Add runtime language configuration (#1794) (#1866)

* Add runtime language configuration (#1794)

* Add set-language typable command to change the language of current buffer.
* Add completer for available language options.

* Update set-language to refresh language server as well

* Add language id based config lookup on `syntax::Loader`.
* Add `Document::set_language3` to set programming language based on language
  id.
* Update `Editor::refresh_language_server` to try language detection only if
  language is not already set.

* Remove language detection from Editor::refresh_language_server

* Move document language detection to where the scratch buffer is saved.
* Rename Document::set_language3 to Document::set_language_by_language_id.

* Remove unnecessary clone in completers::language

1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/helix-term/src/commands/typed.rs b/helix-term/src/commands/typed.rs
index 4c044793..8f74adb6 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/commands/typed.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/commands/typed.rs
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ fn write_impl(cx: &mut compositor::Context, path: Option<&Cow<str>>) -> anyhow::
 
     if path.is_some() {
         let id = doc.id();
+        doc.detect_language(cx.editor.syn_loader.clone());
         let _ = cx.editor.refresh_language_server(id);
     }
     Ok(())
@@ -931,6 +932,24 @@ fn setting(
     Ok(())
 }
 
+/// Change the language of the current buffer at runtime.
+fn language(
+    cx: &mut compositor::Context,
+    args: &[Cow<str>],
+    _event: PromptEvent,
+) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    if args.len() != 1 {
+        anyhow::bail!("Bad arguments. Usage: `:set-language language`");
+    }
+
+    let doc = doc_mut!(cx.editor);
+    doc.set_language_by_language_id(&args[0], cx.editor.syn_loader.clone());
+
+    let id = doc.id();
+    cx.editor.refresh_language_server(id);
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 fn sort(
     cx: &mut compositor::Context,
     args: &[Cow<str>],
@@ -1409,6 +1428,13 @@ pub const TYPABLE_COMMAND_LIST: &[TypableCommand] = &[
             completer: None,
         },
         TypableCommand {
+            name: "set-language",
+            aliases: &["lang"],
+            doc: "Set the language of current buffer.",
+            fun: language,
+            completer: Some(completers::language),
+        },
+        TypableCommand {
             name: "set-option",
             aliases: &["set"],
             doc: "Set a config option at runtime",