diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4f3536ebc..450abd9b9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1417,7 +1417,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "parking_lot",
  "quickcheck",
  "regex",
- "regex-cursor 0.1.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "regex-cursor",
  "ropey 2.0.0-alpha.3",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -1526,7 +1526,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "etcetera",
  "once_cell",
  "regex-automata",
- "regex-cursor 0.1.5 (git+https://github.com/cessen/regex-cursor.git?branch=ropey2)",
+ "regex-cursor",
  "ropey 2.0.0-alpha.3",
  "rustix 1.0.7",
  "tempfile",
@@ -2322,19 +2322,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "regex-syntax",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "regex-cursor"
-version = "0.1.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0497c781d2f982ae8284d2932aee6a877e58a4541daa5e8fadc18cc75c23a61d"
-dependencies = [
- "log",
- "memchr",
- "regex-automata",
- "regex-syntax",
- "ropey 1.6.1",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "regex-cursor"
 version = "0.1.5"
@@ -2831,7 +2818,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "kstring",
  "once_cell",
  "regex",
- "regex-cursor 0.1.5 (git+https://github.com/cessen/regex-cursor.git?branch=ropey2)",
+ "regex-cursor",
  "ropey 2.0.0-alpha.3",
  "slab",
  "tree-house-bindings",
@@ -2844,7 +2831,7 @@ source = "git+https://github.com/helix-editor/tree-house?branch=ropey2#d24f15c08
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "libloading",
- "regex-cursor 0.1.5 (git+https://github.com/cessen/regex-cursor.git?branch=ropey2)",
+ "regex-cursor",
  "ropey 2.0.0-alpha.3",
  "thiserror 2.0.12",
 ]
diff --git a/helix-core/Cargo.toml b/helix-core/Cargo.toml
index c2f9d5118..a2e8d465d 100644
--- a/helix-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/helix-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ textwrap = "0.16.2"
 nucleo.workspace = true
 parking_lot.workspace = true
 globset = "0.4.16"
-regex-cursor = "0.1.5"
+regex-cursor.workspace = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 quickcheck = { version = "1", default-features = false }
diff --git a/helix-core/src/graphemes.rs b/helix-core/src/graphemes.rs
index 4cbb57464..10c8fc7df 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/graphemes.rs
+++ b/helix-core/src/graphemes.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 //! Utility functions to traverse the unicode graphemes of a `Rope`'s text contents.
 //!
 //! Based on <https://github.com/cessen/led/blob/c4fa72405f510b7fd16052f90a598c429b3104a6/src/graphemes.rs>
-use ropey::{str_utils::byte_to_char_idx, RopeSlice};
-use unicode_segmentation::{GraphemeCursor, GraphemeIncomplete};
 use unicode_width::UnicodeWidthStr;
 
 use std::borrow::Cow;
@@ -119,129 +117,6 @@ pub fn grapheme_width(g: &str) -> usize {
     }
 }
 
