Helix 23.10

A big shout out to all the contributors! We had 118 contributors in this release.

Breaking changes:

• Support multiple language servers per language (#2507)
  • This is a breaking change to language configuration

Features:

• Support multiple language servers per language (#2507, #7082, #7286, #8374)
• Add a statusline element for the selected register (#7222)
• Add %, #, ., * and + special registers (#6985)
• Add initial support for LSP DidChangeWatchedFiles notifications (#7665)
• Search buffer contents in global_search (#5652)
• Add a "smart tab" command that intelligently jumps the cursor on tab (#4443)
• Add a statusline element for whether a file is read-only (#7222, #7875)
• Syntax highlight regex prompts (#7738)
• Allow defining alignment in indent queries (#5355)
• Show visual feedback in surround_replace (#7588)
• Switch to Nucleo for fuzzy matching (#7814, #8148, #8192, #8194)
• Insert a trailing newline on write (#8157)
• Add a -w/--working-dir CLI flag for specifying a working directory on startup (#8223, #8498, #8520)
• Accept a +N CLI argument to set the first file's line number (#8521)
• Accept Helix-specific ignore files in .helix/ignore and ~/.config/helix/ignore (#8099)

Commands:

• merge_selections (A-minus) - merge all selections into one selection that covers all ranges (#7053)
• move_prev_long_word_end and extend_prev_long_word_end - move/extend to the end of the previous WORD (#6905)
• reverse_selection_contents - swaps the values of each selection so they are reversed (#7329)
• Add :rl and :rla aliases for :reload and :reload-all (#7158)
• yank_joined - join the selections and yank to the selected register (#7195)
• :write-all! (:wa!) - forcibly write all buffers to disk and create any necessary subdirectories (#7577)
• :redraw - clear re-render the UI (#6949)
• :tree-sitter-highlight-name - show the theme scope name of the highlight under the cursor (#8170)

Usability improvements:

• Allow cycling option values at runtime (#4411, #7240, #7877)
• Exit gracefully on termination signals (#7236)
• Add plaintext matching fallback to tree-sitter pair matching (#4288)
• Persist register selection in pending keymaps (0e08349)
• Propagate the count and register to command palette commands (b394997)
• Auto indent on insert_at_line_start (#5837)
• Add a config option to control whether LSP completions are automatically inserted on preview (#7189)
• Add a config option for default line endings (#5621, #7357)
• Allow ANSI colors in themes (#5119)
• Match pairs that don't form a standalone tree-sitter node (#7242)
• Allow indent sizes of up to 16 columns (#7429)
• Improve performance of mapping positions through changes (#7408, 8d39a81, #7471)
• Mark buffers created from stdin as modified (#7431)
• Forcibly shut down uninitialized language servers (#7449)
• Add filename completer for shell prompts (#7569)
• Allow binding F13-F24 (#7672)
• Resolve LSP code actions (#7677, #8421)
• Save an undo checkpoint before accepting completions (#7747)
• Include gitignored files in debugger completions (#7936)
• Make editor remember the last search register (#5244)
• Open directories with goto_file (#7909)
• Use relative path to open buffer in goto_file (gf) (#7965)
• Support default color in themes (#8083, #8114)
• Toggle between relative and absolute line numbers when the terminal loses focus (#7955)
• Lower default idle-timeout to 250ms (060e73a)
• Allow theming diff gutters separately from other diff colors (#8343)
• Style bold/italic/strikethrough in markdown doc popups (#8385)
• Maintain the cursor position and view when splitting with :hsplit/:vsplit (#8109)
• Accept - in macros outside of </> (#8475)
• Show all language servers for each language in --health (#7315)
• Don't break on hyphens in :reflow (#8569)

Fixes:

• Update diagnostics correctly on language server exit (#7111)
• Fix off-by-one in select_references_to_symbol_under_cursor (#7132)
• Extend selection with repeat-last-motion only if the original motion extended the selection (#7159)
• Fix undefined behavior in the diff gutter (#7227)
• Check that tab width is non-zero (#7178)
• Fix styles being overwritten in table rows with multiple cells (#7281)
• Add file for --log CLI arg in help text (#7307)
• Fix underflow when repeating a completion that has a negative shift position (#7322)
• Prefer longer matches in select_next_sibling and select_prev_sibling (#7332)
• Preview scratch buffers in the jumplist picker (#7331)
• Fix chunking by bytes in tree-sitter parsing (#7417)
• Discard LSP publishDiagnostic from uninitialized servers (#7467)
• Use negotiated position encoding for LSP workspace edits (#7469)
• Fix error message for unknown gutter types in config (#7534)
• Fix :log-open when --log CLI arg is specified (#7573, #7585)
• Fix debouncing of LSP messages to fix the last message sticking around (#7538, #8023)
• Fix crash when the current working directory is deleted (#7185)
• Fix piping to Helix on macOS (#5468)
• Fix crash when parsing overlapping injections (#7621)
• Clear the statusline when the prompt is visible (#7646)
• Fix range formatting error message typo (#7823)
• Skip rendering gutters when gutter width exceeds view width (#7821)
• Center the picker preview using visual lines (#7837)
• Align view correctly for background buffers opened with A-ret (#7691)
• Fix cursor resetting to block when quitting via a keybind (#7931)
• Remove path completions for the :new command (#8010)
• Use binary path resolved by which for formatter commands (#8064)
• Handle crossterm's hidden modifier (#8120)
• Clear completion when switching between windows with the mouse (#8118)
• Eagerly remove the last picker (<space>') when the picker has many items (#8127)
• Fix find commands for buffers with non-LF line-endings (#8111)
• Detect the tmux clipboard provider on macOS (#8182)
• Fix syntax highlighting in dynamic picker preview pane (#8206)
• Recognize HTML code tags with attributes as code in markdown previews (#8397)
• Fix multicursor snippet placeholder directions (#8423)
• Only show diagnostic highlights when diagnostics are enabled for a language server (#8551)

Themes:

• Improve the selection color in ferra (#7138) …