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I am happy for helix but i don't think it's a good fit for me.
I use Neovim. It does what i want it to do. It's one of the best available options. But, i am not completely satisfied with it. I personally want an editor with following:
* Modern codebase. Written from scratch.
* VIM Keybindings: I have muscle memory of Vim. I would like to use Vim Keybindings in my editor. I don't want to use any other keybindings even if they are proclaimed to be better. It must walk like vim and quack like vim.
* Good defaults. I hate configuring a lot. Neovim requires configuring a lot and need not always provide good defaults if it provided. Helix might have gotten this right.
* Based on Treesitter. Better they run Treesitter parsers as a WASM in WASM runtime just like how Zed and latest Neovim do.
* Extension System. But, I don't really favor lua, js or scheme. They just aren't my cup of tea. Maybe make it a wasm module with only necessary functions exposed to it. And configuration of those plugins in non turning complete configuration language.
* TUI and optional GUI
* LSP,DAP and Snippets support built-in(along with auto complete/suggestions, UI for Testing and Debugging)
* Oil.nvim like FS as buffer built-in
* Telescope/FZF-lua style Search built-in
* Git integration built-in (Maybe magit/neogit like GIT UI is welcome)
* Flash.nvim style Treesitter based Code AST Manipulation and Jump-to by label built-in
* Macros and Multi cursors
* Optional Cursor Style AI integration (Chat UI)
I am happy for helix but i don't think it's a good fit for me.
I use Neovim. It does what i want it to do. It's one of the best available options. But, i am not completely satisfied with it. I personally want an editor with following:
* Modern codebase. Written from scratch.
* VIM Keybindings: I have muscle memory of Vim. I would like to use Vim Keybindings in my editor. I don't want to use any other keybindings even if they are proclaimed to be better. It must walk like vim and quack like vim.
* Good defaults. I hate configuring a lot. Neovim requires configuring a lot and need not always provide good defaults if it provided. Helix might have gotten this right.
* Based on Treesitter. Better they run Treesitter parsers as a WASM in WASM runtime just like how Zed and latest Neovim do.
* Extension System. But, I don't really favor lua, js or scheme. They just aren't my cup of tea. Maybe make it a wasm module with only necessary functions exposed to it. And configuration of those plugins in non turning complete configuration language.
* TUI and optional GUI
* LSP,DAP and Snippets support built-in(along with auto complete/suggestions, UI for Testing and Debugging)
* Oil.nvim like FS as buffer built-in
* Telescope/FZF-lua style Search built-in
* Git integration built-in (Maybe magit/neogit like GIT UI is welcome)
* Flash.nvim style Treesitter based Code AST Manipulation and Jump-to by label built-in
* Macros and Multi cursors
* Optional Cursor Style AI integration (Chat UI)