Interestingly enough, this is exactly why I've started using Zed – while simultaneously eagerly waiting for Helix PR #8675 (Steel plugin system) to get merged. It's not far off, but then again, many Helix PRs seem that way, only to stay in limbo for months if not years.
These last two months I've been trialing both Neovim and Zed alongside Helix. I know I should probably just use Neovim since, once set up properly, it can do anything and everything. But configuring it has brought little joy. And once set up to do the same as Helix out of the box, it's noticeably slower.
Zed is the first editor I've tried that actually feels as fast as Helix while also offering AI tooling. I like how integrated everything is. The inline assistant uses context from the chat assistant. Code blocks are easy to copy from the chat panel to a buffer. The changes made by the coding agent can be individually reviewed and accepted or rejected. It's a lot of small details done right that add up to a tool that I'm genuinely becoming confident about using.
Also, there's a Helix keymap, although it doesn't seem as complete as the Vim keymap, which is what I've been using.
Still, I hope there will come a time when Helix users can have more than just Helix + Aider, because I prefer my editor inside a terminal (Helix) rather than my terminal inside an editor (Zed).
These last two months I've been trialing both Neovim and Zed alongside Helix. I know I should probably just use Neovim since, once set up properly, it can do anything and everything. But configuring it has brought little joy. And once set up to do the same as Helix out of the box, it's noticeably slower.
Zed is the first editor I've tried that actually feels as fast as Helix while also offering AI tooling. I like how integrated everything is. The inline assistant uses context from the chat assistant. Code blocks are easy to copy from the chat panel to a buffer. The changes made by the coding agent can be individually reviewed and accepted or rejected. It's a lot of small details done right that add up to a tool that I'm genuinely becoming confident about using.
Also, there's a Helix keymap, although it doesn't seem as complete as the Vim keymap, which is what I've been using.
Still, I hope there will come a time when Helix users can have more than just Helix + Aider, because I prefer my editor inside a terminal (Helix) rather than my terminal inside an editor (Zed).