lets try helix

profiles/base/default.nix

@@ -2,6 +2,22 @@
 
 let
   cfg = config.profiles.base;
+  
+  helixDesktop = pkgs.makeDesktopItem {
+    name  = "Helix";
+    type = "Application";
+    desktopName = "Helix";
+    genericName = "Text Editor";
+    comment = "Edit text files";
+    tryExec = "hx";
+    exec = "kitty hx %F";
+    terminal = false; # Until you can globally set a prefered terminal we hardcoding this
+    mimeTypes = [ "ext/english" "text/plain" "text/x-makefile" "text/x-c++hdr" "text/x-c++src" "text/x-chdr" "text/x-csrc" "text/x-java" "text/x-moc" "text/x-pascal" "text/x-tcl" "text/x-tex" "application/x-shellscript" "text/x-c" "text/x-c++" ];
+    categories = [ "Utility" "TextEditor" ];
+    keywords = [ "Text" "editor" ];
+    startupNotify = false;
+  };
+
 in {
 
   options.machine = {
@@ -23,13 +39,15 @@ in {
   };
 
   config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
-
     home.packages = with pkgs; [
       nix-output-monitor
       nix-top
       nix-index
       unstable.comma
 
+      rnix-lsp
+      helixDesktop
+      
       ldns
       mtr
 
@@ -117,6 +135,24 @@ in {
     programs.obs-studio.enable = (config.profiles.gui.enable && cfg.plus);
 
 
+    programs.helix = {
+      enable = true;
+      package = pkgs.unstable.helix;
+      settings = {
+        editor.line-number = "relative";
+        editor.mouse = false;
+        keys.normal = {
+          # Empty keys: Ø, æ, Æ, å, Å, *, 
+          "ø" = "collapse_selection"; # For ;
+          "minus" = "search"; # For /
+          "_" = "rsearch"; # for =
+          "plus" = "trim_selections"; # for _
+          "å"."d" = "goto_prev_diag"; # for [d
+          "¨"."d" = "goto_next_diag";
+        };
+      };
+    };
+
     programs.git = {
       enable = true;
       userEmail = "daniel.olsen99@gmail.com";
@@ -173,12 +209,16 @@ in {
       enableSshSupport = true;
     };
 
+    home.sessionVariables = {
+      EDITOR = "hx";
+    };
+      
     xdg.mimeApps = {
       enable = true;
       defaultApplications = {
         "image/png" = [ "sxiv.desktop" "gimp.desktop" ];
         "image/jpeg" = [ "sxiv.desktop" ];
-        "text/plain" = [ "gedit.desktop" "kakoune.desktop" "code.desktop" ];
+        "text/plain" = [ "Helix.desktop" "gedit.desktop" "code.desktop" ];
         "video/x-matroska" = [ "mpv.desktop" ];
       };
       associations.removed = {

profiles/xsession/default.nix

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ in
 
     home.keyboard = {
       layout = "no";
+      variant = "nodeadkeys";
     };
 
     services.random-background = {

profiles/zsh/default.nix

@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ in
         gne = "git n";
         gds = "git diff --staged";
         glg = "git log --oneline";
+        
+        nano = "hx"; # Behavioral training
       };
       initExtra = ''
         source ${pkgs.zsh-powerlevel10k}/share/zsh-powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k.zsh-theme