How to Simplify Reading Text/Markdown with Helix and fzf in Powershell

The aim of this page📝 is to explain how to configure and use the Helix editor based on the particular example of remapping keys and creating shortcuts.

quickly checking how to use capture printed output in Python unit tests…

• Helix is a highly configurable text editor.
• It uses a TOML configuration file for customization.
• You can open the config file by typing :config-open within Helix in normal mode.
• Paste the following so that you can you either quickly close or save&close with space+q and space+x

[keys.normal.space]
q = ":quit!"
x = ":wq"

• Install fzf, ideally also see https://andrew-quinn.me/fzf/
• Put the following into your terminal profile

function haf {hx $(fzf)}

• press haf to read the text in the helix (I love syntax-highlighted reading experience)
• close with space+q/x depending on whether you want or not to save changes