In addition to the helix resource, you may or may not want to look at: https://github.com/LGUG2Z/helix-vim/blob/master/config.toml https://github.com/LGUG2Z/he

In addition to the helix resource, you may or may not want to look at: https://github.com/LGUG2Z/helix-vim/blob/master/config.toml https://github.com/LGUG2Z/helix-vim/blob/master/config.toml I think most of the "muscle memory" bindings there are a bad idea (helix is different from vim - if you don't want that, I recommend neovim). As for "dd" - that would be (as indicated in your quote) select line, delete (yd) in neovim. Similar for delete to end-of-line - the second form is probably the "most helix like" - in being somewhat discoverable and "interactive" v(isual mark) return (end of line) d(elete). As for filtering selection through pipe, or reading command output - they are also different: "!" in normal mode is "insert-output" (r! in vim), while pipe is "filter" - eg, after selecting three lines, hit "|" then input "sort<enter>" - and the selection is piped through sort. As a long time vim user I agree that helix is alien - but I also think the change to selection-action is good for discoverability (the <space> context menu, interactive feedback on multiple replace) - and makes more sense. I still would like to see <leader>, and some "shortcuts" like "dd" (but I'm not sure what would be "best fit" in the world of helix for that. I don't think "dd" is a great choice.