helix_core::syntax error could not parse queries for multiple languages despite synced grammars

[SpacewaIker]

Summary

With some languages (rust, javascript, comment, probably others too), I can't get syntax highlighting and the log shows an error saying that helix could not parse the queries. However, the runtime folder does contain the compiled grammars for those languages, and I have tried to run hx -g fetch hx -g build multiple times.

Reproduction Steps

I tried this:

1. hx src/my_rust_file.rs

I expected this to happen:
Getting syntax highlighting

Instead, this happened:
No syntax highlighting and an error message in the log.

Helix log

~/.cache/helix/helix.log

2024-09-25T10:20:44.141 helix_core::syntax [ERROR] Could not parse queries for language "comment". Are your grammars out of sync? Try running 'hx --grammar fetch' and 'hx --grammar build'. This query could not be parsed: QueryError { row: 14, column: 16, offset: 233, message: "match", kind: NodeType }
2024-09-25T10:20:45.483 helix_core::syntax [ERROR] Could not parse queries for language "rust". Are your grammars out of sync? Try running 'hx --grammar fetch' and 'hx --grammar build'. This query could not be parsed: QueryError { row: 74, column: 3, offset: 1269, message: "loop_label", kind: NodeType }
2024-09-25T10:23:54.437 helix_core::syntax [ERROR] Could not parse queries for language "rust". Are your grammars out of sync? Try running 'hx --grammar fetch' and 'hx --grammar build'. This query could not be parsed: QueryError { row: 74, column: 3, offset: 1269, message: "loop_label", kind: NodeType }
...
2024-09-25T10:26:28.492 helix_core::syntax [ERROR] Could not parse queries for language "javascript". Are your grammars out of sync? Try running 'hx --grammar fetch' and 'hx --grammar build'. This query could not be parsed: QueryError { row: 197, column: 4, offset: 3347, message: "", kind: NodeType }

Platform

Windows

Terminal Emulator

wezterm 20240203-110809-5046fc22

Installation Method

scoop

Helix Version

helix 24.7 (079f544)

[the-mikedavis]

That message means that you are using queries that are incompatible with the versions of those tree-sitter parsers. Do you have any language configuration, in particular [[grammar]] sections?

[SpacewaIker]

I do not, the only thing I have in languages.toml is:

[language-server.csharp-ls]
command = "csharp-ls"

[[language]]
name = "c-sharp"
scope = "source.cs"
language-servers = [ "csharp-ls" ]

[the-mikedavis]

You'll need the query files in ~/.config/helix/runtime/queries to match the queries in this repo at the same version as you have installed: https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/tree/24.07/runtime/queries (24.07)

[SpacewaIker]

Is there some way to do this automatically instead of just manually downloading them?

[SpacewaIker]

So this did solve the issue, but it would be nice to have this be done automatically with hx -g or maybe having a similar hx -q subcommand. Also, how is the query folder supposed to be created in the first place if I install helix with a package manager instead of cloning & building from source?

[the-mikedavis]

The package manager should install the runtime folder at the same version as the Helix binary it built (i.e. by copying that directory somewhere in its installation directories and setting HELIX_DEFAULT_RUNTIME during compilation or HELIX_RUNTIME at runtime).

@pascalkuthe and I are experimenting with a new system for installing tree-sitter parsers and queries that works like a package manager and would decouple them from the Helix version. Once that is in place you would be able to run a new hx -g update command to update the parsers and queries together, and this could be done separately from whatever the package manager installs as default lanugage support.

[SpacewaIker]

Awesome! Looking forward to helix updates to come