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<h1 id="configuration"><a class="header" href="#configuration">Configuration</a></h1>
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<p>To override global configuration parameters, create a <code>config.toml</code> file located in your config directory:</p>
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<li>Linux and Mac: <code>~/.config/helix/config.toml</code></li>
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<li>Windows: <code>%AppData%\helix\config.toml</code></li>
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<pre><code class="language-toml">theme = "onedark"
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[editor]
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line-number = "relative"
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mouse = false
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[editor.cursor-shape]
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insert = "bar"
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normal = "block"
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select = "underline"
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hidden = false
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</code></pre>
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<h2 id="editor"><a class="header" href="#editor">Editor</a></h2>
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<h3 id="editor-section"><a class="header" href="#editor-section"><code>[editor]</code> Section</a></h3>
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<div class="table-wrapper"><table><thead><tr><th>Key</th><th>Description</th><th>Default</th></tr></thead><tbody>
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<tr><td><code>scrolloff</code></td><td>Number of lines of padding around the edge of the screen when scrolling.</td><td><code>3</code></td></tr>
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<tr><td><code>mouse</code></td><td>Enable mouse mode.</td><td><code>true</code></td></tr>
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<tr><td><code>middle-click-paste</code></td><td>Middle click paste support.</td><td><code>true</code></td></tr>
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<tr><td><code>scroll-lines</code></td><td>Number of lines to scroll per scroll wheel step.</td><td><code>3</code></td></tr>
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<tr><td><code>shell</code></td><td>Shell to use when running external commands.</td><td>Unix: <code>["sh", "-c"]</code><br/>Windows: <code>["cmd", "/C"]</code></td></tr>
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<tr><td><code>line-number</code></td><td>Line number display: <code>absolute</code> simply shows each line's number, while <code>relative</code> shows the distance from the current line. When unfocused or in insert mode, <code>relative</code> will still show absolute line numbers.</td><td><code>absolute</code></td></tr>
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<tr><td><code>cursorline</code></td><td>Highlight all lines with a cursor.</td><td><code>false</code></td></tr>
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<tr><td><code>gutters</code></td><td>Gutters to display: Available are <code>diagnostics</code> and <code>line-numbers</code>, note that <code>diagnostics</code> also includes other features like breakpoints</td><td><code>["diagnostics", "line-numbers"]</code></td></tr>
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<tr><td><code>auto-completion</code></td><td>Enable automatic pop up of auto-completion.</td><td><code>true</code></td></tr>
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<tr><td><code>auto-format</code></td><td>Enable automatic formatting on save.</td><td><code>true</code></td></tr>
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<tr><td><code>idle-timeout</code></td><td>Time in milliseconds since last keypress before idle timers trigger. Used for autocompletion, set to 0 for instant.</td><td><code>400</code></td></tr>
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<tr><td><code>completion-trigger-len</code></td><td>The min-length of word under cursor to trigger autocompletion</td><td><code>2</code></td></tr>
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<tr><td><code>auto-info</code></td><td>Whether to display infoboxes</td><td><code>true</code></td></tr>
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<tr><td><code>true-color</code></td><td>Set to <code>true</code> to override automatic detection of terminal truecolor support in the event of a false negative.</td><td><code>false</code></td></tr>
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<tr><td><code>rulers</code></td><td>List of column positions at which to display the rulers. Can be overridden by language specific <code>rulers</code> in <code>languages.toml</code> file.</td><td><code>[]</code></td></tr>
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<tr><td><code>color-modes</code></td><td>Whether to color the mode indicator with different colors depending on the mode itself</td><td><code>false</code></td></tr>
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</tbody></table>
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<h3 id="editorlsp-section"><a class="header" href="#editorlsp-section"><code>[editor.lsp]</code> Section</a></h3>
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<div class="table-wrapper"><table><thead><tr><th>Key</th><th>Description</th><th>Default</th></tr></thead><tbody>
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<tr><td><code>display-messages</code></td><td>Display LSP progress messages below statusline<sup class="footnote-reference"><a href="#1">1</a></sup></td><td><code>false</code></td></tr>
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</tbody></table>
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</div>
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<div class="footnote-definition" id="1"><sup class="footnote-definition-label">1</sup>
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<p>A progress spinner is always shown in the statusline beside the file path.</p>
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</div>
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<h3 id="editorcursor-shape-section"><a class="header" href="#editorcursor-shape-section"><code>[editor.cursor-shape]</code> Section</a></h3>
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<p>Defines the shape of cursor in each mode. Note that due to limitations
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of the terminal environment, only the primary cursor can change shape.
