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home-manager/modules/programs/helix.nix
Austin Horstman f9d4ef7e2a helix: update the languages example
The example took typescript-language-server and typescript from
pkgs.nodePackages, which nixpkgs removed, and passed --tsserver-path,
which typescript-language-server 5.3.0 rejects as an unknown option,
so the server exited at startup. Run the top-level
typescript-language-server with --stdio only; the nixpkgs package
already falls back to the tsserver from typescript_5.
2026-09-25 13:02:11 -05:00

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{
config,
lib,
options,
pkgs,
...
}:
let
inherit (lib)
literalExpression
mkIf
mkOption
types
;
cfg = config.programs.helix;
tomlFormat = pkgs.formats.toml { };
in
{
meta.maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.Philipp-M ];
options.programs.helix = {
enable = lib.mkEnableOption "helix text editor";
package = lib.mkPackageOption pkgs "helix" {
nullable = true;
example = "pkgs.evil-helix";
};
extraPackages = mkOption {
type = with types; listOf package;
default = [ ];
example = literalExpression "[ pkgs.marksman ]";
description = "Extra packages available to hx.";
};
extraConfig = mkOption {
type = types.lines;
default = "";
description = ''
Extra lines to be appended to the config file.
Use this if you would like to maintain order for helix settings (eg. for minor modes)
'';
example = literalExpression ''
[keys.normal.g] # Reverse Alphabetical Order
G = "goto_file_end"
g = "goto_file_start"
'';
};
defaultEditor = mkOption {
type = types.bool;
default = false;
description = ''
Whether to configure {command}`hx` as the default
editor using the {env}`EDITOR` and {env}`VISUAL`
environment variables.
'';
};
settings = mkOption {
inherit (tomlFormat) type;
default = { };
example = {
theme = "base16";
editor = {
line-number = "relative";
lsp.display-messages = true;
};
keys.normal = {
space.space = "file_picker";
space.w = ":w";
space.q = ":q";
esc = [
"collapse_selection"
"keep_primary_selection"
];
};
};
description = ''
Configuration written to
{file}`$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/helix/config.toml`.
See <https://docs.helix-editor.com/configuration.html>
for the full list of options.
'';
};
languages = mkOption {
type =
with types;
coercedTo (listOf tomlFormat.type) (language: { inherit language; }) (
addCheck tomlFormat.type builtins.isAttrs
);
default = { };
example = literalExpression ''
{
language-server.typescript-language-server = {
command = "''${pkgs.typescript-language-server}/bin/typescript-language-server";
args = [ "--stdio" ];
};
language = [{
name = "rust";
auto-format = false;
}];
}
'';
description = ''
Language specific configuration at
{file}`$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/helix/languages.toml`.
See <https://docs.helix-editor.com/languages.html>
for more information.
'';
};
ignores = mkOption {
type = types.listOf types.str;
default = [ ];
example = [
".build/"
"!.gitignore"
];
description = ''
List of paths that should be globally ignored for file picker.
Supports the usual ignore and negative ignore (unignore) rules used in `.gitignore` files.
