document should save even if formatter fails

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/helix-term/src/main.rs b/helix-term/src/main.rs
index 726bf9e3..96b695c6 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/main.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/main.rs
@@ -139,8 +139,18 @@ FLAGS:
         Err(err) => return Err(Error::new(err)),
     };
 
+    let syn_loader_conf = helix_core::config::user_syntax_loader().unwrap_or_else(|err| {
+        eprintln!("Bad language config: {}", err);
+        eprintln!("Press <ENTER> to continue with default language config");
+        use std::io::Read;
+        // This waits for an enter press.
+        let _ = std::io::stdin().read(&mut []);
+        helix_core::config::default_syntax_loader()
+    });
+
     // TODO: use the thread local executor to spawn the application task separately from the work pool
-    let mut app = Application::new(args, config).context("unable to create new application")?;
+    let mut app = Application::new(args, config, syn_loader_conf)
+        .context("unable to create new application")?;
 
     let exit_code = app.run(&mut EventStream::new()).await?;