My Take on Helix and Neovim
I am a long time GUI IDE user, and most of that time I’ve used JetBrains IDEs, in particular IntelliJ IDEA. But prior to using GUIs, I used vi (yes vi, not vim!). Over this period of using GUIs, I would still use vim (now actual vim, yes) when I needed quick and dirty stuff … looking at or editing some config file from a terminal, for example. Then six months or so ago, I started using NeoVim. I documented some of my experience with NeoVim vis a vis IntelliJ in this blog. Since that time, I have been using NeoVim almost exclusively. This had more to do with the keyboard I’ve been using over that period than any real dissatisfaction with IntelliJ (or RustRover). Maybe I’ll write a blog on that at some point. ...