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Bhavani Shankar 💭I <a href="https://bshankar.pages.dev/prose-minimal-setup/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wrote</a> about my minimal setup for blogging and note taking. Wat do you think?<a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/helix" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#helix</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/zola" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#zola</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/harper" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#harper</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/notetaking" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#notetaking</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/blogging" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blogging</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/markdown" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#markdown</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/ssg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ssg</a>

DoerkSome time ago I wrote about using Helix editor on FreeBSD. I liked the „batteries included“ approach and I was curious to see whether Helix could be an actual replacement for Neovim.I really tried and I forced myself to like Helix. And yes, Helix’s approach might be perfect for newbies who have never worked before with vim. But at some point I found myself on a customer’s server, desperately pressing ‚d‘ and wondering why it didn’t delete the character under my cursor. At this point I decided to dump Helix. The fact that some commands are slightly different, but not completely, made it hard for me to switch between systems and made me look like a complete idiot when editing a config while sharing the screen with a client.BTW is there meanwhile an option to run lua-language-server on FreeBSD? I am using kickstart with nvim and it’s complaining that it can’t install the lsp because it’s not supported on this platform.<a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/helix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#helix</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/nvim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nvim</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/neovim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neovim</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/freebsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freebsd</a>

sntx<a href="https://fosstodon.org/@snonux" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@snonux</a> Ah yes, steel - I hate it and I love it. Furthermore and while I like <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/helix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#helix</a> for it's great out-of-the-box usability, I'm looking forward to it being more extendable.

Paul BuetowThis is a great introductory blog post about the Helix modal editor. It's also been my first choice for over a year now. I am really looking forward to the Steel plugin system, though. I don't think I need a lot of plugins, but one or two would certainly be on my wish list.<a href="https://felix-knorr.net/posts/2025-03-16-helix-review.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://felix-knorr.net/posts/2025-03-16-helix-review.html</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HelixEditor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HelixEditor</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Helix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Helix</a>

Ana Tudor 🐯Another little <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@codepen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@codepen</a> demo: pure <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CSS</a> double ball 🎱 helix <a href="https://codepen.io/thebabydino/pen/JreoKw" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://codepen.io/thebabydino/pen/JreoKw</a> (yet another demo that cold be simplified by the `position: absolute` to `display: grid` switch for stacking and in the future, further simplified by `sibling-index()`)<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/3D" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#3D</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/helix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#helix</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cssTransform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cssTransform</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/code" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#code</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coding</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#web</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/webDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#webDev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/webDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#webDevelopment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/frontend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#frontend</a>

hansvonkysperk<a href="https://mastodon.social/@jbrains" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@jbrains</a> i am using <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/helix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#helix</a> more than two years and i am still in love 🙂

J. B. Rainsberger (he)I use <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kakoune" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kakoune</a>. I am exploring <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/helix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#helix</a> (very lightly so far).What are your opinions on the two editors? Would you highly recommend one over the other?

Benjamin PollackAs I've been actually coding more and more, and using <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/helix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#helix</a> more and more, I got annoyed with the only port of the excellent "Shades of Purple" <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/vscode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vscode</a> theme (<a href="https://github.com/ahmadawais/shades-of-purple-vscode" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/ahmadawais/shades-of-purple-vscode</a>), so I ended up writing a new port from scratch that's *much* closer to the original: <a href="https://git.sr.ht/~bmp/dotfiles/tree/main/item/helix/themes/shades-of-purple.toml" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://git.sr.ht/~bmp/dotfiles/tree/main/item/helix/themes/shades-of-purple.toml</a>If there's any interest, I can extract it out into its own repo, but I don't know if it's worth it.

Zitrone 🍋 :nixos:<a href="https://tech.lgbt/@NK30" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@NK30</a> i have to remember rebinding that to ctrl+backspace for my <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/helix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#helix</a> config so i dont get into the habit of closing my librewolf tabs accidentally again (i had this problem when i started using ctrl+w in my shell, until i rebound it)

stateful beingyesterday <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/helix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#helix</a>, today <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nix</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/flakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flakes</a> ... what's next? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microsoft</a> leveraging the persuasive power of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ai</a> to make me finally buy a new laptop?naaah

stateful being<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/helix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#helix</a> vs <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neovim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neovim</a>. spot the differences!the main one isn't really visible, though: helix has a built-in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/treesitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#treesitter</a>, and it does a great job at highlighting <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rust</a> out of the box, with zero configuration and dependencies!this way, i don't have 20 plugins in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lua" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lua</a> and/or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vimscript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vimscript</a> running in the background and autoupdating from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/github" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#github</a> - awesome! 🌈🦄 config is plain <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toml" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#toml</a> - no need to write it in turing-complete languages which i only know poorlyshout out <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@bobulous" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bobulous</a> 🙌 <a href="https://www.bobulous.org.uk/coding/Helix-crib-sheet.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bobulous.org.uk/coding/Helix-crib-sheet.html</a>

stateful being<a href="https://fosstodon.org/@bobulous" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bobulous</a> damn this is pretty cool. i've been looking into migrating off neovim after seeing how much stuff is going on with the tons of plugins i use and now it's easier for me to try <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/helix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#helix</a>! thanks! <3

Bobulous :rust: :codeberg:I created a crib sheet for the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Helix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Helix</a> text editor:<a href="https://www.bobulous.org.uk/coding/Helix-crib-sheet.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bobulous.org.uk/coding/Helix-crib-sheet.html</a>Best viewed on a big screen.As usual I intended the new page to be compact and concise; and as usual it ended up being huge and rambling. Hopefully it'll still be of use to people who aren't fully familiar with the most useful keys and commands. (And just maybe of vague interest to <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Neovim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neovim</a> users who are thinking about trying Helix.)Let me know if you spot anything incorrect.<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HelixEditor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HelixEditor</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FOSS</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RustLang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RustLang</a>

