Category: Texteditor

On Neovim and Helix

My thoughts on where Helix stands in the modal text editor landscape

9 minute read

Today I have updated my $EDITOR variable to point to Helix instead of Neovim, and also configured Yazi to use it as the first option for text. I have used [Neo]vim since forever, so what made me switch? In this post, I discuss some of the ups and downs of both editors and what ultimately made me decide for Helix.

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