-// NOTE: for byte indexing versions of these functions see `RopeSliceExt`'s
-// `floor_grapheme_boundary` and `ceil_grapheme_boundary` and the rope grapheme iterators.
-
-#[must_use]
-pub fn nth_prev_grapheme_boundary(slice: RopeSlice, char_idx: usize, n: usize) -> usize {
-    // Bounds check
-    debug_assert!(char_idx <= slice.len_chars());
-
-    // We work with bytes for this, so convert.
-    let mut byte_idx = slice.char_to_byte(char_idx);
-
-    // Get the chunk with our byte index in it.
-    let (mut chunk, mut chunk_byte_idx, mut chunk_char_idx, _) = slice.chunk_at_byte(byte_idx);
-
-    // Set up the grapheme cursor.
-    let mut gc = GraphemeCursor::new(byte_idx, slice.len_bytes(), true);
-
-    // Find the previous grapheme cluster boundary.
-    for _ in 0..n {
-        loop {
-            match gc.prev_boundary(chunk, chunk_byte_idx) {
-                Ok(None) => return 0,
-                Ok(Some(n)) => {
-                    byte_idx = n;
-                    break;
-                }
-                Err(GraphemeIncomplete::PrevChunk) => {
-                    let (a, b, c, _) = slice.chunk_at_byte(chunk_byte_idx - 1);
-                    chunk = a;
-                    chunk_byte_idx = b;
-                    chunk_char_idx = c;
-                }
-                Err(GraphemeIncomplete::PreContext(n)) => {
-                    let ctx_chunk = slice.chunk_at_byte(n - 1).0;
-                    gc.provide_context(ctx_chunk, n - ctx_chunk.len());
-                }
-                _ => unreachable!(),
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    let tmp = byte_to_char_idx(chunk, byte_idx - chunk_byte_idx);
-    chunk_char_idx + tmp
-}
-
-/// Finds the previous grapheme boundary before the given char position.
-#[must_use]
-#[inline(always)]
-pub fn prev_grapheme_boundary(slice: RopeSlice, char_idx: usize) -> usize {
-    nth_prev_grapheme_boundary(slice, char_idx, 1)
-}
-
-#[must_use]
-pub fn nth_next_grapheme_boundary(slice: RopeSlice, char_idx: usize, n: usize) -> usize {
-    // Bounds check
-    debug_assert!(char_idx <= slice.len_chars());
-
-    // We work with bytes for this, so convert.
-    let mut byte_idx = slice.char_to_byte(char_idx);
-
-    // Get the chunk with our byte index in it.
-    let (mut chunk, mut chunk_byte_idx, mut chunk_char_idx, _) = slice.chunk_at_byte(byte_idx);
-
-    // Set up the grapheme cursor.
-    let mut gc = GraphemeCursor::new(byte_idx, slice.len_bytes(), true);
-
-    // Find the nth next grapheme cluster boundary.
-    for _ in 0..n {
-        loop {
-            match gc.next_boundary(chunk, chunk_byte_idx) {
-                Ok(None) => return slice.len_chars(),
-                Ok(Some(n)) => {
-                    byte_idx = n;
-                    break;
-                }
-                Err(GraphemeIncomplete::NextChunk) => {
-                    chunk_byte_idx += chunk.len();
-                    let (a, _, c, _) = slice.chunk_at_byte(chunk_byte_idx);
-                    chunk = a;
-                    chunk_char_idx = c;
-                }
-                Err(GraphemeIncomplete::PreContext(n)) => {
-                    let ctx_chunk = slice.chunk_at_byte(n - 1).0;
-                    gc.provide_context(ctx_chunk, n - ctx_chunk.len());
-                }
-                _ => unreachable!(),
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    let tmp = byte_to_char_idx(chunk, byte_idx - chunk_byte_idx);
-    chunk_char_idx + tmp
-}
-
-/// Finds the next grapheme boundary after the given char position.
-#[must_use]
-#[inline(always)]
-pub fn next_grapheme_boundary(slice: RopeSlice, char_idx: usize) -> usize {
-    nth_next_grapheme_boundary(slice, char_idx, 1)
-}
-
-/// Returns the passed char index if it's already a grapheme boundary,
-/// or the next grapheme boundary char index if not.
-#[must_use]
-#[inline]
-pub fn ensure_grapheme_boundary_next(slice: RopeSlice, char_idx: usize) -> usize {
-    if char_idx == 0 {
-        char_idx
-    } else {
-        next_grapheme_boundary(slice, char_idx - 1)
-    }
-}
-
-/// Returns the passed char index if it's already a grapheme boundary,
-/// or the prev grapheme boundary char index if not.
-#[must_use]
-#[inline]
-pub fn ensure_grapheme_boundary_prev(slice: RopeSlice, char_idx: usize) -> usize {
-    if char_idx == slice.len_chars() {
-        char_idx
-    } else {
-        prev_grapheme_boundary(slice, char_idx + 1)
-    }
-}
-
 /// A highly compressed Cow<'a, str> that holds
 /// atmost u31::MAX bytes and is readonly
 pub struct GraphemeStr<'a> {
diff --git a/helix-core/src/lib.rs b/helix-core/src/lib.rs
index 09865ca40..a05686ba6 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/helix-core/src/lib.rs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ pub use helix_loader::find_workspace;
 mod rope_reader;
 
 pub use rope_reader::RopeReader;
-pub use ropey::{self, str_utils, Rope, RopeBuilder, RopeSlice};
+pub use ropey::{self, Rope, RopeBuilder, RopeSlice};
 
