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1# Migrating from Vim

3Helix's editing model is strongly inspired from vim and kakoune, and a notable

4difference from vim (and the most striking similarity to kakoune) is that Helix

5follows the `selection → action` model. This means that the whatever you are

6going to act on (a word, a paragraph, a line, etc) is selected first and the

7action itself (delete, change, yank, etc) comes second. A cursor is simply a

8single width selection.

10See also Kakoune's [Migrating from Vim](https://github.com/mawww/kakoune/wiki/Migrating-from-Vim).

12> TODO: Mention texobjects, surround, registers