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Valid values for these options are <code>block</code>, <code>bar</code>, <code>underline</code>, or <code>hidden</code>.</p>
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<tr><td><code>normal</code></td><td>Cursor shape in <a href="./keymap.html#normal-mode">normal mode</a></td><td><code>block</code></td></tr>
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<tr><td><code>insert</code></td><td>Cursor shape in <a href="./keymap.html#insert-mode">insert mode</a></td><td><code>block</code></td></tr>
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<tr><td><code>select</code></td><td>Cursor shape in <a href="./keymap.html#select--extend-mode">select mode</a></td><td><code>block</code></td></tr>
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</tbody></table>
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</div>
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<h3 id="editorfile-picker-section"><a class="header" href="#editorfile-picker-section"><code>[editor.file-picker]</code> Section</a></h3>
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<p>Sets options for file picker and global search. All but the last key listed in
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the default file-picker configuration below are IgnoreOptions: whether hidden
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files and files listed within ignore files are ignored by (not visible in) the
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helix file picker and global search. There is also one other key, <code>max-depth</code>
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available, which is not defined by default.</p>
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<div class="table-wrapper"><table><thead><tr><th>Key</th><th>Description</th><th>Default</th></tr></thead><tbody>
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<tr><td><code>hidden</code></td><td>Enables ignoring hidden files.</td><td>true</td></tr>
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<tr><td><code>parents</code></td><td>Enables reading ignore files from parent directories.</td><td>true</td></tr>
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<tr><td><code>ignore</code></td><td>Enables reading <code>.ignore</code> files.</td><td>true</td></tr>
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<tr><td><code>git-ignore</code></td><td>Enables reading <code>.gitignore</code> files.</td><td>true</td></tr>
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<tr><td><code>git-global</code></td><td>Enables reading global .gitignore, whose path is specified in git's config: <code>core.excludefile</code> option.</td><td>true</td></tr>
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<tr><td><code>git-exclude</code></td><td>Enables reading <code>.git/info/exclude</code> files.</td><td>true</td></tr>
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<tr><td><code>max-depth</code></td><td>Set with an integer value for maximum depth to recurse.</td><td>Defaults to <code>None</code>.</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>
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</div>
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<h3 id="editorauto-pairs-section"><a class="header" href="#editorauto-pairs-section"><code>[editor.auto-pairs]</code> Section</a></h3>
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<p>Enables automatic insertion of pairs to parentheses, brackets, etc. Can be a
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simple boolean value, or a specific mapping of pairs of single characters.</p>
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<p>To disable auto-pairs altogether, set <code>auto-pairs</code> to <code>false</code>:</p>
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<pre><code class="language-toml">[editor]
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auto-pairs = false # defaults to `true`
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</code></pre>
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<p>The default pairs are <code>(){}[]''""``</code>, but these can be customized by
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setting <code>auto-pairs</code> to a TOML table:</p>
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<pre><code class="language-toml">[editor.auto-pairs]
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'(' = ')'
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'{' = '}'
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'[' = ']'
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'"' = '"'
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'`' = '`'
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'<' = '>'
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</code></pre>
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<p>Additionally, this setting can be used in a language config. Unless
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the editor setting is <code>false</code>, this will override the editor config in
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documents with this language.</p>
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<p>Example <code>languages.toml</code> that adds <> and removes ''</p>
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<pre><code class="language-toml">[[language]]
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name = "rust"
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[language.auto-pairs]
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'(' = ')'
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'{' = '}'
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'[' = ']'
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'"' = '"'
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'`' = '`'
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'<' = '>'
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</code></pre>
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<h3 id="editorsearch-section"><a class="header" href="#editorsearch-section"><code>[editor.search]</code> Section</a></h3>
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<p>Search specific options.</p>
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<div class="table-wrapper"><table><thead><tr><th>Key</th><th>Description</th><th>Default</th></tr></thead><tbody>
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<tr><td><code>smart-case</code></td><td>Enable smart case regex searching (case insensitive unless pattern contains upper case characters)</td><td><code>true</code></td></tr>
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<tr><td><code>wrap-around</code></td><td>Whether the search should wrap after depleting the matches</td><td><code>true</code></td></tr>
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</tbody></table>
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</div>
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<h3 id="editorwhitespace-section"><a class="header" href="#editorwhitespace-section"><code>[editor.whitespace]</code> Section</a></h3>
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<p>Options for rendering whitespace with visible characters. Use <code>:set whitespace.render all</code> to temporarily enable visible whitespace.</p>
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<div class="table-wrapper"><table><thead><tr><th>Key</th><th>Description</th><th>Default</th></tr></thead><tbody>
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<tr><td><code>render</code></td><td>Whether to render whitespace. May either be <code>"all"</code> or <code>"none"</code>, or a table with sub-keys <code>space</code>, <code>tab</code>, and <code>newline</code>.</td><td><code>"none"</code></td></tr>
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<tr><td><code>characters</code></td><td>Literal characters to use when rendering whitespace. Sub-keys may be any of <code>tab</code>, <code>space</code>, <code>nbsp</code> or <code>newline</code></td><td>See example below</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>
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</div>
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<p>Example</p>
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<pre><code class="language-toml">[editor.whitespace]
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render = "all"
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# or control each character
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[editor.whitespace.render]
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space = "all"
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tab = "all"
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newline = "none"
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[editor.whitespace.characters]
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space = "·"
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nbsp = "⍽"
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tab = "→"
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newline = "⏎"
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</code></pre>
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<h3 id="editorindent-guides-section"><a class="header" href="#editorindent-guides-section"><code>[editor.indent-guides]</code> Section</a></h3>
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<p>Options for rendering vertical indent guides.</p>
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<div class="table-wrapper"><table><thead><tr><th>Key</th><th>Description</th><th>Default</th></tr></thead><tbody>
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<tr><td><code>render</code></td><td>Whether to render indent guides.</td><td><code>false</code></td></tr>
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<tr><td><code>character</code></td><td>Literal character to use for rendering the indent guide</td><td><code>│</code></td></tr>
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</tbody></table>
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</div>
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<p>Example:</p>
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<pre><code class="language-toml">[editor.indent-guides]
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render = true
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character = "╎"
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</code></pre>
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