 // pub use tendril::StrTendril as Tendril;
 pub use smartstring::SmartString;
diff --git a/helix-core/src/object.rs b/helix-core/src/object.rs
index e0c02d0a9..af16b4799 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/object.rs
+++ b/helix-core/src/object.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-use crate::{movement::Direction, syntax::TreeCursor, Range, RopeSlice, Selection, Syntax};
+use crate::{movement::Direction, syntax::TreeCursor, Range, Selection, Syntax};
 
-pub fn expand_selection(syntax: &Syntax, text: RopeSlice, selection: Selection) -> Selection {
+pub fn expand_selection(syntax: &Syntax, selection: Selection) -> Selection {
     let cursor = &mut syntax.walk();
 
     selection.transform(|range| {
-        let from = text.char_to_byte(range.from()) as u32;
-        let to = text.char_to_byte(range.to()) as u32;
-
+        let from = range.from() as u32;
+        let to = range.to() as u32;
         let byte_range = from..to;
         cursor.reset_to_byte_range(from, to);
 
@@ -17,17 +16,14 @@ pub fn expand_selection(syntax: &Syntax, text: RopeSlice, selection: Selection)
         }
 
         let node = cursor.node();
-        let from = text.byte_to_char(node.start_byte() as usize);
-        let to = text.byte_to_char(node.end_byte() as usize);
-
-        Range::new(to, from).with_direction(range.direction())
+        Range::new(node.start_byte() as usize, node.end_byte() as usize)
+            .with_direction(range.direction())
     })
 }
 
-pub fn shrink_selection(syntax: &Syntax, text: RopeSlice, selection: Selection) -> Selection {
+pub fn shrink_selection(syntax: &Syntax, selection: Selection) -> Selection {
     select_node_impl(
         syntax,
-        text,
         selection,
         |cursor| {
             cursor.goto_first_child();
@@ -36,10 +32,9 @@ pub fn shrink_selection(syntax: &Syntax, text: RopeSlice, selection: Selection)
     )
 }
 
-pub fn select_next_sibling(syntax: &Syntax, text: RopeSlice, selection: Selection) -> Selection {
+pub fn select_next_sibling(syntax: &Syntax, selection: Selection) -> Selection {
     select_node_impl(
         syntax,
-        text,
         selection,
         |cursor| {
             while !cursor.goto_next_sibling() {
@@ -52,34 +47,36 @@ pub fn select_next_sibling(syntax: &Syntax, text: RopeSlice, selection: Selectio
     )
 }
 
-pub fn select_all_siblings(syntax: &Syntax, text: RopeSlice, selection: Selection) -> Selection {
+pub fn select_all_siblings(syntax: &Syntax, selection: Selection) -> Selection {
     let mut cursor = syntax.walk();
     selection.transform_iter(move |range| {
-        let (from, to) = range.into_byte_range(text);
+        let from = range.from();
+        let to = range.to();
         cursor.reset_to_byte_range(from as u32, to as u32);
 
         if !cursor.goto_parent_with(|parent| parent.child_count() > 1) {
             return vec![range].into_iter();
         }
 
-        select_children(&mut cursor, text, range).into_iter()
+        select_children(&mut cursor, range).into_iter()
     })
 }
 
-pub fn select_all_children(syntax: &Syntax, text: RopeSlice, selection: Selection) -> Selection {
+pub fn select_all_children(syntax: &Syntax, selection: Selection) -> Selection {
     let mut cursor = syntax.walk();
     selection.transform_iter(move |range| {
-        let (from, to) = range.into_byte_range(text);
+        let from = range.from();
+        let to = range.to();
         cursor.reset_to_byte_range(from as u32, to as u32);
-        select_children(&mut cursor, text, range).into_iter()
+        select_children(&mut cursor, range).into_iter()
     })
 }
 
-fn select_children(cursor: &mut TreeCursor, text: RopeSlice, range: Range) -> Vec<Range> {
+fn select_children(cursor: &mut TreeCursor, range: Range) -> Vec<Range> {
     let children = cursor
         .children()
         .filter(|child| child.is_named())
-        .map(|child| Range::from_node(child, text, range.direction()))
+        .map(|child| Range::from_node(child, range.direction()))
         .collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
     if !children.is_empty() {
@@ -89,10 +86,9 @@ fn select_children(cursor: &mut TreeCursor, text: RopeSlice, range: Range) -> Ve
     }
 }
 
