• natecox@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    I am a fairly long time emacs user, used it as my primary editor and note taking app for around six years. I have a config large enough to warrant its own git repo separate from my normal dotfiles.

    Before emacs I used vim for several years.

    After really getting into Rust, I decided about three months ago to just take a look at helix and see what it was about… and I haven’t opened emacs or vim again since.

    LSP and tree-sitter cover like 90% of what my old config was doing out of the box, and the kakoune inspired key bindings just felt so natural. I feel at home without the overhead of configuration paralysis.

    Don’t get me wrong, helix has plenty of room to grow, but I’m excited to grow with it.

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      1 year ago

      LSP and tree-sitter cover like 90% of what my old config was doing out of the box

      This is a big factor of what made me switch. I just got sick of downloading and updating plugins, editing configuration to get things how I like it but still have things be janky AF as not all the plugins work well together…

      Don’t get me wrong, helix has plenty of room to grow, but I’m excited to grow with it.

      Yes, though it is there enough for me to use it and not miss vim any more. Everything that is being added now is more like icing on top of a great base.