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</syntaxhighlight>Depending on the programming languages it is helpful to install additional packages from nixpgks. To show what packages are needed, it is | </syntaxhighlight>Depending on the programming languages it is helpful to install additional packages from nixpgks. To show what packages are needed, it is helpful to check <code>hx --health</code>. | ||
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=== With Home Manager === | === With Home Manager === | ||
[[Home Manager]] provides a module for configuring helix. | [[Home Manager]] provides a module for configuring helix. |
Revision as of 13:24, 20 June 2024
Helix is a modal text-editor inspired by Neovim and Kakoune, written in Rust. Compared to neovim, it is preconfigured with the functions that most people need. It has no plugin system. It uses (neo-)vim motions keybindings, but it uses the object-verb approach (visually highlighting text and then executing a function on it). It is intended for people who like to use a modal text editor but don't want to spend a lot of time configuring it.
Installation
Helix can be installed system-wide on NixOS with the helix
package:
environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.helix ];
Depending on the programming languages it is helpful to install additional packages from nixpgks. To show what packages are needed, it is helpful to check hx --health
.
With Home Manager
Home Manager provides a module for configuring helix.
programs.helix = {
enable = true;
settings = {
theme = "autumn_night_transparent";
editor.cursor-shape = {
normal = "block";
insert = "bar";
select = "underline";
};
};
languages.language = [{
name = "nix";
auto-format = true;
formatter.command = "${pkgs.nixfmt}/bin/nixfmt";
}];
themes = {
autumn_night_transparent = {
"inherits" = "autumn_night";
"ui.background" = { };
};
};
};
Configuration
The configuration is stored in two files: ./.config/helix/config.toml and ./.config/helix/language.toml
- The full configuration options are described on the Helix documentation.
- For programming languages (LSP, formatter, ..) see the Helix wiki.