NAME¶

helix - efficient command-line modal text-editor

DESCRIPTION¶

helix-term 25.01.1 Bla?? Hrastnik <blaz@mxxn.io> A post-modern text editor.

<files>...: Sets the input file to use, position can also be specified via file[:row[:col]]

-h, --help: Prints help information
--tutor: Loads the tutorial
--health [CATEGORY]: Checks for potential errors in editor setup CATEGORY can be a language or one of 'clipboard', 'languages' or 'all'. 'all' is the default if not specified.
-g, --grammar {fetch|build}: Fetches or builds tree-sitter grammars listed in languages.toml
-c, --config <file>: Specifies a file to use for configuration
-v: Increases logging verbosity each use for up to 3 times
--log <file>: Specifies a file to use for logging (default file: /sbuild-nonexistent/.cache/helix/helix.log)
-V, --version: Prints version information
--vsplit: Splits all given files vertically into different windows
--hsplit: Splits all given files horizontally into different windows
-w, --working-dir <path>: Specify an initial working directory
+N: Open the first given file at line number N

March 2025

helix 25.01.1