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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) and Helix's [Migrating from Vim](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/wiki/Migrating-from-Vim).
12> TODO: Mention textobjects, surround, registers