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Helix


A kakoune / neovim inspired editor, written in Rust.
The editing model is very heavily based on kakoune; during development I found
myself agreeing with most of kakoune's design decisions.
For more information, see the website or
documentation.
All shortcuts/keymaps can be found in the documentation on the website.
Troubleshooting
- Vim-like modal editing
- Multiple selections
- Built-in language server support
- Smart, incremental syntax highlighting and code editing via tree-sitter
It's a terminal-based editor first, but I'd like to explore a custom renderer
(similar to emacs) in wgpu or skulpin.
Note: Only certain languages have indentation definitions at the moment. Check
runtime/queries/<lang>/ for indents.toml.
We provide packaging for various distributions, but here's a quick method to
build from source.
git clone https://github.com/helix-editor/helix
cd helix
cargo install --path helix-term
hx --grammar fetch
hx --grammar build
This will install the hx binary to $HOME/.cargo/bin and build tree-sitter grammars.
Helix also needs its runtime files so make sure to copy/symlink the runtime/ directory into the
config directory (for example ~/.config/helix/runtime on Linux/macOS, or %AppData%/helix/runtime on Windows).
This location can be overridden via the HELIX_RUNTIME environment variable.
Packages already solve this for you by wrapping the hx binary with a wrapper
that sets the variable to the install dir.
NOTE: running via cargo also doesn't require setting explicit HELIX_RUNTIME path, it will automatically
detect the runtime directory in the project root.
In order to use LSP features like auto-complete, you will need to
install the appropriate Language Server
for a language.

Helix can be installed on MacOS through homebrew via:
brew tap helix-editor/helix
brew install helix
Contributing guidelines can be found here.
Your question might already be answered on the FAQ.
Discuss the project on the community Matrix Space (make sure to join #helix-editor:matrix.org if you're on a client that doesn't support Matrix Spaces yet). /a>
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//! Builtin macro
use crate::{
db::AstDatabase, name, quote, AstId, CrateId, MacroCallId, MacroCallLoc, MacroDefId,
MacroDefKind,
};
use base_db::{AnchoredPath, Edition, FileId};
use cfg::CfgExpr;
use either::Either;
use mbe::{parse_exprs_with_sep, parse_to_token_tree, ExpandResult};
use syntax::ast::{self, AstToken};
macro_rules! register_builtin {
( LAZY: $(($name:ident, $kind: ident) => $expand:ident),* , EAGER: $(($e_name:ident, $e_kind: ident) => $e_expand:ident),* ) => {
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
pub enum BuiltinFnLikeExpander {
$($kind),*
}
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
pub enum EagerExpander {
$($e_kind),*
}
impl BuiltinFnLikeExpander {
pub fn expand(
&self,
db: &dyn AstDatabase,
id: MacroCallId,
tt: &tt::Subtree,
) -> ExpandResult<tt::Subtree> {
let expander = match *self {
$( BuiltinFnLikeExpander::$kind => $expand, )*
};
expander(db, id, tt)
}
}
impl EagerExpander {
pub fn expand(
&self,
db: &dyn AstDatabase,
arg_id: MacroCallId,
tt: &tt::Subtree,
) -> ExpandResult<Option<ExpandedEager>> {
let expander = match *self {
$( EagerExpander::$e_kind => $e_expand, )*
};
expander(db, arg_id, tt)
}
}
fn find_by_name(ident: &name::Name) -> Option<Either<BuiltinFnLikeExpander, EagerExpander>> {
match ident {
$( id if id == &name::name![$name] => Some(Either::Left(BuiltinFnLikeExpander::$kind)), )*
$( id if id == &name::name![$e_name] => Some(Either::Right(EagerExpander::$e_kind)), )*
_ => return None,
}
}
};
}
#[derive(Debug)]
pub struct ExpandedEager {
pub(crate) subtree: tt::Subtree,
/// The included file ID of the include macro.
