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Runyte and Helix

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Runyte is not a Helix clone, and it is not a subset of one.

  • Shared: the editing model and much of the keymap language come from Helix.
  • Added: terminal multiplexing, an editable file manager, a detachable client-server host for unsaved buffers and live processes, rendered Markdown, image pasting, and a plugin runtime. None of these has a Helix counterpart.
  • Different: a few Helix behaviors are deliberately absent, and a number deliberately differ.

The key bindings section records what each binding does here. context/reference/helix-keymap-v1.md is the register of which bindings match Helix and which do not.