Helix is getting a plugin system that uses Scheme! (From an Evil-mode user perspective)Just stumble…
انتشار: 2026/07/02 09:07 UTC
Helix is getting a plugin system that uses Scheme! (From an Evil-mode user perspective)Just stumbled upon this and thought the r/emacs community would find it interesting: Helix is working on a plugin system based on Scheme!As a dedicated Evil-mode user, I’m already a big fan of combining modal editing with the unmatched extensibility of a Lisp environment. Helix defaults to a Kakoune-style (selection-first) modal paradigm, but with this new Scheme plugin system, there is already a classic Vim emulation layer being implemented. Since that covers modal editing, maybe it's only a matter of time before someone uses Scheme to build out a full Emacs emulation layer too.To be clear, Helix is strictly a terminal/TUI-only text editor. It obviously can't compete with the massive, unified application ecosystem of GUI Emacs (there's no native rendering for PDF view, web browsing, inline graphics, etc.).I should note that this is all still under active development, so I'm not aware of any stable terminal plugins available to try just yet.Here is the video covering it: youtube.com/watch?v=YDYTYktziyIWhat do you all think? Anyone tempted to give it a spin once the ecosystem matures, or are we staying firmly comfy in our init.el?redd.it/1ulcjxr@r_emacs