bin von #neovim auf #helixEditor umgestiegen. Sehr spannend 😀 Viele Tastenkürzel sind (für mich) intuitiver und die Einrichtung ist bei Weitem mit viel weniger "Gefummel" verbunden. Mal schauen...

:wq

#linux #vim #lordcanis

I ended up commenting out everything in my ~/.zprofile file and manually adding `/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current` to my $PATH and #HelixEditor seems (mostly) happy now. Thanks to @carlton, @ehmatthes, and @pythonbynight for the help in figuring that out! 💚 💚 💚

I ended up commenting out everything in my ~/.zprofile file and manually adding `/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current` to my $PATH and #HelixEditor seems (mostly) happy now. Thanks to @carlton, @ehmatthes, and @pythonbynight for the help in figuring that out! 💚 💚 💚

This seems like a silly question, but how do you remove old versions of Python (installed with official macOS installers / `mopup`) or at least get them off the system $PATH? I think it's messing with my #HelixEditor LSPs

Thanks to a work-in-progress Homebrew cask by Andi Péter (https://codeberg.org/GramEditor/gram/issues/15#issuecomment-11159294), I was just able to quickly install and play with the new Gram code editor (https://codeberg.org/GramEditor/gram#gram) – a fork of Zed with all the bullshit (AI, telemetry, etc.) removed that looks like it could be great editor to recommend both for people just learning to code (as I was, recently, to recommend for people learning Kitten¹) as well as seasoned programmers who don’t want to work in terminal.

And, as a bonus, it actually has a Helix Editor mode so if that’s your daily driver (raises hand), you can just use it like Helix (i.e., Helix Editor in a graphical shell).

If you want to try Andi’s build (only works on Mac at the moment and remember, you have to trust Andi):

brew tap petrosz007/gram-tap https://codeberg.org/Petrosz007/homebrew-gram-tap.git
brew install --cask gram

PS. You can follow the author of Gram, @krig, on the fediverse :)

¹ https://kitten.small-web.org

#gram #editor #gramEditor #programming #coding #dev #zed #zedEditor #helix #helixEditor #brew #macOS #noAI #privacyRespecting #tool