3 files changed, 15 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/helix-term/Cargo.toml b/helix-term/Cargo.toml
index 1cb2c3bc..32e72825 100644
--- a/helix-term/Cargo.toml
+++ b/helix-term/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ argh = "0.1.3"
 helix-core = { path = "../helix-core" }
 crossterm = { version = "0.17.7", features = ["event-stream"] }
 
-smol = "0.3"
+smol = "0.4"
 futures = { version = "0.3.5", default-features = false, features = ["std", "async-await"] }
+num_cpus = "1.13.0"
 # futures-timer = "3.0.2"
-# async-channel = "1.4.0"
 
 # tui = { version = "0.9.5", default-features = false }
diff --git a/helix-term/src/editor.rs b/helix-term/src/editor.rs
index a83db6fa..bddc2859 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/editor.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/editor.rs
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ impl BufferComponent<'_> {
     }
 }
 
+static EX: smol::Executor = smol::Executor::new();
+
 pub struct Editor {
     state: Option<State>,
     first_line: u16,
@@ -134,14 +136,14 @@ impl Editor {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn run(&mut self) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    pub async fn run(&mut self) -> Result<(), Error> {
         enable_raw_mode()?;
 
         let mut stdout = stdout();
 
         execute!(stdout, terminal::EnterAlternateScreen)?;
 
-        smol::run(self.print_events());
+        self.print_events().await;
 
         execute!(stdout, terminal::LeaveAlternateScreen)?;
 
diff --git a/helix-term/src/main.rs b/helix-term/src/main.rs
index 6e5ec5ff..7a9289ee 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/main.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/main.rs
@@ -18,12 +18,19 @@ pub struct Args {
     files: Vec<PathBuf>,
 }
 
+static EX: smol::Executor = smol::Executor::new();
+
 fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
     let args: Args = argh::from_env();
     println!("{:?}", args.files);
 
-    let mut editor = editor::Editor::new(args)?;
-    editor.run();
+    for _ in 0..num_cpus::get() {
+        std::thread::spawn(move || smol::block_on(EX.run(smol::future::pending::<()>())));
+    }
+
+    smol::block_on(EX.run(async {
+        editor::Editor::new(args).unwrap().run().await;
+    }));
 
     Ok(())
 }