pub(crate) included_file: Option<FileId>,
}
impl ExpandedEager {
fn new(subtree: tt::Subtree) -> Self {
ExpandedEager { subtree, included_file: None }
}
}
pub fn find_builtin_macro(
ident: &name::Name,
krate: CrateId,
ast_id: AstId<ast::Macro>,
) -> Option<MacroDefId> {
let kind = find_by_name(ident)?;
match kind {
Either::Left(kind) => Some(MacroDefId {
krate,
kind: MacroDefKind::BuiltIn(kind, ast_id),
local_inner: false,
}),
Either::Right(kind) => Some(MacroDefId {
krate,
kind: MacroDefKind::BuiltInEager(kind, ast_id),
local_inner: false,
}),
}
}
register_builtin! {
LAZY:
(column, Column) => column_expand,
(file, File) => file_expand,
(line, Line) => line_expand,
(module_path, ModulePath) => module_path_expand,
(assert, Assert) => assert_expand,
(stringify, Stringify) => stringify_expand,
(format_args, FormatArgs) => format_args_expand,
(const_format_args, ConstFormatArgs) => format_args_expand,
// format_args_nl only differs in that it adds a newline in the end,
// so we use the same stub expansion for now
(format_args_nl, FormatArgsNl) => format_args_expand,
(llvm_asm, LlvmAsm) => asm_expand,
(asm, Asm) => asm_expand,
(global_asm, GlobalAsm) => global_asm_expand,
(cfg, Cfg) => cfg_expand,
(core_panic, CorePanic) => panic_expand,
(std_panic, StdPanic) => panic_expand,
EAGER:
(compile_error, CompileError) => compile_error_expand,
(concat, Concat) => concat_expand,
(concat_idents, ConcatIdents) => concat_idents_expand,
(include, Include) => include_expand,
(include_bytes, IncludeBytes) => include_bytes_expand,
(include_str, IncludeStr) => include_str_expand,
(env, Env) => env_expand,
(option_env, OptionEnv) => option_env_expand
}
fn module_path_expand(
_db: &dyn AstDatabase,
_id: MacroCallId,
_tt: &tt::Subtree,
) -> ExpandResult<tt::Subtree> {
// Just return a dummy result.
ExpandResult::ok(quote! { "module::path" })
}
fn line_expand(
_db: &dyn AstDatabase,
_id: MacroCallId,
_tt: &tt::Subtree,
) -> ExpandResult<tt::Subtree> {
// dummy implementation for type-checking purposes
let line_num = 0;
let expanded = quote! {
#line_num
};
ExpandResult::ok(expanded)
}
fn stringify_expand(
_db: &dyn AstDatabase,
_id: MacroCallId,
tt: &tt::Subtree,
) -> ExpandResult<tt::Subtree> {
let pretty = tt::pretty(&tt.token_trees);
let expanded = quote! {
#pretty
};
ExpandResult::ok(expanded)
}
fn column_expand(
_db: &dyn AstDatabase,
_id: MacroCallId,
_tt: &tt::Subtree,
) -> ExpandResult<tt::Subtree> {
// dummy implementation for type-checking purposes
let col_num = 0;
let expanded = quote! {
#col_num
};
ExpandResult::ok(expanded)
}
fn assert_expand(
_db: &dyn AstDatabase,
_id: MacroCallId,
tt: &tt::Subtree,
) -> ExpandResult<tt::Subtree> {
let krate = tt::Ident { text: "$crate".into(), id: tt::TokenId::unspecified() };
let args = parse_exprs_with_sep(tt, ',');
let expanded = match &*args {
[cond, panic_args @ ..] => {
let comma = tt::Subtree {
delimiter: None,
token_trees: vec![tt::TokenTree::Leaf(tt::Leaf::Punct(tt::Punct {
char: ',',
spacing: tt::Spacing::Alone,
id: tt::TokenId::unspecified(),
}))],
};
let cond = cond.clone();
let panic_args = itertools::Itertools::intersperse(panic_args.iter().cloned(), comma);
quote! {{
if !#cond {
#krate::panic!(##panic_args);
}
}}
}
[] => quote! {{}},
};
ExpandResult::ok(expanded)
}
fn file_expand(
_db: &dyn AstDatabase,
_id: MacroCallId,
_tt: &tt::Subtree,
) -> ExpandResult<tt::Subtree> {
// FIXME: RA purposefully lacks knowledge of absolute file names
// so just return "".
