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diff --git a/book/src/guides/adding_languages.md b/book/src/guides/adding_languages.md index 9ad2c285..987ad088 100644 --- a/book/src/guides/adding_languages.md +++ b/book/src/guides/adding_languages.md @@ -42,7 +42,16 @@ These are the available keys and descriptions for the file. ## Queries -For a language to have syntax-highlighting and indentation among other things, you have to add queries. Add a directory for your language with the path `runtime/queries/<name>/`. The tree-sitter [website](https://tree-sitter.github.io/tree-sitter/syntax-highlighting#queries) gives more info on how to write queries. +For a language to have syntax-highlighting and indentation among +other things, you have to add queries. Add a directory for your +language with the path `runtime/queries/<name>/`. The tree-sitter +[website](https://tree-sitter.github.io/tree-sitter/syntax-highlighting#queries) +gives more info on how to write queries. + +> NOTE: When evaluating queries, the first matching query takes +precedence, which is different from other editors like neovim where +the last matching query supercedes the ones before it. See +[this issue][neovim-query-precedence] for an example. ## Common Issues @@ -58,3 +67,4 @@ For a language to have syntax-highlighting and indentation among other things, y [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 |