If installing from source, to use Helix in desktop environments that supports [XDG desktop menu](https://specifications.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/menu-spec-latest.html), including Gnome and KDE, copy the provided `.desktop` file to the correct folder:
| `shell` | Shell to use when running external commands. | Unix: `["sh", "-c"]`<br/>Windows: `["cmd", "/C"]` |
| `line-number` | Line number display: `absolute` simply shows each line's number, while `relative` shows the distance from the current line. When unfocused or in insert mode, `relative` will still show absolute line numbers. | `absolute` |
| `cursorline` | Highlight all lines with a cursor. | `false` |
| `cursorcolumn` | Highlight all columns with a cursor. | `false` |
| `gutters` | Gutters to display: Available are `diagnostics` and `line-numbers` and `spacer`, note that `diagnostics` also includes other features like breakpoints, 1-width padding will be inserted if gutters is non-empty | `["diagnostics", "line-numbers"]` |
| `auto-completion` | Enable automatic pop up of auto-completion. | `true` |
The runtime location can be overridden via the `HELIX_RUNTIME` environment variable.
> NOTE: if `HELIX_RUNTIME` is set prior to calling `cargo install --path helix-term`,
> tree-sitter grammars will be built in `$HELIX_RUNTIME/grammars`.
If you plan on keeping the repo locally, an alternative to copying/symlinking
runtime files is to set `HELIX_RUNTIME=/path/to/helix/runtime`
(`HELIX_RUNTIME=$PWD/runtime` if you're in the helix repo directory).
To use Helix in desktop environments that supports [XDG desktop menu](https://specifications.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/menu-spec-latest.html), including Gnome and KDE, copy the provided `.desktop` file to the correct folder:
To use another terminal than the default, you will need to modify the `.desktop` file. For example, to use `kitty`:
```bash
sed -i "s|Exec=hx %F|Exec=kitty hx %F|g" ~/.local/share/applications/Helix.desktop
sed -i "s|Terminal=true|Terminal=false|g" ~/.local/share/applications/Helix.desktop
```
Please note: there is no icon for Helix yet, so the system default will be used.
## Finishing up the installation
To make sure everything is set up as expected you should finally run the helix healthcheck via
```
hx --health
```
For more information on the information displayed in the healthcheck results refer to [Healthcheck](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/wiki/Healthcheck).
For more information on the information displayed in the health check results refer to [Healthcheck](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/wiki/Healthcheck).
@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ These configuration keys are available:
| `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. |
| `file-types` | The filetypes of the language, for example `["yml", "yaml"]`. Extensions and full file names are supported. |
| `file-types` | The filetypes of the language, for example `["yml", "yaml"]`. See the file-type detection section below. |
| `shebangs` | The interpreters from the shebang line, for example `["sh", "bash"]` |
| `roots` | A set of marker files to look for when trying to find the workspace root. For example `Cargo.lock`, `yarn.lock` |
| `auto-format` | Whether to autoformat this language when saving |
@ -63,6 +63,32 @@ These configuration keys are available:
| `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 |
| `max-line-length` | Maximum line length. Used for the `:reflow` command |
### File-type detection and the `file-types` key
Helix determines which language configuration to use with the `file-types` key
from the above section. `file-types` is a list of strings or tables, for
where `key` represents what you want to style, `fg` specifies the foreground color, `bg` the background color, and `modifiers` is a list of style modifiers. `bg` and `modifiers` can be omitted to defer to the defaults.
where `key` represents what you want to style, `fg` specifies the foreground color, `bg` the background color, `underline` the underline `style`/`color`, and `modifiers` is a list of style modifiers. `bg`, `underline` and `modifiers` can be omitted to defer to the defaults.
To specify only the foreground color:
@ -89,6 +89,24 @@ Less common modifiers might not be supported by your terminal emulator.
| `hidden` |
| `crossed_out` |
> Note: The `underlined` modifier is deprecated and only available for backwards compatibility.
> Its behavior is equivalent to setting `underline.style="line"`.
### Underline Style
One of the following values may be used as a value for `underline.style`.
Some styles might not be supported by your terminal emulator.
| Modifier |
| --- |
| `line` |
| `curl` |
| `dashed` |
| `dot` |
| `double_line` |
### Rainbow
The `rainbow` key is used for rainbow highlight for matching brackets.
@ -255,23 +273,25 @@ These scopes are used for theming the editor interface.
| `ui.statusline.insert` | Statusline mode during insert mode ([only if `editor.color-modes` is enabled][editor-section]) |
| `ui.statusline.select` | Statusline mode during select mode ([only if `editor.color-modes` is enabled][editor-section]) |
| `ui.statusline.separator` | Separator character in statusline |
leterr=format!("unable to convert URI to filepath: {}",uri);
log::error!("{}",err);
cx.editor.set_error(err);
return;
}
@ -421,6 +426,63 @@ impl ui::menu::Item for lsp::CodeActionOrCommand {
}
}
/// Determines the category of the `CodeAction` using the `CodeAction::kind` field.
/// Returns a number that represent these categories.
/// Categories with a lower number should be displayed first.
///
///
/// While the `kind` field is defined as open ended in the LSP spec (any value may be used)
/// in practice a closed set of common values (mostly suggested in the LSP spec) are used.
/// VSCode displays each of these categories seperatly (seperated by a heading in the codeactions picker)
/// to make them easier to navigate. Helix does not display these headings to the user.
/// However it does sort code actions by their categories to achieve the same order as the VScode picker,
/// just without the headings.
///
/// The order used here is modeled after the [vscode sourcecode](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/blob/eaec601dd69aeb4abb63b9601a6f44308c8d8c6e/src/vs/editor/contrib/codeAction/browser/codeActionWidget.ts>)