From 6a7706ca85170fbddcac61813d6baf637e66eb8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Noah Masur <7386960+nmasur@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2025 13:51:28 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] some conveniences for helix

---
 .../modules/nmasur/presets/programs/helix.nix     | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/platforms/home-manager/modules/nmasur/presets/programs/helix.nix b/platforms/home-manager/modules/nmasur/presets/programs/helix.nix
index ec8b8de..e56f385 100644
--- a/platforms/home-manager/modules/nmasur/presets/programs/helix.nix
+++ b/platforms/home-manager/modules/nmasur/presets/programs/helix.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ in
       EDITOR = lib.mkForce "${lib.getExe pkgs.helix}";
     };
 
+    # Create quick aliases for launching Helix
+    programs.fish = {
+      shellAbbrs = {
+        h = lib.mkForce "hx";
+      };
+    };
+
     programs.helix = {
 
       enable = true;
@@ -61,6 +68,14 @@ in
           # View line numbers relative to the current cursors
           line-number = "relative";
 
+          # Show hidden files
+          file-picker = {
+            hidden = false;
+            git-ignore = true;
+            git-global = true;
+            git-exclude = true;
+          };
+
           # Show whitespace visible to the user
           # Waiting for trailing whitespace option ideally
           whitespace = {