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Personal Helix Configuration Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by

Cheat Sheet for how I personally configure the Helix Editor.

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

Normal Mode - Movement

[t/e/a/u]
Move [left/down/right/up]
[T/A]
Jump to line [start/end]
[E/U]
Jump to [next/previous] paragraph
[f/F] ...
Jump to [next/previous] character
,
Repeat last motion

Normal Mode - Editing

A-[t/a]
[Undo/Redo]
[S-]
TAB
[Un]indent
#
Toggle comment
[y/Y]
Yank to [helix/­cli­pboard]
[p/P]
Paste from [helix/­cli­pboard]
d
Delete (and yank)
[o/O]
Add new line [below/above]
[i/l]
Enter Insert Mode [at/after] character
[I/L]
Enter Insert Mode at line [start/end]
 

Normal Mode - Advanced Movement

[w/W]
Jump forwards to [word/cluster] start
[h/H]
Jump forwards to [word/cluster] end
[b/B]
Jump back to [word/cluster] start
/ ...
RET
[n/N]
Search. Jump to [next/previous] result
g w
Jump to label

Advanced Editing

c
Change selection
r ...
Replace selection with character
A-[p/P]
Replace selection with [yanked/clipboard]
[x/X]
Extend selection [below/above]
A-[u/e]
Shift line [up/down]
A-[o/O]
Enter Insert Mode [below/above]