Helix Editor
Helix Features
Section titled “Helix Features”Source: The Most Underated IDE - Code to the Moon - YouTube
About Helix
Section titled “About Helix”- Has IDE features built in
- Modal editor: normal, insert modes
- Normal mode using
wandbto move between words like Vim. Helix also highlights the words
Exploring Helix from a Neovim Perspective
Section titled “Exploring Helix from a Neovim Perspective”Source: Talk with Nik Revenco (Helix Contributor) | Learning about Helix, as a Neovim user in a question and answer format
How to open files and explore directories?
Section titled “How to open files and explore directories?”- File picker
- Helix integration with Yazi file explorer
- Helix explorer (newer feature)
- :open <file> using command mode
How do you know Helix commands?
Section titled “How do you know Helix commands?”Pressing space and other key combinations, a help screen will displayed. Helix mostly uses vim motions, though some keys are different.
How to configure Helix?
Section titled “How to configure Helix?”Set up files at ~/.config/helix and put config.toml, could copy
existing languages.toml