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by imjonse 664 days ago
They already have Scheme based config files and I'd say it is simpler that Lua.
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petre 664 days ago
What are you talking about? It uses TOML for config files and some S-expressions for queries, which is actually a consequence of using tree sitter.

https://docs.helix-editor.com/configuration.html

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imjonse 664 days ago
I should have specified internal config files for the runtime queries that you mention. Those are .scm files.
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cayley_graph 664 days ago
I wouldn't really count that as editor config. Every editor with treesitter support will have configs for treesitter, for instance: https://github.com/nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter/blob/mast...
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imjonse 663 days ago
My comment is in the context of 'their own Scheme implementation'. Since they already handle some .scm files internally it's not that wild to pick Scheme over other languages as the base for plugins. It's a power user editor, Scheme should not scare them.
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brabel 664 days ago
It can't really be simpler than Lua, come'on. Maybe if you already know Lisp, but for people who know C-like languages (Java, Javascript, C++) Lua should be much more "obvious".
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