Package request: helix

[jgarte]

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.

Metadata

• homepage URL: https://helix-editor.com/
• source URL: https://github.com/helix-editor/helix
• license: Mozilla Public License 2.0
• platforms: unix, linux, darwin

helix requires the 2021 edition of Rust, which came out just recently in October.

[jakobneufeld]

@jgarte. I have packaged a few rust a packages before, so I will try packging helix!

[msfjarvis]

Helix is already available in nixpkgs-unstable: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/nixos-unstable/pkgs/applications/editors/helix/default.nix#L28

[theoparis]

I installed helix via this package and ran hx -g fetch and it complains about the helix runtiem directory being read only...

Error: Failed to fetch some grammar(s)

Caused by:
    0: Could not create grammar directory "/nix/store/k2w2nr3x2d9yhm3lj2xn3v43kx9wga3q-helix-22.03/lib/runtime/grammars/sources/toml"
    1: Read-only file system (os error 30)

[YoshiRulz]

Judging by helix-editor/helix#3310 that's intended behaviour. Syntax highlighting is already available, check hx --health.