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author | David Else | 2023-03-06 09:27:17 +0000 |
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committer | GitHub | 2023-03-06 09:27:17 +0000 |
commit | 707457c632e3b79f71d6b7ad2f62716e98080af2 (patch) | |
tree | 73b4f957467980f9c0b091069d3ea1ea4adba8d1 /book/src/guides/textobject.md | |
parent | 5ebe1014ac1dffaab19f8f9f0ebe55df3202fbf9 (diff) |
Rewrite and refactor all documentation (#5534)
* Rewrite and refactor all documentation
* Rewrite and refactor the guides
* update runtime directory instructions for windows
* Update the Ubuntu 3rd party repo section with 22.10
* Merge from upstream
* Rewrite and refactor all documentation
* Apply suggestions from code review
Apply the suggestions that can be committed from the GitHub web interface.
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* Add Windows themes folder
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* Apply the rest of the suggestions from the code review
* Revert "Apply the rest of the suggestions from the code review"
This reverts commit 498be1b7a1aec3ff567b95130148628beeef9b77.
* Revert "Merge branch 'rewrite-and-refactor-all-documentation' of github.com:David-Else/helix into rewrite-and-refactor-all-documentation"
This reverts commit 7c8404248ffef73b80b9051d5a4359c5bcfa5d1a, reversing
changes made to d932969cfc9fadda12a74cc01665919dee7152fb.
* Apply code review suggestions
* Changes after re-reading all documents
* Missed a full stop
* Code review suggestions and remove macOS and Windows specific sections
* Add OpenBSD to heading
* Add back macOS and Windows sections and further simplify and improve
* Change wording to nightly
* Remove README installation section and turn into a link
* Simplify building from source and follow code review suggestions
* Code review revisions
* Fix copy paste mistake
* Apply the latest code review suggestions
* More small code review items
* Change minor modes for code review
* Fix link and typos
* Add note that you need a c++ compiler to install the tree-sitter grammars
* Add pacman example
* Make sure all headings are lower case
* Revert to the original passage adding a reference to Windows that was missing
* Update book/src/guides/adding_languages.md
Fix grammar typo
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* Update book/src/install.md
Fix tree sitter typo
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* Remove TOC links to main heading
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diff --git a/book/src/guides/textobject.md b/book/src/guides/textobject.md index 8a217354..405f11c1 100644 --- a/book/src/guides/textobject.md +++ b/book/src/guides/textobject.md @@ -1,14 +1,14 @@ -# Adding Textobject Queries +# Adding textobject queries -Textobjects that are language specific ([like functions, classes, etc][textobjects]) -require an accompanying tree-sitter grammar and a `textobjects.scm` query file +Helix supports textobjects that are language specific, such as functions, classes, etc. +These textobjects require an accompanying tree-sitter grammar and a `textobjects.scm` query file to work properly. Tree-sitter allows us to query the source code syntax tree and capture specific parts of it. The queries are written in a lisp dialect. More information on how to write queries can be found in the [official tree-sitter documentation][tree-sitter-queries]. Query files should be placed in `runtime/queries/{language}/textobjects.scm` -when contributing. Note that to test the query files locally you should put +when contributing to Helix. Note that to test the query files locally you should put them under your local runtime directory (`~/.config/helix/runtime` on Linux for example). @@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ The following [captures][tree-sitter-captures] are recognized: [Example query files][textobject-examples] can be found in the helix GitHub repository. -## Queries for Textobject Based Navigation +## Queries for textobject based navigation -[Tree-sitter based navigation][textobjects-nav] is done using captures in the +Tree-sitter based navigation in Helix is done using captures in the following order: - `object.movement` @@ -38,12 +38,10 @@ following order: - `object.inside` For example if a `function.around` capture has been already defined for a language -in it's `textobjects.scm` file, function navigation should also work automatically. +in its `textobjects.scm` file, function navigation should also work automatically. `function.movement` should be defined only if the node captured by `function.around` doesn't make sense in a navigation context. -[textobjects]: ../usage.md#textobjects -[textobjects-nav]: ../usage.md#tree-sitter-textobject-based-navigation [tree-sitter-queries]: https://tree-sitter.github.io/tree-sitter/using-parsers#query-syntax [tree-sitter-captures]: https://tree-sitter.github.io/tree-sitter/using-parsers#capturing-nodes [textobject-examples]: https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Ahelix-editor%2Fhelix+filename%3Atextobjects.scm&type=Code&ref=advsearch&l=&l= |