'';
};
themes = mkOption {
type = types.attrsOf (
types.oneOf [
tomlFormat.type
types.path
types.lines
]
);
default = { };
example = literalExpression ''
{
base16 = let
transparent = "none";
gray = "#665c54";
dark-gray = "#3c3836";
white = "#fbf1c7";
black = "#282828";
red = "#fb4934";
green = "#b8bb26";
yellow = "#fabd2f";
orange = "#fe8019";
blue = "#83a598";
magenta = "#d3869b";
cyan = "#8ec07c";
in {
"ui.menu" = transparent;
"ui.menu.selected" = { modifiers = [ "reversed" ]; };
"ui.linenr" = { fg = gray; bg = dark-gray; };
"ui.popup" = { modifiers = [ "reversed" ]; };
"ui.linenr.selected" = { fg = white; bg = black; modifiers = [ "bold" ]; };
"ui.selection" = { fg = black; bg = blue; };
"ui.selection.primary" = { modifiers = [ "reversed" ]; };
"comment" = { fg = gray; };
"ui.statusline" = { fg = white; bg = dark-gray; };
"ui.statusline.inactive" = { fg = dark-gray; bg = white; };
"ui.help" = { fg = dark-gray; bg = white; };
"ui.cursor" = { modifiers = [ "reversed" ]; };
"variable" = red;
"variable.builtin" = orange;
"constant.numeric" = orange;
"constant" = orange;
"attributes" = yellow;
"type" = yellow;
"ui.cursor.match" = { fg = yellow; modifiers = [ "underlined" ]; };
"string" = green;
"variable.other.member" = red;
"constant.character.escape" = cyan;
"function" = blue;
"constructor" = blue;
"special" = blue;
"keyword" = magenta;
"label" = magenta;
"namespace" = blue;
"diff.plus" = green;
"diff.delta" = yellow;
"diff.minus" = red;
"diagnostic" = { modifiers = [ "underlined" ]; };
"ui.gutter" = { bg = black; };
"info" = blue;
"hint" = dark-gray;
"debug" = dark-gray;
"warning" = yellow;
"error" = red;
};
}
'';
description = ''
Each theme is written to
{file}`$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/helix/themes/theme-name.toml`.
Where the name of each attribute is the theme-name (in the example "base16").
See <https://docs.helix-editor.com/themes.html>
for the full list of options.
'';
};
};
config = mkIf cfg.enable {
assertions = lib.singleton {
assertion = cfg.extraPackages != [ ] -> cfg.package != null;
message = "programs.helix.extraPackages require programs.helix.package to not be null";
};
warnings = lib.optional (lib.any builtins.isList options.programs.helix.languages.definitions) (
lib.hm.deprecations.mkDeprecatedOptionValueWarning {
option = [
"programs"
"helix"
"languages"
];
old = "a list";
replacement = "`programs.helix.languages.language`";
details = ''
This option now generates the whole languages.toml file instead of just the language array in that file.
Use:
programs.helix.languages = { language = <languages list>; }
'';
}
);
home.packages = lib.mkIf (cfg.package != null) (
if cfg.extraPackages != [ ] then
[
(pkgs.symlinkJoin {
name = "${lib.getName cfg.package}-wrapped-${lib.getVersion cfg.package}";
paths = [ cfg.package ];
preferLocalBuild = true;
nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.makeWrapper ];
postBuild = ''
wrapProgram $out/bin/hx \
--suffix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath cfg.extraPackages}
'';
})
]
else
[ cfg.package ]
);
home.sessionVariables = mkIf cfg.defaultEditor {
EDITOR = "hx";
VISUAL = "hx";
};
xdg.configFile =
let
pkillPrefix = if pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin then "/usr" else pkgs.procps;
onChange = "${pkillPrefix}/bin/pkill -USR1 -u $USER -x '(hx|\\.hx-wrapped)' || true";
settings =
let
hasSettings = cfg.settings != { };
hasExtraConfig = cfg.extraConfig != "";
in
{
"helix/config.toml" = mkIf (hasSettings || hasExtraConfig) {
inherit onChange;
source =
let
configFile = tomlFormat.generate "config.toml" cfg.settings;
extraConfigFile = pkgs.writeText "extra-config.toml" (
lib.optionalString hasSettings "\n" + cfg.extraConfig
);
in
pkgs.runCommand "helix-config.toml" { } ''
cat ${configFile} ${extraConfigFile} >> $out
'';
};
"helix/languages.toml" = mkIf (cfg.languages != { }) {
inherit onChange;
source = tomlFormat.generate "helix-languages-config" cfg.languages;
};
"helix/ignore" = mkIf (cfg.ignores != [ ]) {
text = lib.concatStringsSep "\n" cfg.ignores + "\n";
};
};
themes = lib.mapAttrs' (
n: v:
lib.nameValuePair "helix/themes/${n}.toml" {
inherit onChange;
source =
if lib.isString v then
pkgs.writeText "helix-theme-${n}" v
else if builtins.isPath v || lib.isStorePath v then
v
else
tomlFormat.generate "helix-theme-${n}" v;
}
) cfg.themes;
in
settings // themes;
};
}