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Wow, what's wrong with people making their own text editors though? I know quite a few people who use Helix and they seem to really enjoy it. Doesn't sound wor

Wow, what's wrong with people making their own text editors though? I know quite a few people who use Helix and they seem to really enjoy it. Doesn't sound worthless to me.

James_K 3y ago
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- dingnuts 3y ago
  I mean, I don't know why I'm replying to you, but Helix absolutely does try new things that no other editor does the same way, and it's obviously intended as a successor in spirit to vim.. maybe you don't see value in someone trying to improve the modal editing idea that came around forty-odd years ago with vim but someone certainly does
  - James_K 3y ago
    Whatever these things are, they can't be very impressive if they weren't worth putting on the front page. Can you tell me one of the new things? Because I can't find any.
- chalsprhebaodu 3y ago
  Cringe
- marcyb5st 3y ago
  Says you. I like how snappy it is and once you get used to the keyboard shortcuts I feel I am as productive as when I used to use a "traditional" editor/IDE. Additionally, I can connect to my workstation from anywhere and have the exact same environment compared to when I am at the office. Finally, battery life on my laptop is better than when using VSCode with the electron baggage it brings with it.
- nix0n 3y ago
  > you could give the latter just by bundling Vim with an init file and some plugins > One in a million things exactly like it > there are much easier ways to achieve a better result Is there a particular vim/nvim starting point that you recommend? There are a lot of tutorials out there, but the idea of bundling is not something I've actually seen done. If not, then Helix is actually the easiest way for a user to get what it's offering.
- saagarjha 3y ago
  I don't see good things coming out from applying your own value system to the comment you wrote.
  - James_K 3y ago
    It provides a rare but obvious criticism which these people are sorely lacking. You can tell this is true by how many of them replied to it telling me that the placebo effect made them feel a lot better about this new editor. And of course it's on to the next thing once the honeymoon period wears off and some new shiny set of keys is dangled in front of them.
- smoldesu 3y ago
  > Can you quantify its worth? Since you asked, I've been using it recently and it feels like a more responsive version of Neovim/Kakoune. It's a very good editor, I upvoted this article in the hopes that someone else would try it too.

Wow, what's wrong with people making their own text editors though? I know quite a few people who use Helix and they seem to really enjoy it. Doesn't sound worthless to me.

James_K 3y ago

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dingnuts 3y ago
I mean, I don't know why I'm replying to you, but Helix absolutely does try new things that no other editor does the same way, and it's obviously intended as a successor in spirit to vim.. maybe you don't see value in someone trying to improve the modal editing idea that came around forty-odd years ago with vim but someone certainly does
- James_K 3y ago
  Whatever these things are, they can't be very impressive if they weren't worth putting on the front page. Can you tell me one of the new things? Because I can't find any.
chalsprhebaodu 3y ago
Cringe
marcyb5st 3y ago
Says you. I like how snappy it is and once you get used to the keyboard shortcuts I feel I am as productive as when I used to use a "traditional" editor/IDE. Additionally, I can connect to my workstation from anywhere and have the exact same environment compared to when I am at the office. Finally, battery life on my laptop is better than when using VSCode with the electron baggage it brings with it.
nix0n 3y ago
> you could give the latter just by bundling Vim with an init file and some plugins > One in a million things exactly like it > there are much easier ways to achieve a better result Is there a particular vim/nvim starting point that you recommend? There are a lot of tutorials out there, but the idea of bundling is not something I've actually seen done. If not, then Helix is actually the easiest way for a user to get what it's offering.
saagarjha 3y ago
I don't see good things coming out from applying your own value system to the comment you wrote.
- James_K 3y ago
  It provides a rare but obvious criticism which these people are sorely lacking. You can tell this is true by how many of them replied to it telling me that the placebo effect made them feel a lot better about this new editor. And of course it's on to the next thing once the honeymoon period wears off and some new shiny set of keys is dangled in front of them.
smoldesu 3y ago
> Can you quantify its worth? Since you asked, I've been using it recently and it feels like a more responsive version of Neovim/Kakoune. It's a very good editor, I upvoted this article in the hopes that someone else would try it too.