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What is something you want to use, yet are NOT using? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For me, I really want to get into niri, but the lack of XWayland support scares me (I know there’s solutions, but I don’t understand them yet).

Also, I stopped using Emacs (even though I love its design and philosophy with my whole heart) because it’s very slow, even as a daemon.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I want to use Neovim but I haven't gotten around to really learning it yet.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I used neovim but recently switched to helix and highly recommend it. If you haven't tried nvim yet, give helix a try before deciding. A good way to compare is do the tutorial of each and see which you like more nvim +Tutor and hx --tutor (orhelix --tutor).

If you're a current vim user the helix keybindings are only a small learning curve after the tutorial, and feel a lot smoother imo

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I love Helix. I like that it pretty much works out of the box and the only thing you have to do is install language servers and in some cases configure them, but that's (mostly) well documented. No need to install plugins or use a preset "distribution" like with NeoVim. I also like the built-in keyboard shortcut hints, for example when you press g (goto) it shows you what key will do what.

The way Helix does "select first, then act" is subjective, but I like it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Agree on all counts. I didn't like finding and comparing plugins for neovim, and then wrestling with environment stuff to get them to work, and having to change a bunch of options to get nvim to work how I want. With helix, my config of things I've changed from default is very small, and there's no wrestling with plugins.

And yeah, "select then act" feels a lot smoother and more intuitive to me. If you like that and like plugins tho, check out kakuone

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Could you elaborate on what helix is?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

A keyboard and terminal based text editor, similar in some ways to neovim, vim, and vi