let file_name = "";
let expanded = quote! {
#file_name
};
ExpandResult::ok(expanded)
}
fn format_args_expand(
_db: &dyn AstDatabase,
_id: MacroCallId,
tt: &tt::Subtree,
) -> ExpandResult<tt::Subtree> {
// We expand `format_args!("", a1, a2)` to
// ```
// std::fmt::Arguments::new_v1(&[], &[
// std::fmt::ArgumentV1::new(&arg1,std::fmt::Display::fmt),
// std::fmt::ArgumentV1::new(&arg2,std::fmt::Display::fmt),
// ])
// ```,
// which is still not really correct, but close enough for now
let mut args = parse_exprs_with_sep(tt, ',');
if args.is_empty() {
return ExpandResult::only_err(mbe::ExpandError::NoMatchingRule);
}
for arg in &mut args {
// Remove `key =`.
if matches!(arg.token_trees.get(1), Some(tt::TokenTree::Leaf(tt::Leaf::Punct(p))) if p.char == '=' && p.spacing != tt::Spacing::Joint)
{
arg.token_trees.drain(..2);
}
}
let _format_string = args.remove(0);
let arg_tts = args.into_iter().flat_map(|arg| {
quote! { std::fmt::ArgumentV1::new(&(#arg), std::fmt::Display::fmt), }
}.token_trees);
let expanded = quote! {
// It's unsafe since https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/83302
// Wrap an unsafe block to avoid false-positive `missing-unsafe` lint.
// FIXME: Currently we don't have `unused_unsafe` lint so an extra unsafe block won't cause issues on early
// stable rust-src.
unsafe {
std::fmt::Arguments::new_v1(&[], &[##arg_tts])
}
};
ExpandResult::ok(expanded)
}
fn asm_expand(
_db: &dyn AstDatabase,
_id: MacroCallId,
tt: &tt::Subtree,
) -> ExpandResult<tt::Subtree> {
// We expand all assembly snippets to `format_args!` invocations to get format syntax
// highlighting for them.
let krate = tt::Ident { text: "$crate".into(), id: tt::TokenId::unspecified() };
let mut literals = Vec::new();
for tt in tt.token_trees.chunks(2) {
match tt {
[tt::TokenTree::Leaf(tt::Leaf::Literal(lit))]
| [tt::TokenTree::Leaf(tt::Leaf::Literal(lit)), tt::TokenTree::Leaf(tt::Leaf::Punct(tt::Punct { char: ',', id: _, spacing: _ }))] =>
{
let krate = krate.clone();
literals.push(quote!(#krate::format_args!(#lit);));
}
_ => break,
}
}
let expanded = quote! {{
##literals
()
}};
ExpandResult::ok(expanded)
}
fn global_asm_expand(
_db: &dyn AstDatabase,
_id: MacroCallId,
_tt: &tt::Subtree,
) -> ExpandResult<tt::Subtree> {
// Expand to nothing (at item-level)
ExpandResult::ok(quote! {})
}
fn cfg_expand(
db: &dyn AstDatabase,
id: MacroCallId,
tt: &tt::Subtree,
) -> ExpandResult<tt::Subtree> {
let loc = db.lookup_intern_macro(id);
let expr = CfgExpr::parse(tt);
let enabled = db.crate_graph()[loc.krate].cfg_options.check(&expr) != Some(false);
let expanded = if enabled { quote!(true) } else { quote!(false) };
ExpandResult::ok(expanded)
}
fn panic_expand(
db: &dyn AstDatabase,
id: MacroCallId,
tt: &tt::Subtree,
) -> ExpandResult<tt::Subtree> {
let loc: MacroCallLoc = db.lookup_intern_macro(id);
// Expand to a macro call `$crate::panic::panic_{edition}`
let krate = tt::Ident { text: "$crate".into(), id: tt::TokenId::unspecified() };
let mut call = if db.crate_graph()[loc.krate].edition == Edition::Edition2021 {
quote!(#krate::panic::panic_2021!)
} else {
quote!(#krate::panic::panic_2015!)