-pub fn select_prev_sibling(syntax: &Syntax, text: RopeSlice, selection: Selection) -> Selection {
+pub fn select_prev_sibling(syntax: &Syntax, selection: Selection) -> Selection {
     select_node_impl(
         syntax,
-        text,
         selection,
         |cursor| {
             while !cursor.goto_previous_sibling() {
@@ -107,7 +103,6 @@ pub fn select_prev_sibling(syntax: &Syntax, text: RopeSlice, selection: Selectio
 
 fn select_node_impl<F>(
     syntax: &Syntax,
-    text: RopeSlice,
     selection: Selection,
     motion: F,
     direction: Option<Direction>,
@@ -118,17 +113,12 @@ where
     let cursor = &mut syntax.walk();
 
     selection.transform(|range| {
-        let from = text.char_to_byte(range.from()) as u32;
-        let to = text.char_to_byte(range.to()) as u32;
-
-        cursor.reset_to_byte_range(from, to);
+        cursor.reset_to_byte_range(range.from() as u32, range.to() as u32);
 
         motion(cursor);
 
         let node = cursor.node();
-        let from = text.byte_to_char(node.start_byte() as usize);
-        let to = text.byte_to_char(node.end_byte() as usize);
-
-        Range::new(from, to).with_direction(direction.unwrap_or_else(|| range.direction()))
+        Range::new(node.start_byte() as usize, node.end_byte() as usize)
+            .with_direction(direction.unwrap_or_else(|| range.direction()))
     })
 }
diff --git a/helix-core/src/selection.rs b/helix-core/src/selection.rs
index 5bde08e31..7433a89aa 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/selection.rs
+++ b/helix-core/src/selection.rs
@@ -3,17 +3,11 @@
 //!
 //! All positioning is done via `char` offsets into the buffer.
 use crate::{
-    graphemes::{
-        ensure_grapheme_boundary_next, ensure_grapheme_boundary_prev, next_grapheme_boundary,
-        prev_grapheme_boundary,
-    },
-    line_ending::get_line_ending,
-    movement::Direction,
-    tree_sitter::Node,
-    Assoc, ChangeSet, RopeSlice,
+    line_ending::get_line_ending, movement::Direction, tree_sitter::Node, Assoc, ChangeSet,
+    RopeSlice,
 };
-use helix_stdx::range::is_subset;
 use helix_stdx::rope::{self, RopeSliceExt};
+use helix_stdx::{range::is_subset, rope::LINE_TYPE};
 use smallvec::{smallvec, SmallVec};
 use std::{borrow::Cow, iter, slice};
 
@@ -25,9 +19,9 @@ use std::{borrow::Cow, iter, slice};
 /// can be in any order, or even share the same position.
 ///
 /// The anchor and head positions use gap indexing, meaning
-/// that their indices represent the gaps *between* `char`s
-/// rather than the `char`s themselves. For example, 1
-/// represents the position between the first and second `char`.
+/// that their indices represent the gaps *between* bytes
+/// rather than the bytes themselves. For example, 1
+/// represents the position between the first and second byte.
 ///
 /// Below are some examples of `Range` configurations.
 /// The anchor and head indices are shown as "(anchor, head)"
@@ -75,10 +69,9 @@ impl Range {
         Self::new(head, head)
     }
 
-    pub fn from_node(node: Node, text: RopeSlice, direction: Direction) -> Self {
-        let from = text.byte_to_char(node.start_byte() as usize);
-        let to = text.byte_to_char(node.end_byte() as usize);
-        Range::new(from, to).with_direction(direction)
+    pub fn from_node(node: Node, direction: Direction) -> Self {
+        let range = node.byte_range();
+        Range::new(range.start as usize, range.end as usize).with_direction(direction)
     }
 
     /// Start of the range.
@@ -110,10 +103,13 @@ impl Range {
         let to = if self.is_empty() {
             self.to()
         } else {
-            prev_grapheme_boundary(text, self.to()).max(from)
+            text.prev_grapheme_boundary(self.to()).max(from)
         };
 
-        (text.char_to_line(from), text.char_to_line(to))
+        (
+            text.byte_to_line_idx(from, LINE_TYPE),
+            text.byte_to_line_idx(to, LINE_TYPE),
+        )
     }
 
