Integrated Terminal to the Helix Editör.

[huzeyfecoskun]

Hi folks. i really like helix editor. but i am not a rust developer
by the way i am software developer.

this AI era give me freedom to develop in any language and make what i need happen.

This is my current addition to the helix editor. integrated terminal. i am currently work on it to work well as i wanted.
when i finish this branch i will want help for the pull request guidlines so people can help to finish this properly

thanks in advance.

[huzeyfecoskun]

I created pullrequest for integrated terminal. if you want to get it early you can clone helix from my profile and build it locally to get ingerated terminal for helix

[the-dipsy]

I'm currently very happy with combining helix with tmux. Both of them have some capacity to interact with other programs so they can be integrated quite nicely. My config has rudimentary support for unified keyboard shortcuts to navigate between tmux panes and helix splits e.g. and I have configured a keyboard shortcut in helix for opening a new tmux split and running the program I'm currently working on in. You could even run programs on tmux popup overlays and pipe the results back into the currently open document etc. In my opinion helix shouldn't come with its own terminal but integrate well with external tools instead 😊

[huzeyfecoskun]

thanks for feedback, i know every body has own taste of usage. i mainly prefer to go nowhere for extra tools. i think thats why i am doing it

[acramsay]

I would love an integrated terminal in helix!

@huzeyfecoskun If you aren't already aware, I'd like to call your attention to this terminal emulator plugin which is written in scheme. Note that this is a derives from this massive contribution (both by mattwparas) which is 2 years in progress and adds support for extensions written in scheme. IMO, the terminal emulator definitely needs some TLC before calling it a good experience though. What do you think about this one? How does it compare to your contribution?

To be clear, I'm definitely not suggesting this work should be abandoned. But I'm interested to see if you think one of the two is better. And if your contribution is rejected for some reason, then perhaps the other project could benefit from your help :)