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diff --git a/book/src/configuration.md b/book/src/configuration.md index 0b9ebe96..5410024b 100644 --- a/book/src/configuration.md +++ b/book/src/configuration.md @@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ To override global configuration parameters, create a `config.toml` file located in your config directory: -* Linux and Mac: `~/.config/helix/config.toml` -* Windows: `%AppData%\helix\config.toml` +- Linux and Mac: `~/.config/helix/config.toml` +- Windows: `%AppData%\helix\config.toml` -> Hint: You can easily open the config file by typing `:config-open` within Helix normal mode. +> 💡 You can easily open the config file by typing `:config-open` within Helix normal mode. Example config: @@ -25,12 +25,10 @@ select = "underline" hidden = false ``` -You may also specify a file to use for configuration with the `-c` or -`--config` CLI argument: `hx -c path/to/custom-config.toml`. - -It is also possible to trigger configuration file reloading by sending the `USR1` -signal to the helix process, e.g. via `pkill -USR1 hx`. This is only supported -on unix operating systems. +You can use a custom configuration file by specifying it with the `-c` or +`--config` command line argument, for example `hx -c path/to/custom-config.toml`. +Additionally, you can reload the configuration file by sending the USR1 +signal to the Helix process on Unix operating systems, such as by using the command `pkill -USR1 hx`. ## Editor @@ -38,23 +36,23 @@ on unix operating systems. | Key | Description | Default | |--|--|---------| -| `scrolloff` | Number of lines of padding around the edge of the screen when scrolling. | `5` | -| `mouse` | Enable mouse mode. | `true` | -| `middle-click-paste` | Middle click paste support. | `true` | -| `scroll-lines` | Number of lines to scroll per scroll wheel step. | `3` | -| `shell` | Shell to use when running external commands. | Unix: `["sh", "-c"]`<br/>Windows: `["cmd", "/C"]` | -| `line-number` | Line number display: `absolute` simply shows each line's number, while `relative` shows the distance from the current line. When unfocused or in insert mode, `relative` will still show absolute line numbers. | `absolute` | -| `cursorline` | Highlight all lines with a cursor. | `false` | -| `cursorcolumn` | Highlight all columns with a cursor. | `false` | +| `scrolloff` | Number of lines of padding around the edge of the screen when scrolling | `5` | +| `mouse` | Enable mouse mode | `true` | +| `middle-click-paste` | Middle click paste support | `true` | +| `scroll-lines` | Number of lines to scroll per scroll wheel step | `3` | +| `shell` | Shell to use when running external commands | Unix: `["sh", "-c"]`<br/>Windows: `["cmd", "/C"]` | +| `line-number` | Line number display: `absolute` simply shows each line's number, while `relative` shows the distance from the current line. When unfocused or in insert mode, `relative` will still show absolute line numbers | `absolute` | +| `cursorline` | Highlight all lines with a cursor | `false` | +| `cursorcolumn` | Highlight all columns with a cursor | `false` | | `gutters` | Gutters to display: Available are `diagnostics` and `diff` and `line-numbers` and `spacer`, note that `diagnostics` also includes other features like breakpoints, 1-width padding will be inserted if gutters is non-empty | `["diagnostics", "spacer", "line-numbers", "spacer", "diff"]` | -| `auto-completion` | Enable automatic pop up of auto-completion. | `true` | -| `auto-format` | Enable automatic formatting on save. | `true` | -| `auto-save` | Enable automatic saving on focus moving away from Helix. Requires [focus event support](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/wiki/Terminal-Support) from your terminal. | `false` | -| `idle-timeout` | Time in milliseconds since last keypress before idle timers trigger. Used for autocompletion, set to 0 for instant. | `400` | +| `auto-completion` | Enable automatic pop up of auto-completion | `true` | +| `auto-format` | Enable automatic formatting on save | `true` | +| `auto-save` | Enable automatic saving on the focus moving away from Helix. Requires [focus event support](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/wiki/Terminal-Support) from your terminal | `false` | +| `idle-timeout` | Time in milliseconds since last keypress before idle timers trigger. Used for autocompletion, set to 0 for instant | `400` | | `completion-trigger-len` | The min-length of word under cursor to trigger autocompletion | `2` | -| `auto-info` | Whether to display infoboxes | `true` | -| `true-color` | Set to `true` to override automatic detection of terminal truecolor support in the event of a false negative. | `false` | -| `rulers` | List of column positions at which to display the rulers. Can be overridden by language specific `rulers` in `languages.toml` file. | `[]` | +| `auto-info` | Whether to display info boxes | `true` | +| `true-color` | Set to `true` to override automatic detection of terminal truecolor support in the event of a false negative | `false` | +| `rulers` | List of column positions at which to display the rulers. Can be overridden by language specific `rulers` in `languages.toml` file | `[]` | | `bufferline` | Renders a line at the top of the editor displaying open buffers. Can be `always`, `never` or `multiple` (only shown if more than one buffer is in