Helix

Helix is a modal terminal editor written in Rust, inspired by Kakoune editor.

Installation

After installation, it is necessary to link the runtime directory, which contains themes and grammars needed for syntax highlighting.

ln -s $PWD/runtime ~/.config/helix/runtime

Keyboard Shortcuts

• w - Move forward to before the beginning of the next word
• d - Delete the active selection
• i - Go into Insert mode
• xd - Delete the current line
• f - Open the file picker
• gg - Go to the first line
• ge - Go to the last line
• 42gg - Go to line 42
• % - Select the whole file
• x - Select the current line, press repeatedly to continue to also select the line below
• s - Mark in selection
• c - Alias to di, delete the current selection and go into Insert mode

Commands

• :vnew - Open a new buffer on the side
• :hnew - Open a new buffer on the bottom
• :sh - Execute a shell command and see the result in the editor