Conny EllerbrockHelix- oder auch GumGum-Socken in fröhlichleichten Farben.Habt ein schönes Wochenende!<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coleha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coleha</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/helix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#helix</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gumgum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gumgum</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wollsocken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wollsocken</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sockenwolle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sockenwolle</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stricksocken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stricksocken</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sockenstricken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sockenstricken</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/handgestrickt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#handgestrickt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#opal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/langyarns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#langyarns</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bastelundhobbykiste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bastelundhobbykiste</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rechtswirdnurgestrickt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rechtswirdnurgestrickt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/buntstattbraun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#buntstattbraun</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/strickenistmeinyoga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#strickenistmeinyoga</a>

sntx<a href="https://mastodon.social/@jean_dupont" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@jean_dupont</a> How about some TUI goodness?<a href="https://chaos.social/tags/yazi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#yazi</a> - Excellent Terminal File Manager <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/helix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#helix</a> - My modal editor of choice <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/zellij" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#zellij</a> - Terminal Multiplexer <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/skim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#skim</a> - Another fuzzy finderThey're all written in <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/rust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rust</a> - mostly because I like to run software that I'll have fun contributing to.

Andreas Gerlach<a href="https://fosstodon.org/@orhun" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@orhun</a> Any idea if they changed some source code for this, or just use a tailored key bindings configuration? <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/helix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#helix</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Neovim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neovim</a>

Orhun Parmaksız 👾It's hard to pick a side in the code editor wars...😈 Helix + Vim key bindings = **Evil Helix**🦀 A soft fork of Helix which introduces Vim keybindings and more.⭐ GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/usagi-flow/evil-helix" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/usagi-flow/evil-helix</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/vim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vim</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/helix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#helix</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/editor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#editor</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/cli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cli</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/commandline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#commandline</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/terminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#terminal</a>

foldworks‘Exploring triangles at the Institute of Mathematics Pedagogy (IMP)’ Tandi Clausen-May reflects on an exploration of 3D shapes made from triangles.<a href="https://atm.org.uk/write/MediaUploads/Journals/MT295/03.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://atm.org.uk/write/MediaUploads/Journals/MT295/03.pdf</a>One of the two free articles from Mathematics Teaching 295 for non-members. <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/geometry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geometry</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/triangle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#triangle</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/helix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#helix</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/polydron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#polydron</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/MathematicsTeaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MathematicsTeaching</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/atm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#atm</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/MT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MT</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/MT295" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MT295</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/iTeachMath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#iTeachMath</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/MathEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MathEd</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Math</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Education</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/mathematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mathematics</a>

Écureuil folle 🐿️ ♾️Très tentée par un <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/piercing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#piercing</a> à l'oreille (un <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/h%C3%A9lix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hélix</a>) mais quand je vois que ça cicatrise entre 6 et 12 mois, qu'il faut éviter de dormir sur l'oreille en question, ben ça me refroidi beaucoup... Des conseils ? Des retours d'expérience ?

Splines<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Arch?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Arch</a> with <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Ionic?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ionic</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Entablature?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Entablature</a> and <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Keystone?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Keystone</a> Detail The <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/dentils?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dentils</a> arrangement we saw in <a href="https://pixelfed.social/p/Splines/791013152244518907" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://pixelfed.social/p/Splines/791013152244518907</a> goes well with the classic entablature <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/profile?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#profile</a> we saw in <a href="https://pixelfed.social/p/Splines/790888454384861893" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://pixelfed.social/p/Splines/790888454384861893</a>, and they both go well with <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/simpleIntercolumniation?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#simpleIntercolumniation</a>, also known as <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/architravato?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#architravato</a>. However, with arches, the entablature profile has to be adjusted a bit so that the dentils arrangement is as shown here. The shape, size, and gap between individual dentils remains the same, but a crucial difference is that the dentils at the <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/outer?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#outer</a> corners touch each other. As I mentioned in <a href="https://pixelfed.social/p/Splines/803615973439041638" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://pixelfed.social/p/Splines/803615973439041638</a>, in <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/arcadeIntercolumniation?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#arcadeIntercolumniation</a>, the entablature is repeated on the wall behind the half-column. It doesn't end at the columns and has two "outside" corners and one "inside" corner. While the dentils at the outer corners touch each other, there is a single dentil in the inside corner that is shared by both walls. A bedrock principle of dentils (like that with <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/flutes?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flutes</a> and with eggs in the <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/EggsAndDarts?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EggsAndDarts</a> motif) is that when viewed directly from the front or the sides, a dentil must be centered on the column axis. It is this principle that forces us to adjust the profile of the entablature in arcade intercolumniation giving us the arrangement shown here. The image also shows the detail of the decoration in front off the <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/keystone?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#keystone</a>. The most easily recognizable component of that is the large <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/volute?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#volute</a>, which is the exact same size as the ones on the <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/capital?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#capital</a>. The smaller volute is exactly half the size of the larger one. It is mirrored, rotated and put within a bounding rectangle whose height is exactly 2µ (288 units. The channels of both volutes are bridged with <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/sinusoids?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sinusoids</a> derived from half turn of <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/helix?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#helix</a> curves that have been flattened. This motif in the keystone, where volutes of different sizes are combined with sinusoids is very common. It will be seen in the <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/modillions?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#modillions</a> of the <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/modernEntablature?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#modernEntablature</a>.

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