     /// `true` when head and anchor are at the same position.
@@ -277,16 +273,16 @@ impl Range {
         use std::cmp::Ordering;
         let (new_anchor, new_head) = match self.anchor.cmp(&self.head) {
             Ordering::Equal => {
-                let pos = ensure_grapheme_boundary_prev(slice, self.anchor);
+                let pos = slice.floor_grapheme_boundary(self.anchor);
                 (pos, pos)
             }
             Ordering::Less => (
-                ensure_grapheme_boundary_prev(slice, self.anchor),
-                ensure_grapheme_boundary_next(slice, self.head),
+                slice.floor_char_boundary(self.anchor),
+                slice.ceil_char_boundary(self.head),
             ),
             Ordering::Greater => (
-                ensure_grapheme_boundary_next(slice, self.anchor),
-                ensure_grapheme_boundary_prev(slice, self.head),
+                slice.ceil_char_boundary(self.anchor),
+                slice.floor_char_boundary(self.head),
             ),
         };
         Range {
@@ -318,7 +314,7 @@ impl Range {
         if self.anchor == self.head {
             Range {
                 anchor: self.anchor,
-                head: next_grapheme_boundary(slice, self.head),
+                head: slice.next_grapheme_boundary(self.head),
                 old_visual_position: self.old_visual_position,
             }
         } else {
@@ -334,39 +330,39 @@ impl Range {
     #[inline]
     pub fn cursor(self, text: RopeSlice) -> usize {
         if self.head > self.anchor {
-            prev_grapheme_boundary(text, self.head)
+            text.prev_grapheme_boundary(self.head)
         } else {
             self.head
         }
     }
 
-    /// Puts the left side of the block cursor at `char_idx`, optionally extending.
+    /// Puts the left side of the block cursor at `byte_idx`, optionally extending.
     ///
     /// This follows "1-width" semantics, and therefore does a combination of anchor
     /// and head moves to behave as if both the front and back of the range are 1-width
     /// blocks
     ///
-    /// This method assumes that the range and `char_idx` are already properly
+    /// This method assumes that the range and `byte_idx` are already properly
     /// grapheme-aligned.
     #[must_use]
     #[inline]
-    pub fn put_cursor(self, text: RopeSlice, char_idx: usize, extend: bool) -> Range {
+    pub fn put_cursor(self, text: RopeSlice, byte_idx: usize, extend: bool) -> Range {
         if extend {
-            let anchor = if self.head >= self.anchor && char_idx < self.anchor {
-                next_grapheme_boundary(text, self.anchor)
-            } else if self.head < self.anchor && char_idx >= self.anchor {
-                prev_grapheme_boundary(text, self.anchor)
+            let anchor = if self.head >= self.anchor && byte_idx < self.anchor {
+                text.next_grapheme_boundary(self.anchor)
+            } else if self.head < self.anchor && byte_idx >= self.anchor {
+                text.prev_grapheme_boundary(self.anchor)
             } else {
                 self.anchor
             };
 
-            if anchor <= char_idx {
-                Range::new(anchor, next_grapheme_boundary(text, char_idx))
+            if anchor <= byte_idx {
+                Range::new(anchor, text.next_grapheme_boundary(byte_idx))
             } else {
-                Range::new(anchor, char_idx)
+                Range::new(anchor, byte_idx)
             }
         } else {
-            Range::point(char_idx)
+            Range::point(byte_idx)
         }
     }
 
@@ -374,7 +370,7 @@ impl Range {
     #[inline]
     #[must_use]
     pub fn cursor_line(&self, text: RopeSlice) -> usize {
-        text.char_to_line(self.cursor(text))
+        text.byte_to_line_idx(self.cursor(text), LINE_TYPE)
     }
 
     /// Returns true if this Range covers a single grapheme in the given text
@@ -384,12 +380,6 @@ impl Range {
         let second = graphemes.next();
         first.is_some() && second.is_none()
     }
-
-    /// Converts this char range into an in order byte range, discarding
-    /// direction.
-    pub fn into_byte_range(&self, text: RopeSlice) -> (usize, usize) {
-        (text.char_to_byte(self.from()), text.char_to_byte(self.to()))
-    }
 }
 
 impl From<(usize, usize)> for Range {
@@ -772,7 +762,9 @@ pub fn keep_or_remove_matches(
 ) -> Option<Selection> {
     let result: SmallVec<_> = selection
         .iter()
-        .filter(|range| regex.is_match(text.regex_input_at(range.from()..range.to())) ^ remove)
+        .filter(|range| {
+            regex.is_match(text.regex_input_at_bytes(range.from()..range.to())) ^ remove
+        })
         .copied()
         .collect();
 
