<h1id="migrating-from-vim"><aclass="header"href="#migrating-from-vim">Migrating from Vim</a></h1>
<h1id="migrating-from-vim"><aclass="header"href="#migrating-from-vim">Migrating from Vim</a></h1>
<p>Helix's editing model is strongly inspired from Vim and Kakoune, and a notable
<p>Helix's editing model is strongly inspired from Vim and Kakoune, and a notable
difference from Vim (and the most striking similarity to Kakoune) is that Helix
difference from Vim (and the most striking similarity to Kakoune) is that Helix
follows the <code>selection → action</code> model. This means that the whatever you are
follows the <code>selection → action</code> model. This means that whatever you are
going to act on (a word, a paragraph, a line, etc) is selected first and the
going to act on (a word, a paragraph, a line, etc.) is selected first and the
action itself (delete, change, yank, etc) comes second. A cursor is simply a
action itself (delete, change, yank, etc.) comes second. A cursor is simply a
single width selection.</p>
single width selection.</p>
<p>See also Kakoune's <ahref="https://github.com/mawww/kakoune/wiki/Migrating-from-Vim">Migrating from Vim</a> and Helix's <ahref="https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/wiki/Migrating-from-Vim">Migrating from Vim</a>.</p>
<p>See also Kakoune's <ahref="https://github.com/mawww/kakoune/wiki/Migrating-from-Vim">Migrating from Vim</a> and Helix's <ahref="https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/wiki/Migrating-from-Vim">Migrating from Vim</a>.</p>
@ -1178,9 +1178,9 @@ Languages</a> guide for more language configuration information.</p>
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</div><divstyle="break-before: page; page-break-before: always;"></div><h1id="migrating-from-vim"><aclass="header"href="#migrating-from-vim">Migrating from Vim</a></h1>
<p>Helix's editing model is strongly inspired from Vim and Kakoune, and a notable
<p>Helix's editing model is strongly inspired from Vim and Kakoune, and a notable
difference from Vim (and the most striking similarity to Kakoune) is that Helix
difference from Vim (and the most striking similarity to Kakoune) is that Helix
follows the <code>selection → action</code> model. This means that the whatever you are
follows the <code>selection → action</code> model. This means that whatever you are
going to act on (a word, a paragraph, a line, etc) is selected first and the
going to act on (a word, a paragraph, a line, etc.) is selected first and the
action itself (delete, change, yank, etc) comes second. A cursor is simply a
action itself (delete, change, yank, etc.) comes second. A cursor is simply a
single width selection.</p>
single width selection.</p>
<p>See also Kakoune's <ahref="https://github.com/mawww/kakoune/wiki/Migrating-from-Vim">Migrating from Vim</a> and Helix's <ahref="https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/wiki/Migrating-from-Vim">Migrating from Vim</a>.</p>
<p>See also Kakoune's <ahref="https://github.com/mawww/kakoune/wiki/Migrating-from-Vim">Migrating from Vim</a> and Helix's <ahref="https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/wiki/Migrating-from-Vim">Migrating from Vim</a>.</p>