Helix is first and foremost a modal editor. Willingness to support non-modal
editing is there, but it is not one that should be encouraged with the default
settings. There are an increasing number of users who are stumbling because
they are trying to use Helix as a non-modal editor, so this is an effort to
encourage new users to stop and take notice that Helix has a different paradigm
than VSCode, Sublime, etc. Users can still add these bindings back to their own
configs if they wish.
Around 50 columns for the summary is good because it is often used as
heading or as subject in emails. 72 columns for the body is generally
good because some tools do not wrap long lines (`git log` with pager
`less` is a good example). Helix's `:reflow` command is really good to
help with the second point.
Linux kernel documentation says:
> For these reasons, the ``summary`` must be no more than 70-75
> characters, and it must describe both what the patch changes, as well
> as why the patch might be necessary. It is challenging to be both
> succinct and descriptive, but that is what a well-written summary
> should do.
Source:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst#n627
tpope:
https://tbaggery.com/2008/04/19/a-note-about-git-commit-messages.html
Commit message style guide for Git:
https://commit.style/
* avoid coloring `identifier`s globally
* fix function application when not part of `select_expression`
* add `has_attribute_expression` highlighting
* fix precendence for interpolation, which should be after select
* highlight `@` as delimiter
By simply placing a comment with the name of the desired language just
before a multi-line string, that language will be injected.
Also, common functions and attributes which are expected to be shell
code are automatically injected.
`extend_line_above` (and `extend_line` when facing backwards) skip
a line when the current range does not fully cover a line.
Before this change:
foo
b#[|a]#r
baz
With `extend_line_above` or `extend_line` selected the line above.
#[|foo
bar]#
baz
Which is inconsistent with `extend_line_below`. This commit changes
the behavior to select the current line when it is not already
selected.
foo
#[|bar]#
baz
Then further calls of `extend_line_above` extend the selection up
line-wise.
Currently it is not possible to save a file with a language that
has an external formatter configuration unless the external
formatter is installed, even if the language has a Language Server
configuration capable of auto-format. This change checks that the
external formatter exists before using it to create a formatting
callback.