@@ -792,13 +784,10 @@ pub fn select_on_matches(
     let mut result = SmallVec::with_capacity(selection.len());
 
     for sel in selection {
-        for mat in regex.find_iter(text.regex_input_at(sel.from()..sel.to())) {
+        for mat in regex.find_iter(text.regex_input_at_bytes(sel.from()..sel.to())) {
             // TODO: retain range direction
 
-            let start = text.byte_to_char(mat.start());
-            let end = text.byte_to_char(mat.end());
-
-            let range = Range::new(start, end);
+            let range = Range::new(mat.start(), mat.end());
             // Make sure the match is not right outside of the selection.
             // These invalid matches can come from using RegEx anchors like `^`, `$`
             if range != Range::point(sel.to()) {
@@ -830,7 +819,7 @@ pub fn split_on_newline(text: RopeSlice, selection: &Selection) -> Selection {
 
         let mut start = sel_start;
 
-        for line in sel.slice(text).lines() {
+        for line in sel.slice(text).lines(LINE_TYPE) {
             let Some(line_ending) = get_line_ending(&line) else {
                 break;
             };
@@ -863,11 +852,11 @@ pub fn split_on_matches(text: RopeSlice, selection: &Selection, regex: &rope::Re
         let sel_end = sel.to();
         let mut start = sel_start;
 
-        for mat in regex.find_iter(text.regex_input_at(sel_start..sel_end)) {
+        for mat in regex.find_iter(text.regex_input_at_bytes(sel_start..sel_end)) {
             // TODO: retain range direction
-            let end = text.byte_to_char(mat.start());
+            let end = mat.start();
             result.push(Range::new(start, end));
-            start = text.byte_to_char(mat.end());
+            start = mat.end();
         }
 
         if start < sel_end {
diff --git a/helix-core/src/snippets/elaborate.rs b/helix-core/src/snippets/elaborate.rs
index 012d1db77..09eee7e51 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/snippets/elaborate.rs
+++ b/helix-core/src/snippets/elaborate.rs
@@ -325,14 +325,14 @@ impl Transform {
         let mut buf = Tendril::new();
         let it = self
             .regex
-            .captures_iter(doc.regex_input_at(range))
+            .captures_iter(doc.regex_input_at_bytes(range))
             .enumerate();
         doc = doc.slice(range);
         let mut last_match = 0;
         for (_, cap) in it {
             // unwrap on 0 is OK because captures only reports matches
             let m = cap.get_group(0).unwrap();
-            buf.extend(doc.byte_slice(last_match..m.start).chunks());
+            buf.extend(doc.slice(last_match..m.start).chunks());
             last_match = m.end;
             for fmt in &*self.replacement {
                 match *fmt {
@@ -341,12 +341,12 @@ impl Transform {
                     }
                     FormatItem::Capture(i) => {
                         if let Some(cap) = cap.get_group(i) {
-                            buf.extend(doc.byte_slice(cap.range()).chunks());
+                            buf.extend(doc.slice(cap.range()).chunks());
                         }
                     }
                     FormatItem::CaseChange(i, change) => {
                         if let Some(cap) = cap.get_group(i).filter(|i| !i.is_empty()) {
-                            let mut chars = doc.byte_slice(cap.range()).chars();
+                            let mut chars = doc.slice(cap.range()).chars();
                             match change {
                                 CaseChange::Upcase => to_upper_case_with(chars, &mut buf),
                                 CaseChange::Downcase => to_lower_case_with(chars, &mut buf),
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ impl Transform {
                 break;
             }
         }
-        buf.extend(doc.byte_slice(last_match..).chunks());
+        buf.extend(doc.slice(last_match..).chunks());
         buf
     }
 }
diff --git a/helix-stdx/src/rope.rs b/helix-stdx/src/rope.rs
index 78eb66292..e4dedd186 100644
--- a/helix-stdx/src/rope.rs
+++ b/helix-stdx/src/rope.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ use regex_cursor::Input as RegexInput;
 use ropey::{ChunkCursor, RopeSlice};
 use unicode_segmentation::{GraphemeCursor, GraphemeIncomplete};
 
