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Was vim for many years, but now helix.
This coming from someone whose work I respect is a reason to give it an honest try.
Thanks! The only thing I can't use it for, is android dev 😭 . Good java / kotlin tooling has essentially become owned by google and jetbrains.
I'll try it out!
I was skeptical at first, but have come to love it. vim has become a frankenstein's monster over the years, requiring plugins to do everything. helix comes with LSP / IDE support out of the box, formatting, multi-line editing, quick file switching, etc. It def has been useful for both rust and typescript.
I'm a diehard vim user, but helix sounds nice. I'll give it a try. If I can quit the editor in less than 10 minutes, that'll be a win!
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