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authorMichael Davis2022-04-10 17:50:05 +0000
committerGitHub2022-04-10 17:50:05 +0000
commit3d79c60a1ff7d2976c89b90976746df629be34fa (patch)
tree5f02b98f19ace784d4ef100191dde5fa65a1ab5c /book
parent562874a720678a238966c69f413cb3d691f74c66 (diff)
Rewrite Language Support docs (#2065)
Diffstat (limited to 'book')
-rw-r--r--book/src/guides/adding_languages.md8
-rw-r--r--book/src/lang-support.md16
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/book/src/guides/adding_languages.md b/book/src/guides/adding_languages.md
index c2c70779..e9e1a69f 100644
--- a/book/src/guides/adding_languages.md
+++ b/book/src/guides/adding_languages.md
@@ -37,9 +37,11 @@ These are the available keys and descriptions for the file.
| `config` | Language Server configuration |
| `grammar` | The tree-sitter grammar to use (defaults to the value of `name`) |
+When adding a new language or Language Server configuration for an existing
+language, run `cargo xtask docgen` to add the new configuration to the
+[Language Support][lang-support] docs before creating a pull request.
When adding a Language Server configuration, be sure to update the
-[Language Server Wiki](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/wiki/How-to-install-the-default-language-servers)
-with installation notes.
+[Language Server Wiki][install-lsp-wiki] with installation notes.
## Grammar configuration
@@ -94,3 +96,5 @@ the last matching query supersedes the ones before it. See
[treesitter-language-injection]: https://tree-sitter.github.io/tree-sitter/syntax-highlighting#language-injection
[languages.toml]: https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/blob/master/languages.toml
[neovim-query-precedence]: https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/1170#issuecomment-997294090
+[install-lsp-wiki]: https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/wiki/How-to-install-the-default-language-servers
+[lang-support]: ../lang-support.md
diff --git a/book/src/lang-support.md b/book/src/lang-support.md
index 3920f342..6a08cd69 100644
--- a/book/src/lang-support.md
+++ b/book/src/lang-support.md
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
# Language Support
-For more information like arguments passed to default LSP server,
-extensions assosciated with a filetype, custom LSP settings, filetype
-specific indent settings, etc see the default
-[`languages.toml`][languages.toml] file.
+The following languages and Language Servers are supported. In order to use
+Language Server features, you must first [install][lsp-install-wiki] the
+appropriate Language Server.
+
+Check the language support in your installed helix version with `hx --health`.
+
+Also see the [Language Configuration][lang-config] docs and the [Adding
+Languages][adding-languages] guide for more language configuration information.
{{#include ./generated/lang-support.md}}
-[languages.toml]: https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/blob/master/languages.toml
+[lsp-install-wiki]: https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/wiki/How-to-install-the-default-language-servers
+[lang-config]: ./languages.md
+[adding-languages]: ./guides/adding_languages.md