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JayViiWolf
JayVii shared a note by Wolf Jan 10, 2026
The Helix editor using the light-background Alabaster theme viewing a sample Rust file.
The Helix editor using the dark-background Alabaster theme viewing a sample Rust file.

Published my port of the Alabaster theme family for Helix.

Alabaster is a minimal syntax highlighting approach by Nikita Prokopov (tonsky) - only 4 semantic colors: strings, constants, comments, and definitions. Everything else stays plain text because code structure is already clear from formatting.

I've ported all 6 variants (light/dark × standard/BG/mono) from the original Sublime theme (staying as close as possible to the original). Also submitted a PR to ship these with Helix upstream!

Original theme: github.com/tonsky/sublime-sche
Read tonsky's essay: tonsky.me/blog/syntax-highligh
My port: github.com/wolf/alabaster-for-

I tried to duplicate the original exactly, however Helix has multiple selections so I made the colors distinct between "selection" and "primary-selection".

#HelixEditor #Helix #Alabaster #MinimalDesign #SyntaxHighlighting #TextEditor #Rust

JayVii

Finally came around to write a very short post about the #HelixEditor scripts I wrote earlier this year for sending code to a REPL: https://www.jayvii.de/posts/helix-term/ #helix #neovim #rstats

JayVii

When I switched from #vim #neovim to the #helixEditor #helix, I wrote two little scripts to code and run #Rstats code directly from helix (ofc it should work with any REPL). Finally came around to upload the two (very short) scripts to my #git instance today: https://src.jayvii.de/pub/helix-term/