Treat runtime files from installation as immutable #3346
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as in #4128, i have this very issue 😮 from the Arch main repositories, always using |
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hello there 😋
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Hi there, I would also love to have this feature in Currently I'm trying to add a new language to If anyone could give me any pointers, I would try to help implementing this feature. |
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I had a look at this. What we could do is change By the way, does anyone know why One thing that is a bit inconsistent with this proposal is that the themes live under |
do not know the code base to answer all this 👀
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This is an implementation for helix-editor#3346. Previously, one of the following runtime directories were used: 1. `$HELIX_RUNTIME` 2. sibling directory to `$CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR` 3. subdirectory of user config directory 4. subdirectory of path to helix executable The first directory provided / found to exist in this order was used as a root for all runtime file searches (grammars, themes, queries). After this change it is possible for all of these directories to be searched for runtime files. If the same file name appears in multiple runtime directories, the same priority order is used as above. One exception to this rule is that a user can have a `themes` directory directly in the user config directory that has higher piority to `themes` directories in runtime directories. That behaviour has been preserved. As part of implementing this feature `theme::Loader` was simplified and the cycle detection logic of the theme inheritance was improved to cover more cases and to be more explicit.
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This is an implementation for helix-editor#3346. Previously, one of the following runtime directories were used: 1. `$HELIX_RUNTIME` 2. sibling directory to `$CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR` 3. subdirectory of user config directory 4. subdirectory of path to helix executable The first directory provided / found to exist in this order was used as a root for all runtime file searches (grammars, themes, queries). This change lowers the priority of `$HELIX_RUNTIME` so that the user config runtime has higher priority. More significantly, all of these directories are now searched for runtime files, enabling a user to override default or system-level runtime files. If the same file name appears in multiple runtime directories, the following priority is now used: 1. sibling directory to `$CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR` 2. subdirectory of user config directory 3. `$HELIX_RUNTIME` 4. subdirectory of path to helix executable One exception to this rule is that a user can have a `themes` directory directly in the user config directory that has higher piority to `themes` directories in runtime directories. That behaviour has been preserved. As part of implementing this feature `theme::Loader` was simplified and the cycle detection logic of the theme inheritance was improved to cover more cases and to be more explicit.
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This is an implementation for helix-editor#3346. Previously, one of the following runtime directories were used: 1. `$HELIX_RUNTIME` 2. sibling directory to `$CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR` 3. subdirectory of user config directory 4. subdirectory of path to helix executable The first directory provided / found to exist in this order was used as a root for all runtime file searches (grammars, themes, queries). This change lowers the priority of `$HELIX_RUNTIME` so that the user config runtime has higher priority. More significantly, all of these directories are now searched for runtime files, enabling a user to override default or system-level runtime files. If the same file name appears in multiple runtime directories, the following priority is now used: 1. sibling directory to `$CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR` 2. subdirectory of user config directory 3. `$HELIX_RUNTIME` 4. subdirectory of path to helix executable One exception to this rule is that a user can have a `themes` directory directly in the user config directory that has higher piority to `themes` directories in runtime directories. That behaviour has been preserved. As part of implementing this feature `theme::Loader` was simplified and the cycle detection logic of the theme inheritance was improved to cover more cases and to be more explicit.
