A big shout out to all the contributors! We had 46 contributors in this release.
Helix has popped up in [Scoop, FreeBSD Ports and Gentu GURU](https://repology.org/project/helix/versions)!
The following is a quick rundown of the larger changes, there were many more
(check the git history for more details).
Breaking changes:
- A couple of keymaps moved to resolve a few conflicting keybinds.
- Documentation popups were moved from `K` to `space+k`
- `K` is now `keep_selections` which filters selections to only keeps ones matching the regex
- `keep_primary_selection` moved from `space+space` to `,`
- `Alt-,` is now `remove_primary_selection` which keeps all selections except the primary one
- Opening files in a split moved from `C-h` to `C-s`
- Some configuration options moved from a `[terminal]` section to `[editor]`. [Consult the documentation for more information.](https://docs.helix-editor.com/configuration.html)
Features:
- LSP compatibility greatly improved for some implementations (Julia, Python, Typescript)
- Autocompletion! Completion now triggers automatically after a set idle timeout
- Completion documentation is now displayed next to the popup ([#691](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/691))
- Treesitter textobjects (select a function via `mf`, class via `mc`) ([#728](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/728))
- Global search across entire workspace `space+/` ([#651](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/651))
- Relative line number support ([#485](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/485))
- Prompts now store a history (72cf86e)
- `:vsplit` and `:hsplit` commands ([#639](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/639))
- `C-w h/j/k/l` can now be used to navigate between splits ([#860](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/860))
- `C-j` and `C-k` are now alternative keybindings to `C-n` and `C-p` in the UI ([#876](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/876))
- Searching now defaults to smart case search (case insensitive unless uppercase is used) ([#761](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/761))
- The preview pane was improved to highlight and center line ranges
- The user `languages.toml` is now merged into defaults, no longer need to copy the entire file (dc57f8dc)
- Show hidden files in completions ([#648](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/648))
- Grammar injections are now properly handled (dd0b15e)
- `v` in select mode now switches back to normal mode ([#660](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/660))
- View mode can now be triggered as a "sticky" mode ([#719](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/719))
- `f`/`t` and object selection motions can now be repeated via `Alt-.` ([#891](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/891))
- Statusline now displays total selection count and diagnostics counts for both errors and warnings ([#916](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/916))
(Currently not fully documented, see the [keymappings](./keymap.md) list for more.)
See [tutor.txt](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/blob/master/runtime/tutor.txt) (accessible via `hx --tutor` or `:tutor`) for a vimtutor-like introduction.
## Registers
Vim-like registers can be used to yank and store text to be pasted later. Usage is similar, with `"` being used to select a register:
@ -49,9 +51,10 @@ Multiple characters are currently not supported, but planned.
## Textobjects
Currently supported: `word`, `surround`.
Currently supported: `word`, `surround`, `function`, `class`, `parameter`.