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Super cool to see another competitor in this space. There's no support for tabs, I really hope it's coming and they implement them in the same way vim does. So
by doix 4y ago
Super cool to see another competitor in this space. There's no support for tabs, I really hope it's coming and they implement them in the same way vim does. So far the buffer/window implementation matches vim (as far as I can tell), so I really hope the tab implementation matches as well.
If they could implement the client/server architecture of kakoune, then this would really best editor (for me). It's a shame each editor implements a different subset of all the features I like and I'm always choosing between them.
Edit: Looks like there's an issue for tabs: https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/issues/2295 https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/issues/2295 , doesn't have too much traction. I hope someone picks it up, unfortunately my rust sucks far too much to get it done in any reasonable amount of time.
- gnull 4y agoTabs should be implemented by an external tool, like Tmux or whatever. This is how Kakoune does it.
- doix 4y agoKakoune has a client/server mode so that the client instances can talk to the same server. This way unsaved changes to a buffer are visible across instances + all the registers etc are shared. Helix doesn't have that functionality. Kakoune also doesn't have splits at all where as Helix does, so the design philosophy is different between the editors. Personally, I would prefer if tabs were first class citizens in the editor, but would make do with scuffed tabs if there was a server/client model implemented.