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heldrida | 4 months ago

Interesting that every time Helix comes up, someone just has to mention Neovim. You never see Emacs or Helix users do that the other way around. Almost as if they’re personally offended.

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tiffanyh|4 months ago

Isn’t the reason more benign.

Neovim exist to improve upon concepts in Vim (easier plugin development with Lua).

Helix exists to improve upon concepts in Neovim (need for less plugins, more out of box functionality).

lawn|4 months ago

Not that surprising to be honest.

Helix is more similar to Neovim than Emacs and Helix is newer and less popular than Neovim, so people are predictably curious on why they should choose Helix over Neovim.

arcxi|4 months ago

> Interesting that every time Helix comes up, someone just has to mention Neovim.

that apparently includes helix's creators, considering neovim is mentioned both on its website and in its repository's readme

adamors|4 months ago

Vin/Neovim is one of the most popular editors in the world, Emacs and Helix are far from that.

beanjuiceII|4 months ago

emacs is far from that? that seems mistaken

kgwxd|4 months ago

Jeez, do you know what projection is?