23.05 is a smaller release focusing on fixes. There were 88 contributors in this release. Thank you all!
Features:
- Add a config option to exclude declaration from LSP references request ([#6886](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/6886))
- Enable injecting languages based on their file extension and shebang ([#3970](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/3970))
- Sort the buffer picker by most recent access ([#2980](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/2980))
- Perform syntax highlighting in the picker asynchronously ([#7028](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/7028))
Commands:
- `:update` is now aliased as `:u` ([#6835](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/6835))
- Add `extend_to_first_nonwhitespace` which acts the same as `goto_first_nonwhitespace` but always extends ([#6837](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/6837))
- Add `:clear-register` for clearing the given register or all registers ([#5695](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/5695))
- Add `:write-buffer-close` and `:write-buffer-close!` ([#6947](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/6947))
- Fix offset encoding in LSP `didChange` notifications ([#6921](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/6921))
- Change `gix` logging level to info ([#6915](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/6915))
- Improve error message when writes fail because parent directories do not exist ([#7014](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/7014))
- Replace DAP variables popup instead of pushing more popups ([#7034](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/7034))
- Disable tree-sitter for files after parsing for 500ms ([#7028](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/7028))
- Fix crash when deleting with multiple cursors ([#6024](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/6024))
- Fix selection sliding when deleting forwards in append mode ([#6024](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/6024))
- Fix completion on paths containing spaces ([#6779](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/6779))
Themes:
- Style inlay hints in `dracula` theme ([#6515](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/6515))
- Style inlay hints in `onedark` theme ([#6503](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/6503))
- Style inlay hints and the soft-wrap indicator in `varua` ([#6568](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/6568), [#6589](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/6589))
- Style inlay hints in `emacs` theme ([#6569](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/6569))
- Update `base16_transparent` and `dark_high_contrast` themes ([#6577](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/6577))
- Style inlay hints for `mellow` and `rasmus` themes ([#6583](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/6583))
- Dim pane divider for `base16_transparent` theme ([#6534](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/6534))
- Style inlay hints in `zenburn` theme ([#6593](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/6593))
- Style inlay hints in `boo_berry` theme ([#6625](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/6625))
| `:write`, `:w` | Write changes to disk. Accepts an optional path (:write some/path.txt) |
| `:write!`, `:w!` | Force write changes to disk creating necessary subdirectories. Accepts an optional path (:write some/path.txt) |
| `:write!`, `:w!` | Force write changes to disk creating necessary subdirectories. Accepts an optional path (:write! some/path.txt) |
| `:write-buffer-close`, `:wbc` | Write changes to disk and closes the buffer. Accepts an optional path (:write-buffer-close some/path.txt) |
| `:write-buffer-close!`, `:wbc!` | Force write changes to disk creating necessary subdirectories and closes the buffer. Accepts an optional path (:write-buffer-close! some/path.txt) |
| `:new`, `:n` | Create a new scratch buffer. |
| `:format`, `:fmt` | Format the file using the LSP formatter. |
| `:indent-style` | Set the indentation style for editing. ('t' for tabs or 1-8 for number of spaces.) |
@ -48,8 +50,8 @@
| `:reload-all` | Discard changes and reload all documents from the source files. |
| `:update`, `:u` | Write changes only if the file has been modified. |
| `:lsp-workspace-command` | Open workspace command picker |
| `:lsp-restart` | Restarts the Language Server that is in use by the current doc |
| `:lsp-stop` | Stops the Language Server that is in use by the current doc |
| `:lsp-restart` | Restarts the language servers used by the current doc |
| `:lsp-stop` | Stops the language servers that are used by the current doc |
| `:tree-sitter-scopes` | Display tree sitter scopes, primarily for theming and development. |
| `:debug-start`, `:dbg` | Start a debug session from a given template with given parameters. |
| `:debug-remote`, `:dbg-tcp` | Connect to a debug adapter by TCP address and start a debugging session from a given template with given parameters. |
@ -78,3 +80,4 @@
| `:pipe-to` | Pipe each selection to the shell command, ignoring output. |
| `:run-shell-command`, `:sh` | Run a shell command |
| `:reset-diff-change`, `:diffget`, `:diffg` | Reset the diff change at the cursor position. |
| `:clear-register` | Clear given register. If no argument is provided, clear all registers. |
Or, create a symlink in `~/.config/helix` that links to the source code directory:
```sh
ln -s $PWD/runtime ~/.config/helix/runtime
ln -Ts $PWD/runtime ~/.config/helix/runtime
```
If the above command fails to create a symbolic link because the file exists either move `~/.config/helix/runtime` to a new location or delete it, then run the symlink command above again.