+pub const LINE_TYPE: ropey::LineType = ropey::LineType::LF_CR;
+
 pub trait RopeSliceExt<'a>: Sized {
     fn ends_with(self, text: &str) -> bool;
     fn starts_with(self, text: &str) -> bool;
@@ -39,6 +41,10 @@ pub trait RopeSliceExt<'a>: Sized {
     /// assert_eq!(text.floor_grapheme_boundary(2), 2);
     /// ```
     fn floor_grapheme_boundary(self, byte_idx: usize) -> usize;
+    fn prev_grapheme_boundary(self, byte_idx: usize) -> usize {
+        self.nth_prev_grapheme_boundary(byte_idx, 1)
+    }
+    fn nth_prev_grapheme_boundary(self, byte_idx: usize, n: usize) -> usize;
     /// Finds the closest byte index not exceeding `byte_idx` which lies on a grapheme cluster
     /// boundary.
     ///
@@ -60,6 +66,10 @@ pub trait RopeSliceExt<'a>: Sized {
     /// assert_eq!(text.ceil_grapheme_boundary(2), 2);
     /// ```
     fn ceil_grapheme_boundary(self, byte_idx: usize) -> usize;
+    fn next_grapheme_boundary(self, byte_idx: usize) -> usize {
+        self.nth_next_grapheme_boundary(byte_idx, 1)
+    }
+    fn nth_next_grapheme_boundary(self, byte_idx: usize, n: usize) -> usize;
     /// Checks whether the `byte_idx` lies on a grapheme cluster boundary.
     ///
     /// # Example
@@ -185,6 +195,31 @@ impl<'a> RopeSliceExt<'a> for RopeSlice<'a> {
         }
     }
 
+    fn nth_prev_grapheme_boundary(self, mut byte_idx: usize, n: usize) -> usize {
+        byte_idx = self.floor_char_boundary(byte_idx);
+
+        let mut chunk_cursor = self.chunk_cursor_at(byte_idx);
+        let mut cursor = GraphemeCursor::new(byte_idx, self.len(), true);
+        for _ in 0..n {
+            loop {
+                match cursor.prev_boundary(chunk_cursor.chunk(), chunk_cursor.byte_offset()) {
+                    Ok(None) => return 0,
+                    Ok(Some(boundary)) => {
+                        byte_idx = boundary;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    Err(GraphemeIncomplete::PrevChunk) => assert!(chunk_cursor.prev()),
+                    Err(GraphemeIncomplete::PreContext(n)) => {
+                        let ctx_chunk = self.chunk(n - 1).0;
+                        cursor.provide_context(ctx_chunk, n - ctx_chunk.len());
+                    }
+                    _ => unreachable!(),
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        byte_idx
+    }
+
     fn ceil_grapheme_boundary(self, mut byte_idx: usize) -> usize {
         if byte_idx >= self.len() {
             return self.len();
@@ -212,6 +247,31 @@ impl<'a> RopeSliceExt<'a> for RopeSlice<'a> {
         }
     }
 
+    fn nth_next_grapheme_boundary(self, mut byte_idx: usize, n: usize) -> usize {
+        byte_idx = self.ceil_char_boundary(byte_idx);
+
+        let mut chunk_cursor = self.chunk_cursor_at(byte_idx);
+        let mut cursor = GraphemeCursor::new(byte_idx, self.len(), true);
+        for _ in 0..n {
+            loop {
+                match cursor.prev_boundary(chunk_cursor.chunk(), chunk_cursor.byte_offset()) {
+                    Ok(None) => return 0,
+                    Ok(Some(boundary)) => {
+                        byte_idx = boundary;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    Err(GraphemeIncomplete::NextChunk) => assert!(chunk_cursor.next()),
+                    Err(GraphemeIncomplete::PreContext(n)) => {
+                        let ctx_chunk = self.chunk(n - 1).0;
+                        cursor.provide_context(ctx_chunk, n - ctx_chunk.len());
+                    }
+                    _ => unreachable!(),
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        byte_idx
+    }
+
     fn is_grapheme_boundary(self, byte_idx: usize) -> bool {
         // The byte must lie on a character boundary to lie on a grapheme cluster boundary.
         if !self.is_char_boundary(byte_idx) {