helix
Helix, A post-modern text editor, provides several modes for different kinds of text manipulation.
Pressing i
enters insert mode. <Esc>
enters normal mode, which enables the use of Helix commands.
More information: https://helix-editor.com.
- Open a file:
helix
path/to/file
- Open files and show them one next each other:
helix --vsplit
path/to/file1 path/to/file2
- Show the tutorial to learn Helix (or access it within Helix by pressing
<Esc>
and typing:tutor
):
helix --tutor
- Change the Helix theme:
:theme
theme_name
- Save and Quit:
:wq<Enter>
- Force-quit without saving:
:q!<Enter>
- Undo the last operation:
u
- Search for a pattern in the file (press
n
/N
to go to next/previous match):
/
search_pattern<Enter>