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Fantastic updates. The multiple LSP was the main missing feature but now this makes Helix ready for all use cases imo. It is super fast and performance unlike the disastrous performance of vs code.
I still miss a file explorer like telescope in the nvim world. I was a bit sad to hear that is now blocked by plugins being added: https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/5768#issuecomment...
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I still miss a file explorer like telescope in the nvim world. I was a bit sad to hear that is now blocked by plugins being added: https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/5768#issuecomment...
It's still planned. That particular implementation just wasn't desirable.
Release size is ridiculous, and they refuse to do anything about it https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/issues/6187
I've been using Helix full time, professionally as a Rust/Golang engineer and it has been great. It took some getting used to not having a file explorer. But now I think I am better for it. These looks to be fantastic updates, I especially dig the diagnostics (if that is part of the release as well).
what's your workflow like for situations where you need to poke around in an unfamiliar directory and open files in helix?
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Genuine question: why does storage size on disk matter, especially when we're talking about ~100MB? I can understand complaining about RAM usage because there is some performance impact there, but I have truly no clue why anyone cares about storage usage. Other than the initial download time, I don't see how it would have any impact on the end-user. Of course, it would be _nice_ to get that package size down if it's…
Only case I could reasonably see an argument for is on low-end systems, but Helix isn't targeting that anyway.
For my Arch system I have a 60GB (BTRFS, compressed) root partition, and I install packages very liberally, I have KDE Plasma, KiCAD (with the 3D library), FreeCAD (though I don't use it) and quite a few other packages and haven't run out of space yet (currently I'm using 79GB uncompressed, 55GB on-disk)
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is helix built on electron?
From the homepage: > Built in Rust, for the terminal > No Electron. No VimScript. No JavaScript. Use it over ssh, tmux, or a plain terminal. Your laptop battery life will thank you.