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I tried to switch from neovim to helix for a couple weeks, but noted down the following things that were essential to me and not implemented yet: - Code action

by danslo 1y ago

I tried to switch from neovim to helix for a couple weeks, but noted down the following things that were essential to me and not implemented yet: - Code actions on save, for example adding Go imports: https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/6486 https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/6486 - Fuzzy search with a filepicker like telescope+rg, seems to have been added earlier this year: https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/11285 https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/11285 - Automatically updating buffers when the files on disk change (claude, templ, sqlc, etc): https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/issues/1125 https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/issues/1125 - File tree in browser, which has been rejected in favor of a plugin system which has not materialized yet: https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/5768 https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/5768 There were a number of other things too, that I could have lived with. I guess I'll try again in a year or two.

jzelinskie 1y ago
I rebuild from HEAD using homebrew quite regularly and have maybe had a single crash in years using Helix, so I'm shocked to see Julia report she's had crashes. But because I run HEAD, I can tell you what's actually merged which might not be released yet: > Code actions on save There are command on save hooks which solve the problem for Go, but I could see this being not as applicable for other languages. > Fuzzy search Man, I'm pretty sure this shipped before telescope was particular stable or popular. Although, I don't recall if Helix originally used the ripgrep backend at first. They reworked it earlier this year and it was a massive improvement. > Automatically updating buffers +1 to this. I constantly suspend (ctrl+z) my editor and sometimes forget about it and could really use this prompt. > File tree in browser Space+e or Space+E opens a hierarchical file explorer on HEAD, but this is definitely relatively new
zimpenfish 1y ago
> I tried to switch from neovim to helix for a couple weeks I bounced off after a couple of hours because 35 years of muscle memory for vim commands meant I was making constant infuriating mistakes[0]. Which is a shame because I'd really like to use helix and avoid the neovim config faff. [0] I did try one of the "vim keybindings for helix" but they were only partially correct and that annoyed me even more.
dtj1123 1y ago
Although the file explorer you link there was abandoned, a vim-telescope style explorer was merged earlier this year. However, when you already have a fuzzy-search based file picker built in, an explorer doesn't bring much extra utility.
- scuff3d 1y ago
  Totally disagree. I find having both extremely useful. Once I start to get to know a code base jumping through files with telescope is super useful. But when I'm getting spun up on a project and don't know what files I'm looking for, a file tree is super nice.
ngrilly 1y ago
I have the same issue with Helix not watching and reloading modified files automatically, as I sometimes run external programs modifying those files (templ and sqlc are good examples). Curious about how experienced Helix users are addressing this.
- f311a 1y ago
  I have file reload binded to key: [keys.normal.space.f] f = "file_picker_in_current_directory" F = "file_picker" b = "file_picker_in_current_buffer_directory" "." = ":toggle-option file-picker.git-ignore" g = "global_search" e = "file_explorer" r = ":reload-all" x = ":reset-diff-change" w = ":echo %sh{git blame -L %{cursor_line},+1 %{buffer_name}}"

by danslo 1y ago

jzelinskie 1y ago

I rebuild from HEAD using homebrew quite regularly and have maybe had a single crash in years using Helix, so I'm shocked to see Julia report she's had crashes. But because I run HEAD, I can tell you what's actually merged which might not be released yet: > Code actions on save There are command on save hooks which solve the problem for Go, but I could see this being not as applicable for other languages. > Fuzzy search Man, I'm pretty sure this shipped before telescope was particular stable or popular. Although, I don't recall if Helix originally used the ripgrep backend at first. They reworked it earlier this year and it was a massive improvement. > Automatically updating buffers +1 to this. I constantly suspend (ctrl+z) my editor and sometimes forget about it and could really use this prompt. > File tree in browser Space+e or Space+E opens a hierarchical file explorer on HEAD, but this is definitely relatively new

zimpenfish 1y ago

> I tried to switch from neovim to helix for a couple weeks I bounced off after a couple of hours because 35 years of muscle memory for vim commands meant I was making constant infuriating mistakes[0]. Which is a shame because I'd really like to use helix and avoid the neovim config faff. [0] I did try one of the "vim keybindings for helix" but they were only partially correct and that annoyed me even more.

dtj1123 1y ago

Although the file explorer you link there was abandoned, a vim-telescope style explorer was merged earlier this year. However, when you already have a fuzzy-search based file picker built in, an explorer doesn't bring much extra utility.

scuff3d 1y ago
Totally disagree. I find having both extremely useful. Once I start to get to know a code base jumping through files with telescope is super useful. But when I'm getting spun up on a project and don't know what files I'm looking for, a file tree is super nice.

ngrilly 1y ago

I have the same issue with Helix not watching and reloading modified files automatically, as I sometimes run external programs modifying those files (templ and sqlc are good examples). Curious about how experienced Helix users are addressing this.

f311a 1y ago
I have file reload binded to key: [keys.normal.space.f] f = "file_picker_in_current_directory" F = "file_picker" b = "file_picker_in_current_buffer_directory" "." = ":toggle-option file-picker.git-ignore" g = "global_search" e = "file_explorer" r = ":reload-all" x = ":reset-diff-change" w = ":echo %sh{git blame -L %{cursor_line},+1 %{buffer_name}}"