Helix Editor Tutorial 0 - Getting started

# Installing Helix and Getting Started

## What is Helix?

- Helix is a modal CLI text editor in the tradition of other editors like Neovim and Kakoune.

- Helix follows a selection first approach. Unlike vim, where you first choose your action and then the object you want to operate on, with Helix, selection comes first, action second.

## Resources for learning Helix

- Helix Tutor. "hx --tutor"

## Starting and quitting Helix

- hx filename1 filename2

- hx . to open folder in file picker

- :q to quit

## Language servers

- Just install a language server and add it to your path and if it is supported by Helix, it should just work.

- You can also customize which language server is used in what way though.

- hx --health shows which language servers or formatters you have installed.

- hx --health python for info on python specifically.

[LongestYardstick]

i'm stoked to go through all of these, finally a good opportunity to stop using nvim as a code editor lol