use) | `never` | | `color-modes` | Whether to color the mode indicator with different colors depending on the mode itself | `false` | @@ -125,10 +123,12 @@ The following statusline elements can be configured: ### `[editor.cursor-shape]` Section -Defines the shape of cursor in each mode. Note that due to limitations -of the terminal environment, only the primary cursor can change shape. +Defines the shape of cursor in each mode. Valid values for these options are `block`, `bar`, `underline`, or `hidden`. +> 💡 Due to limitations of the terminal environment, only the primary cursor can +> change shape. + | Key | Description | Default | | --- | ----------- | ------- | | `normal` | Cursor shape in [normal mode][normal mode] | `block` | @@ -141,25 +141,22 @@ Valid values for these options are `block`, `bar`, `underline`, or `hidden`. ### `[editor.file-picker]` Section -Sets options for file picker and global search. All but the last key listed in -the default file-picker configuration below are IgnoreOptions: whether hidden -files and files listed within ignore files are ignored by (not visible in) the -helix file picker and global search. There is also one other key, `max-depth` -available, which is not defined by default. +Set options for file picker and global search. Ignoring a file means it is +not visible in the Helix file picker and global search. All git related options are only enabled in a git repository. | Key | Description | Default | |--|--|---------| -|`hidden` | Enables ignoring hidden files. | true +|`hidden` | Enables ignoring hidden files | true |`follow-links` | Follow symlinks instead of ignoring them | true |`deduplicate-links` | Ignore symlinks that point at files already shown in the picker | true -|`parents` | Enables reading ignore files from parent directories. | true -|`ignore` | Enables reading `.ignore` files. | true -|`git-ignore` | Enables reading `.gitignore` files. | true -|`git-global` | Enables reading global .gitignore, whose path is specified in git's config: `core.excludefile` option. | true -|`git-exclude` | Enables reading `.git/info/exclude` files. | true -|`max-depth` | Set with an integer value for maximum depth to recurse. | Defaults to `None`. +|`parents` | Enables reading ignore files from parent directories | true +|`ignore` | Enables reading `.ignore` files | true +|`git-ignore` | Enables reading `.gitignore` files | true +|`git-global` | Enables reading global `.gitignore`, whose path is specified in git's config: `core.excludefile` option | true +|`git-exclude` | Enables reading `.git/info/exclude` files | true +|`max-depth` | Set with an integer value for maximum depth to recurse | Defaults to `None`. ### `[editor.auto-pairs]` Section @@ -211,7 +208,7 @@ Search specific options. | Key | Description | Default | |--|--|---------| -| `smart-case` | Enable smart case regex searching (case insensitive unless pattern contains upper case characters) | `true` | +| `smart-case` | Enable smart case regex searching (case-insensitive unless pattern contains upper case characters) | `true` | | `wrap-around`| Whether the search should wrap after depleting the matches | `true` | ### `[editor.whitespace]` Section @@ -220,7 +217,7 @@ Options for rendering whitespace with visible characters. Use `:set whitespace.r | Key | Description | Default | |-----|-------------|---------| -| `render` | Whether to render whitespace. May either be `"all"` or `"none"`, or a table with sub-keys `space`, `nbsp`, `tab`, and `newline`. | `"none"` | +| `render` | Whether to render whitespace. May either be `"all"` or `"none"`, or a table with sub-keys `space`, `nbsp`, `tab`, and `newline` | `"none"` | | `characters` | Literal characters to use when rendering whitespace. Sub-keys may be any of `tab`, `space`, `nbsp`, `newline` or `tabpad` | See example below | Example @@ -248,7 +245,7 @@ Options for rendering vertical indent guides. | Key | Description | Default | | --- | --- | --- | -| `render` | Whether to render indent guides. | `false` | +| `render` | Whether to render indent guides | `false` | | `character` | Literal character to use for rendering the indent guide | `│` | | `skip-levels` | Number of indent levels to skip | `0` | @@ -273,7 +270,7 @@ gutters = ["diff", "diagnostics", "line-numbers", "spacer"] To customize the behavior of gutters, the `[editor.gutters]` section must be used. This section contains top level settings, as well as settings for -specific gutter components as sub-sections. +specific gutter components as subsections. | Key | Description | Default | | --- | --- | --- | @@ -315,13 +312,13 @@ Currently unused ### `[editor.soft-wrap]` Section -Options for soft wrapping lines that exceed the view width +Options for soft wrapping lines that exceed the view width: | Key | Description | Default | | --- | --- | --- | -| `enable` | Whether soft wrapping is enabled. | `false` | -| `max-wrap` | Maximum free space left at the end of the line. | `20` | -| `max-indent-retain` | Maximum indentation to carry over when soft wrapping a line. | `40` | +| `enable` | Whether soft wrapping is enabled | `false` | +| `max-wrap` | Maximum free space left at the end of the line | `20` | +| `max-indent-retain` | Maximum indentation to carry over when soft wrapping a line | `40` | | `wrap-indicator` | Text inserted before soft wrapped lines, highlighted with `ui.virtual.wrap` | `↪ ` | Example: |