};
// Pass the original arguments
call.token_trees.push(tt::TokenTree::Subtree(tt.clone()));
ExpandResult::ok(call)
}
fn unquote_str(lit: &tt::Literal) -> Option<String> {
let lit = ast::make::tokens::literal(&lit.to_string());
let token = ast::String::cast(lit)?;
token.value().map(|it| it.into_owned())
}
fn compile_error_expand(
_db: &dyn AstDatabase,
_id: MacroCallId,
tt: &tt::Subtree,
) -> ExpandResult<Option<ExpandedEager>> {
let err = match &*tt.token_trees {
[tt::TokenTree::Leaf(tt::Leaf::Literal(it))] => {
let text = it.text.as_str();
if text.starts_with('"') && text.ends_with('"') {
// FIXME: does not handle raw strings
mbe::ExpandError::Other(text[1..text.len() - 1].to_string())
} else {
mbe::ExpandError::BindingError("`compile_error!` argument must be a string".into())
}
}
_ => mbe::ExpandError::BindingError("`compile_error!` argument must be a string".into()),
};
ExpandResult { value: Some(ExpandedEager::new(quote! {})), err: Some(err) }
}
fn concat_expand(
_db: &dyn AstDatabase,
_arg_id: MacroCallId,
tt: &tt::Subtree,
) -> ExpandResult<Option<ExpandedEager>> {
let mut err = None;
let mut text = String::new();
for (i, t) in tt.token_trees.iter().enumerate() {
match t {
tt::TokenTree::Leaf(tt::Leaf::Literal(it)) if i % 2 == 0 => {
// concat works with string and char literals, so remove any quotes.
// It also works with integer, float and boolean literals, so just use the rest
// as-is.
let component = unquote_str(it).unwrap_or_else(|| it.text.to_string());
text.push_str(&component);
}
// handle boolean literals
tt::TokenTree::Leaf(tt::Leaf::Ident(id))
if i % 2 == 0 && (id.text == "true" || id.text == "false") =>
{
text.push_str(id.text.as_str());
}
tt::TokenTree::Leaf(tt::Leaf::Punct(punct)) if i % 2 == 1 && punct.char == ',' => (),
_ => {
err.get_or_insert(mbe::ExpandError::UnexpectedToken);
}
}
}
ExpandResult { value: Some(ExpandedEager::new(quote!(#text))), err }
}
fn concat_idents_expand(
_db: &dyn AstDatabase,
_arg_id: MacroCallId,
tt: &tt::Subtree,
) -> ExpandResult<Option<ExpandedEager>> {
let mut err = None;
let mut ident = String::new();
for (i, t) in tt.token_trees.iter().enumerate() {
match t {
tt::TokenTree::Leaf(tt::Leaf::Ident(id)) => {
ident.push_str(id.text.as_str());
}
tt::TokenTree::Leaf(tt::Leaf::Punct(punct)) if i % 2 == 1 && punct.char == ',' => (),
_ => {
err.get_or_insert(mbe::ExpandError::UnexpectedToken);
}
}
}
let ident = tt::Ident { text: ident.into(), id: tt::TokenId::unspecified() };
ExpandResult { value: Some(ExpandedEager::new(quote!(#ident))), err }
}
fn relative_file(
db: &dyn AstDatabase,
call_id: MacroCallId,
path_str: &str,
allow_recursion: bool,
) -> Result<FileId, mbe::ExpandError> {
let call_site = call_id.as_file().original_file(db);
let path = AnchoredPath { anchor: call_site, path: path_str };
let res = db
.resolve_path(path)
.ok_or_else(|| mbe::ExpandError::Other(format!("failed to load file `{}`", path_str)))?;
// Prevent include itself
if res == call_site && !allow_recursion {
Err(mbe::ExpandError::Other(format!("recursive inclusion of `{}`", path_str)))
} else {
Ok(res)
}
}
fn parse_string(tt: &tt::Subtree) -> Result<String, mbe::ExpandError> {
tt.token_trees
.get(0)
.and_then(|tt| match tt {
tt::TokenTree::Leaf(tt::Leaf::Literal(it)) => unquote_str(it),
_ => None,
})
.ok_or(mbe::ExpandError::ConversionError)
}
fn include_expand(
db: &dyn AstDatabase,
arg_id: MacroCallId,
