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saidnooneever05/06/20262 repliesview on HN

cool stuff, for a bunch i didnt realise they were really distinct versions!

Use Helix now as the first one that stuck in my fingers though. before that it was always try a lil while and forget it (back to nano...).

Helix i think is like 'user friendly vi' or maybe 'no config vi'. dont need any plugins or weird stuff. everything essential works out of the box (for me)


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16bitvoidtoday at 5:41 AM

Helix's selection-action feels way more natural to me than vi/vim's action-selection.

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rbitstoday at 7:04 AM

I really want to use Helix, it clicks with me so much more. But I do not want to learn how to use Helix for development. I want to be able to continue using VSCode. And last I checked, the VSCode extension was not very good. I also use Vim keybindings in Obsidian.

The moment VSCode and Obsidian support improves, I am switching immediately.