Helix

A Kakoune / Neovim inspired editor, written in Rust.

• Vim-like modal editing
• Multiple selections
• Built-in language server support
• Smart, incremental syntax highlighting and code editing via tree-sitter

Keymap

Keymap
Migrating from Vim
helix/helix-term/src/commands.rs

Normal mode

Movement

• hjkl 左下上右
• bwe
• ft
• ctrl-b/f pageup/down
• ctrl-u/d half pageup/down
• ctrl-i/o jump forward/backward

Changes

• r
• ~ switch case
• ` lower case
• ia
• oO
• uU
• y
• pP
• <>
• =
• d Alt-d
• c Alt-c
• Ctrl-a/x
• qQ

Shell

Selection manipulation

• sS Alt-s
• &
• _
• ; Alt-;
• , Alt-,
• C Alt-C
• ()
• % select entire file
• xX select current line
• J Alt-J join lines
• K Alt-K
• Ctrl-c comment/uncomment
• Alt-up/down/left/right

Search

• /?
• nN
• *

Minor modes

Key	Description	Command
v	Enter select (extend) mode	select_mode
g	Enter goto mode	N/A
m	Enter match mode	N/A
:	Enter command mode	command_mode
z	Enter view mode	N/A
Z	Enter sticky view mode	N/A
Ctrl-w	Enter window mode	N/A
Space	Enter space mode	N/A

Insert mode

Select/extend mode

Commands

Config

theme = "monokai_pro_octagon"

[editor]
color-modes = true
bufferline = "multiple"
default-line-ending = "lf"
cursorline = true
line-number = "relative"
#workspace-lsp-roots = ["~/Workspace"]

[editor.cursor-shape]
insert = "bar"
normal = "block"
select = "underline"

[editor.statusline]
mode.normal = "NORMAL"
mode.insert = "INSERT"
mode.select = "SELECT"
# left = ["mode", "spinner"]
# center = ["file-name"]
# right = ["diagnostics", "selections", "position", "file-encoding", "file-line-ending", "file-type"]
# separator = "│"


[editor.whitespace.render]
# space = "all"
tab = "all"
nbsp = "none"
nnbsp = "none"
newline = "none"

[editor.whitespace.characters]
space = "·"
nbsp = "⍽"
nnbsp = "␣"
tab = "→"
newline = "⏎"
tabpad = "·" # Tabs will look like "→···" (depending on tab width)

[editor.indent-guides]
# render = true
character = "╎" # Some characters that work well: "▏", "┆", "┊", "⸽"
skip-levels = 1

[editor.soft-wrap]
enable = true
max-wrap = 25 # increase value to reduce forced mid-word wrapping
max-indent-retain = 0
wrap-indicator = ""  # set wrap-indicator to "" to hide it


[keys.normal]
S-left = "extend_char_left"
S-right = "extend_char_right"
S-up = "extend_line_up"
S-down = "extend_line_down"
S-A-left = "extend_prev_word_start"
S-A-right = "extend_next_word_start"
# A-left = "move_prev_word_start"
# A-right = "move_next_word_end"
A-j = ["extend_to_line_bounds", "delete_selection", "paste_after"]
A-k = ["extend_to_line_bounds", "delete_selection", "move_line_up", "paste_before"]
#d = { d = ["extend_to_line_bounds", "delete_selection"] }
"C-/" = "toggle_comments"

[keys.insert]
#j = { k = "normal_mode" }
S-left = "extend_char_left"
S-right = "extend_char_right"
S-up = "extend_line_up"
S-down = "extend_line_down"

C-a = "goto_line_start"
C-e = "goto_line_end"
# A-w = "yank"
# C-w = ["yank", "delete_selection"]
# C-y = "paste_after"

LSP

Language Server Configurations · helix-editor/helix Wiki · GitHub

[[language]]
name = "python"
file-types = ["py"]
comment-tokens = "#"
indent = { tab-width = 4 }
language-servers = [ "pyright", "ruff" ]

[language-server.pyright.config.python.analysis]
typeCheckingMode = "basic"

[language-server.ruff]
command = "ruff-lsp"

[language-server.ruff.config.settings]
args = ["--ignore", "E501"]

[language.formatter]
command = "black"
args = ["--line-length", "88", "--quiet", "-"]

Plugins

暂不支持 Plugin system · helix-editor/helix · Discussion #3806 · GitHub

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