1) there's a pull request that fixes this but needs a bit of polish (https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/1819)

3) There's also a discussion for this, we hoped to include it in this release but it's instead going to be in the next cycle (https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/4439)

Hey, thanks for creating helix. IMO it is a big improvement to neovim and it is so much easier to get started with it. I was really sceptical at first, but its now my main editor.

FYI your github link in your opencollective [0] profile seems to be wrong?

[0] https://opencollective.com/blaz-hrastnik

Thanks for the kind words! Fixed the link :)

Well it's similar in vim: if I press `d` accidentally and I don't notice, then any subsequent movement commands will start to modify the file. It's a bit more explicit in Helix since you'll see a visual selection being made. Luckily in both editors you can undo the change :)

Treating newlines as regular characters allows you to use them in motions: t<Enter> will select text until end of the line for example.

That's probably because a lot of electron apps still run via Xwayland and you need to opt into ozone (chromium Wayland implementation)

I think you mean elastic tab stops https://nickgravgaard.com/elastic-tabstops/

Elastic tabstops actually mentions the input font in its "see also" section!

Maybe you need to update your homebrew cache? https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/helix

Yes! I waited out the long `brew update` and now it works :)

Does it matter? I used Rust to write it but I don't claim it's "blazingly fast". The post-modern tagline is a joke. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33158035

You don't mean to argue that because there are potentially an infinite number of possible editor configurations, that they must all be equally valid, and that there is no objectivity in editor design?

;)

We're planning to support multiple frontend too. The terminal one is just the main client.

Oh, this is good to know! May I suggest putting that in the FAQ? I looked for this information but didn't see it browsing the docs (perhaps I missed it though).

Under "Features", in the readme:

> It's a terminal-based editor first, but I'd like to explore a custom renderer (similar to Emacs) in wgpu or skulpin.

You're right though, it's nowhere to be found in the FAQ.

In addition, the developer of Neovide proposed collaboration a while back: https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/issues/39

> Helix cursor is bad and they refuse to fix it

What? Our cursor matches the default vim one (always 1-width, always bar). If you want to change cursor shapes, there's a config option too https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/wiki/FAQ#change-cursor...

We're working on snippets! It'll take a while longer to get there though.