Helix IDE

• Doc, repo.
• Tutorial is available as hx --tutor or :tutor.
• Modes:
  • C-w window (C-w w next window)
  • ] right bracket goto next (]d diagnostic; ]f function)
  • g goto (gd definition; gs first non-blank in line; gn next buffer)
  • i insert (C-c close popup; C-k delete to end of line)
  • m match (mim select inside matching pair; mi" select inside double quotes; ms" surround selection with double quotes); maf select function definition; mat select type (class) definition
  • space
    • ? open searchable command palette (%[col] followed by string to restrict search to a column)
    • k documentation
    • f file picker (C-n next; C-p previous; C-v open vertical; C-s open horizontal) ' Reopen previous picker
    • / Global multi-file search; r Global multi-file replace symbol (place cursor on symbol first)
  • v visual select
  • z view (zt align to window top)
• Normal mode:
  • [n]x select lines; Undo by switching to visual select and moving
  • Tree-sitter: A-p (previous), A-o (extend), A-i (reduce) and A-n (next) allow you to move the selection according to its location in the syntax tree
  • A insert at end of line; I insert at first non-whitespace in line
  • A-; Goto other end of selection
  • Create cursor on next line: C
  • Make selection the search string: *
  • Collapse selection onto a single cursor ;
  • Swap case: ~; Lowercase: `
  • w start of next word; e end of current word; b beginning of current word (WEB for WORD movement)
  • f find next occurance of character (F for previous); t and T are similar but does not include character
  • Jumplist/history: C-i in/forwards; C-o out/backwards; C-s add
  • C-c toggle comment
  • Q toggle recording; q play recording
• Commands:
  • Deduplicate: %; :pipe sort; :pipe uniq (wrap selected text: :pipe fmt -w 80)
  • Make whitespace visible: :set whitespace.render all
  • Open an arbitrary file: :o
  • Replace all:
    1. % select all
    2. s select matches, followed by old string/regex and <CR>
    3. c replace all with cursors, followed by new string
    4. <ESC>, deactivate and deselect cursors
  • :insert-output to run shell command and insert its output.

Configuration

Uses https://github.com/ahernp/config/tree/master/files/helix.

Language servers

Check: hx --health [python|javascript|html|css]

• Python (pylsp): pip install python-lsp-server
• Javascript: sudo npm install -g typescript typescript-language-server
• CSS, HTML and JSON: sudo npm i -g vscode-langservers-extracted