tt: &tt::Subtree,
) -> ExpandResult<Option<ExpandedEager>> {
let res = (|| {
let path = parse_string(tt)?;
let file_id = relative_file(db, arg_id, &path, false)?;
let subtree =
parse_to_token_tree(&db.file_text(file_id)).ok_or(mbe::ExpandError::ConversionError)?.0;
Ok((subtree, file_id))
})();
match res {
Ok((subtree, file_id)) => {
ExpandResult::ok(Some(ExpandedEager { subtree, included_file: Some(file_id) }))
}
Err(e) => ExpandResult::only_err(e),
}
}
fn include_bytes_expand(
_db: &dyn AstDatabase,
_arg_id: MacroCallId,
tt: &tt::Subtree,
) -> ExpandResult<Option<ExpandedEager>> {
if let Err(e) = parse_string(tt) {
return ExpandResult::only_err(e);
}
// FIXME: actually read the file here if the user asked for macro expansion
let res = tt::Subtree {
delimiter: None,
token_trees: vec![tt::TokenTree::Leaf(tt::Leaf::Literal(tt::Literal {
text: r#"b"""#.into(),
id: tt::TokenId::unspecified(),
}))],
};
ExpandResult::ok(Some(ExpandedEager::new(res)))
}
fn include_str_expand(
db: &dyn AstDatabase,
arg_id: MacroCallId,
tt: &tt::Subtree,
) -> ExpandResult<Option<ExpandedEager>> {
let path = match parse_string(tt) {
Ok(it) => it,
Err(e) => return ExpandResult::only_err(e),
};
// FIXME: we're not able to read excluded files (which is most of them because
// it's unusual to `include_str!` a Rust file), but we can return an empty string.
// Ideally, we'd be able to offer a precise expansion if the user asks for macro
// expansion.
let file_id = match relative_file(db, arg_id, &path, true) {
Ok(file_id) => file_id,
Err(_) => {
return ExpandResult::ok(Some(ExpandedEager::new(quote!(""))));
}
};
let text = db.file_text(file_id);
let text = &*text;
ExpandResult::ok(Some(ExpandedEager::new(quote!(#text))))
}
fn get_env_inner(db: &dyn AstDatabase, arg_id: MacroCallId, key: &str) -> Option<String> {
let krate = db.lookup_intern_macro(arg_id).krate;
db.crate_graph()[krate].env.get(key)
}
fn env_expand(
db: &dyn AstDatabase,
arg_id: MacroCallId,
tt: &tt::Subtree,
) -> ExpandResult<Option<ExpandedEager>> {
let key = match parse_string(tt) {
Ok(it) => it,
Err(e) => return ExpandResult::only_err(e),
};
let mut err = None;
let s = get_env_inner(db, arg_id, &key).unwrap_or_else(|| {
// The only variable rust-analyzer ever sets is `OUT_DIR`, so only diagnose that to avoid
// unnecessary diagnostics for eg. `CARGO_PKG_NAME`.
if key == "OUT_DIR" {
err = Some(mbe::ExpandError::Other(
r#"`OUT_DIR` not set, enable "run build scripts" to fix"#.into(),
));
}
// If the variable is unset, still return a dummy string to help type inference along.
// We cannot use an empty string here, because for
// `include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/foo.rs"))` will become
// `include!("foo.rs"), which might go to infinite loop
"__RA_UNIMPLEMENTED__".to_string()
});
let expanded = quote! { #s };
ExpandResult { value: Some(ExpandedEager::new(expanded)), err }
}
fn option_env_expand(
db: &dyn AstDatabase,
arg_id: MacroCallId,
tt: &tt::Subtree,
) -> ExpandResult<Option<ExpandedEager>> {
let key = match parse_string(tt) {
Ok(it) => it,
Err(e) => return ExpandResult::only_err(e),
};
let expanded = match get_env_inner(db, arg_id, &key) {
None => quote! { std::option::Option::None::<&str> },
Some(s) => quote! { std::option::Some(#s) },
};
ExpandResult::ok(Some(ExpandedEager::new(expanded)))
}
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