From 10a41ff8fd0ea562d788888b339a3596236833db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Isaac Corbrey <isaac@isaaccorbrey.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 19:34:11 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] emacs: Set up helix-mode for modal editing

Drops helix-mode (the Emacs minor mode, not the editor) into the
wrapped emacs-pgtk and wires its activation into init.el via a new
lisp/init-helix.el. The same module also adds a personal `lisp/`
directory to `load-path`, anchored at `user-emacs-directory`, so
future per-package init files can hang off the same `(require ...)`
pattern.

Also disables the startup splash so the first frame lands directly
in *scratch* (where (helix-mode) activates helix-normal-mode for
the current buffer at init load time).

helix-mode-all is called after helix-mode so all already-existing
buffers (Messages, etc.), not just the current one, enter
helix-normal-mode at startup.
---
 modules/home/emacs/default.nix        | 2 +-
 modules/home/emacs/init.el            | 5 +++++
 modules/home/emacs/lisp/init-helix.el | 8 ++++++++
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 modules/home/emacs/lisp/init-helix.el

diff --git a/modules/home/emacs/default.nix b/modules/home/emacs/default.nix
index 16d5b89..354f9b1 100644
--- a/modules/home/emacs/default.nix
+++ b/modules/home/emacs/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     repoPath = "${config.home.homeDirectory}/.nix/modules/home/emacs";
   in lib.mkIf emacs.enable (let
     emacs-pgtk = pkgs.emacs-pgtk.pkgs.withPackages(epkgs: with epkgs; [
-
+      helix
     ]);
   in {
     home.packages = [
diff --git a/modules/home/emacs/init.el b/modules/home/emacs/init.el
index e69de29..2611f00 100644
--- a/modules/home/emacs/init.el
+++ b/modules/home/emacs/init.el
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+(setq inhibit-startup-screen t)
+
+(add-to-list 'load-path (expand-file-name "lisp" user-emacs-directory))
+
+(require 'init-helix)
diff --git a/modules/home/emacs/lisp/init-helix.el b/modules/home/emacs/lisp/init-helix.el
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b4894b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/home/emacs/lisp/init-helix.el
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+;;; init-helix.el --- Helix-style modal editing -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
+
+(require 'helix)
+(helix-mode)
+(helix-mode-all)
+
+(provide 'init-helix)
+;;; init-helix.el ends here
-- 
2.51.2