#### Windows
Either set the `HELIX_RUNTIME` environment variable to point to the runtime files using the Windows setting (search for
@ -50,6 +53,7 @@ These configuration keys are available:
| Key | Description |
| ---- | ----------- |
| `name` | The name of the language |
| `language-id` | The language-id for language servers, checkout the table at [TextDocumentItem](https://microsoft.github.io/language-server-protocol/specifications/lsp/3.17/specification/#textDocumentItem) for the right id |
| `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. |
| `file-types` | The filetypes of the language, for example `["yml", "yaml"]`. See the file-type detection section below. |
@ -59,8 +63,7 @@ These configuration keys are available:
| `diagnostic-severity` | Minimal severity of diagnostic for it to be displayed. (Allowed values: `Error`, `Warning`, `Info`, `Hint`) |
| `comment-token` | The token to use as a comment-token |
| `indent` | The indent to use. Has sub keys `unit` (the text inserted into the document when indenting; usually set to N spaces or `"\t"` for tabs) and `tab-width` (the number of spaces rendered for a tab) |
| `language-server` | The Language Server to run. See the Language Server configuration section below. |
| `config` | Language Server configuration |
| `language-servers` | The Language Servers used for this language. See below for more information in the section [Configuring Language Servers for a language](#configuring-language-servers-for-a-language) |
| `grammar` | The tree-sitter grammar to use (defaults to the value of `name`) |
| `formatter` | The formatter for the language, it will take precedence over the lsp when defined. The formatter must be able to take the original file as input from stdin and write the formatted file to stdout |
| `text-width` | Maximum line length. Used for the `:reflow` command and soft-wrapping if `soft-wrap.wrap-at-text-width` is set, defaults to `editor.text-width` |
@ -92,31 +95,102 @@ with the following priorities:
replaced at runtime with the appropriate path separator for the operating
system, so this rule would match against `.git\config` files on Windows.
### Language Server configuration
## Language Server configuration
Language servers are configured separately in the table `language-server` in the same file as the languages `languages.toml`
The `language-server` field takes the following keys:
These are the available options for a language server.
| Key | Description |
| --- | ----------- |
| `command` | The name of the language server binary to execute. Binaries must be in `$PATH` |
| ---- | ----------- |
| `command`| The name or path of the language server binary to execute. Binaries must be in `$PATH` |
| `args` | A list of arguments to pass to the language server binary |
| `config` | LSP initialization options |
| `timeout` | The maximum time a request to the language server may take, in seconds. Defaults to `20` |
| `language-id` | The language name to pass to the language server. Some language servers support multiple languages and use this field to determine which one is being served in a buffer |
| `environment` | Any environment variables that will be used when starting the language server `{ "KEY1" = "Value1", "KEY2" = "Value2" }` |
The top-level `config` field is used to configure the LSP initialization options. A `format`
sub-table within `config` can be used to pass extra formatting options to
# pass format options according to https://github.com/typescript-language-server/typescript-language-server#workspacedidchangeconfiguration omitting the "[language].format." prefix.
The `language-servers` attribute in a language tells helix which language servers are used for this language.
They have to be defined in the `[language-server]` table as described in the previous section.
Different languages can use the same language server instance, e.g. `typescript-language-server` is used for javascript, jsx, tsx and typescript by default.
In case multiple language servers are specified in the `language-servers` attribute of a `language`,
it's often useful to only enable/disable certain language-server features for these language servers.
For example `efm-lsp-prettier` of the previous example is used only with a formatting command `prettier`,
so everything else should be handled by the `typescript-language-server` (which is configured by default)
The language configuration for typescript could look like this:
Each requested LSP feature is prioritized in the order of the `language-servers` array.
For example the first `goto-definition` supported language server (in this case `typescript-language-server`) will be taken for the relevant LSP request (command `goto_definition`).
The features `diagnostics`, `code-action`, `completion`, `document-symbols` and `workspace-symbols` are an exception to that rule, as they are working for all language servers at the same time and are merged together, if enabled for the language.
If no `except-features` or `only-features` is given all features for the language server are enabled.
If a language server itself doesn't support a feature the next language server array entry will be tried (and so on).
The list of supported features is:
- `format`
- `goto-definition`
- `goto-declaration`
- `goto-type-definition`
- `goto-reference`
- `goto-implementation`
- `signature-help`
- `hover`
- `document-highlight`
- `completion`
- `code-action`
- `workspace-command`
- `document-symbols`
- `workspace-symbols`
- `diagnostics`
- `rename-symbol`
- `inlay-hints`
## Tree-sitter grammar configuration
The source for a language's tree-sitter grammar is specified in a `[[grammar]]`
/// If this method is called, all documents that have a reference to language servers used by the language config have to refresh their language servers,
/// as it could be that language servers of these documents were stopped by this method.
/// See helix_view::editor::Editor::refresh_language_servers
doc: "Force write changes to disk creating necessary subdirectories and closes the buffer. Accepts an optional path (:write-buffer-close! some/path.txt)",
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