Post #980641
2026-03-27 15:57 UTC
I wish I could switch to a completely slop-free editor without compromising my workflow too much.
Helix would be a great alternative: Its mappings seem a bit more consistent than Vim’s, also it has Tree-sitter, LSP and fuzzy pickers already built-in. But it lacks some features (digraphs, extensibility, folding – in that order).
I also had a look at Kakoune, which also seems alright, but I don’t like that tabs and splits are delegated to the terminal emulator, a multiplexer or window manager. I respect that decision, but I’d prefer that feature to be built-in.
For now, I’ll stick to Neovim. At least they have a policy that makes LLM users check and sanitise the generated code (https://github.com/neovim/neovim/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#ai-assisted-work), although I’d prefer if they’d outright ban it.
#Vim #Neovim #nvim #Helix #Kakoune #FOSS #slopocalypse
Replies (2)
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@publicvoit@graz.social 2026-03-27 16:18
@smeikx@graz.social Well, I do have an opportunity for you: https://pretalx.linuxtage.at/glt26/talk/ZDZNEX/
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@ali_geyik@mastodon.social 2026-03-27 16:22
@smeikx@graz.social Stick with #emacs maybe?