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* Generalised to multiple runtime directories with priorities This is an implementation for #3346. Previously, one of the following runtime directories were used: 1. `$HELIX_RUNTIME` 2. sibling directory to `$CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR` 3. subdirectory of user config directory 4. subdirectory of path to helix executable The first directory provided / found to exist in this order was used as a root for all runtime file searches (grammars, themes, queries). This change lowers the priority of `$HELIX_RUNTIME` so that the user config runtime has higher priority. More significantly, all of these directories are now searched for runtime files, enabling a user to override default or system-level runtime files. If the same file name appears in multiple runtime directories, the following priority is now used: 1. sibling directory to `$CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR` 2. subdirectory of user config directory 3. `$HELIX_RUNTIME` 4. subdirectory of path to helix executable One exception to this rule is that a user can have a `themes` directory directly in the user config directory that has higher piority to `themes` directories in runtime directories. That behaviour has been preserved. As part of implementing this feature `theme::Loader` was simplified and the cycle detection logic of the theme inheritance was improved to cover more cases and to be more explicit. * Removed AsRef usage to avoid binary growth * Health displaying ;-separated runtime dirs * Changed HELIX_RUNTIME build from src instructions * Updated doc for more detail on runtime directories * Improved health symlink printing and theme cycle errors The health display of runtime symlinks now prints both ends of the link. Separate errors are given when theme file is not found and when the only theme file found would form an inheritence cycle. * Satisfied clippy on passing Path * Clarified highest priority runtime directory purpose * Further clarified multiple runtime details in book Also gave markdown headings to subsections. Fixed a error with table indentation not building table that also appears present on master. --------- Co-authored-by: Paul Scott <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Blaž Hrastnik <[email protected]>
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…itor#5411) * Generalised to multiple runtime directories with priorities This is an implementation for helix-editor#3346. Previously, one of the following runtime directories were used: 1. `$HELIX_RUNTIME` 2. sibling directory to `$CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR` 3. subdirectory of user config directory 4. subdirectory of path to helix executable The first directory provided / found to exist in this order was used as a root for all runtime file searches (grammars, themes, queries). This change lowers the priority of `$HELIX_RUNTIME` so that the user config runtime has higher priority. More significantly, all of these directories are now searched for runtime files, enabling a user to override default or system-level runtime files. If the same file name appears in multiple runtime directories, the following priority is now used: 1. sibling directory to `$CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR` 2. subdirectory of user config directory 3. `$HELIX_RUNTIME` 4. subdirectory of path to helix executable One exception to this rule is that a user can have a `themes` directory directly in the user config directory that has higher piority to `themes` directories in runtime directories. That behaviour has been preserved. As part of implementing this feature `theme::Loader` was simplified and the cycle detection logic of the theme inheritance was improved to cover more cases and to be more explicit. * Removed AsRef usage to avoid binary growth * Health displaying ;-separated runtime dirs * Changed HELIX_RUNTIME build from src instructions * Updated doc for more detail on runtime directories * Improved health symlink printing and theme cycle errors The health display of runtime symlinks now prints both ends of the link. Separate errors are given when theme file is not found and when the only theme file found would form an inheritence cycle. * Satisfied clippy on passing Path * Clarified highest priority runtime directory purpose * Further clarified multiple runtime details in book Also gave markdown headings to subsections. Fixed a error with table indentation not building table that also appears present on master. --------- Co-authored-by: Paul Scott <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Blaž Hrastnik <[email protected]>
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…itor#5411) * Generalised to multiple runtime directories with priorities This is an implementation for helix-editor#3346. Previously, one of the following runtime directories were used: 1. `$HELIX_RUNTIME` 2. sibling directory to `$CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR` 3. subdirectory of user config directory 4. subdirectory of path to helix executable The first directory provided / found to exist in this order was used as a root for all runtime file searches (grammars, themes, queries). This change lowers the priority of `$HELIX_RUNTIME` so that the user config runtime has higher priority. More significantly, all of these directories are now searched for runtime files, enabling a user to override default or system-level runtime files. If the same file name appears in multiple runtime directories, the following priority is now used: 1. sibling directory to `$CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR` 2. subdirectory of user config directory 3. `$HELIX_RUNTIME` 4. subdirectory of path to helix executable One exception to this rule is that a user can have a `themes` directory directly in the user config directory that has higher piority to `themes` directories in runtime directories. That behaviour has been preserved. As part of implementing this feature `theme::Loader` was simplified and the cycle detection logic of the theme inheritance was improved to cover more cases and to be more explicit. * Removed AsRef usage to avoid binary growth * Health displaying ;-separated runtime dirs * Changed HELIX_RUNTIME build from src instructions * Updated doc for more detail on runtime directories * Improved health symlink printing and theme cycle errors The health display of runtime symlinks now prints both ends of the link. Separate errors are given when theme file is not found and when the only theme file found would form an inheritence cycle. * Satisfied clippy on passing Path * Clarified highest priority runtime directory purpose * Further clarified multiple runtime details in book Also gave markdown headings to subsections. Fixed a error with table indentation not building table that also appears present on master. --------- Co-authored-by: Paul Scott <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Blaž Hrastnik <[email protected]>
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We should treat the grammar sources, compiled parsers, and queries produced while building Helix as immutable defaults which can be overridden with the existence of files in
~/.config/helix/runtime. Effectively,$HELIX_RUNTIMEshould act like$PATHin unix.Except when installing from source, these files almost always end up in some
/usrdirectory that needs sudo to edit (which you probably shouldn't do). With Nix, these end up in the store which is immutable so you need to build from source to modify queries or themes locally. Instead you should just be able to override files in your~/.config/helix/runtimedirectory.See #3310 (comment)
See #2091 (comment)
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