These are the available keys and descriptions for the file.
| Key | Description |
| ---- | ----------- |
| name | The name of the language |
| scope | A string like `source.js` that identifies the language. Currently, we strive to match the scope names used by popular TextMate grammars and by the Linguist library. Usually `source.<name>` or `text.<name>` in case of markup languages |
| injection-regex | regex pattern that will be tested against a language name in order to determine whether this language should be used for a potential [language injection][treesitter-language-injection] site. |
For a language to have syntax-highlighting and indentation among other things, you have to add queries. Add a directory for your language with the path `runtime/queries/<name>/`. The tree-sitter [website](https://tree-sitter.github.io/tree-sitter/syntax-highlighting#queries) gives more info on how to write queries.
## Common Issues
- If you get errors when building after switching branches, you may have to remove or update tree-sitter submodules. You can update submodules by running
- Make sure to not use the `--remote` flag. To remove submodules look inside the `.gitmodules` and remove directories that are not present inside of it.
- If a parser is segfaulting or you want to remove the parser, make sure to remove the submodule *and* the compiled parser in `runtime/grammar/<name>.so`
- The indents query is `indents.toml`, *not*`indents.scm`. See [this](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/issues/114) issue for more information.