helix

GitHub describes it as A post-modern modal text editor.. The repository metadata lists Rust as its primary language. The metadata lists the MPL-2.0 license. This article stays within the project description and details documented in the GitHub repository README.

GitHub describes it as A post-modern modal text editor.. The repository metadata lists Rust as its primary language. The metadata lists the MPL-2.0 license. The README describes the project this way: The editing model is very heavily based on Kakoune; during development I found myself agreeing with most of Kakoune's design decisions.

The README section "Features" states: - Vim-like modal editing - Multiple selections - Built-in language server support - Smart, incremental syntax highlighting and code editing via tree-sitter

The README section "Features" states: Although it's primarily a terminal-based editor, I am interested in exploring a custom renderer (similar to Emacs) using wgpu.

The README section "Features" states: Note: Only certain languages have indentation definitions at the moment. Check runtime/queries/ / for indents.scm .

The repository README is the source for this review. It does not replace a local installation or an independent test.

• Source 1 · Project repository
• Source 2 · README