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Helix does have a config file where you can change a huge amount of settings, Helix does have a config file where you can change a huge amount of settings,
but its an extremely usable IDE out of the box thanks to having all of its features enabled by default. but its an extremely usable IDE out of the box thanks to having all of its features enabled by default.
### Friendly error messages ### Helpful error messages
<!-- look at nushells error messages --> <!-- look at nushells error messages -->
[before](../nushell) TODO [before](../nushell)
### Concise and discoverable documentation ### Concise and discoverable documentation
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I think so, and I don't actually think its the languages itself, so much as the libraries surrounding them. I think so, and I don't actually think its the languages itself, so much as the libraries surrounding them.
Both Rust and Go have healthy package ecosystems surrounding interaction with the terminal. Both Rust and Go have healthy package ecosystems surrounding interaction with the terminal.
Rust has Clap for argument parsing, TODO for dealing with ANSI escape codes, Rust has Clap for argument parsing,
and Ratatui and TODO for making TUIs. crossterm for dealing with ANSI escape codes and other terminal interaction,
Go has a similar set of tools, with Cobra for CLI argument parsing, TODO and Ratatui for making TUIs.
Go has a similar set of tools, with Cobra for CLI argument parsing,
Viper for config file management integrated with Cobra,
Gocui, tview, and Termui for TUIs,
or Bubbletea for pretty UI components.
These libraries combined with the extra ergonomics offered by the languages themselves, These libraries combined with the extra ergonomics offered by the languages themselves,
make the barrier to entry lower, make the barrier to entry lower,
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## Conclusion ## Conclusion
TODO
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but because they take the old tools and learn what did and did not work for them. --> but because they take the old tools and learn what did and did not work for them. -->