No syntax highlighting in Flatpak version

[Katharsas]

Summary

I installed Helix on my debian server as Flatpak app and i get no syntax highlighting for neither toml nor yaml nor bash config files, and i would guess not for any other files either. Copying runtime files to ~/.config/helix/runtime (and setting the -c paramter to set the config directory) did not help.

See logs below.

Reproduction Steps

No response

Helix log

~/.cache/helix/helix.log

2023-05-28T19:55:16.133 helix_core::syntax [ERROR] Failed to load tree-sitter parser for language "bash": Error opening dynamic library "/app/share/  
2023-05-28T19:55:16.133 helix_view::editor [ERROR] Failed to initialize the LSP for `source.bash` { cannot find binary path }                         
2023-05-28T19:55:24.769 helix_core::syntax [ERROR] Failed to load tree-sitter parser for language "bash": Error opening dynamic library "/app/share/  
2023-05-28T19:55:24.769 helix_view::editor [ERROR] Failed to initialize the LSP for `source.bash` { cannot find binary path }                         
2023-05-28T19:55:53.234 helix_view::editor [ERROR] editor error: no such command: 'qw'                                                                
2023-05-28T19:56:30.320 helix_core::syntax [ERROR] Failed to load tree-sitter parser for language "toml": Error opening dynamic library "/app/share/  
2023-05-28T19:56:30.320 helix_view::editor [ERROR] Failed to initialize the LSP for `source.toml` { cannot find binary path }                         
2023-05-28T19:56:49.928 helix_view::editor [ERROR] Failed to initialize the LSP for `source.toml` { cannot find binary path }   

Platform

Linux Debian 11

Terminal Emulator

Windows Terminal -> SSH -> tmux

Helix Version

helix 23.05

[kirawi]

It doesn't look like it's able to open the highlighting grammars in your runtime/grammars folder. Do you see anything in there?

[Akselmo]

Same issue, here's my logs.

2023-06-05T08:41:01.680 helix_core::syntax [ERROR] Failed to load tree-sitter parser for language "toml": Error opening dynamic library "/app/share/helix/runtime/grammars/toml.so"
2023-06-05T08:41:01.681 helix_view::editor [ERROR] Failed to initialize the LSP for `source.toml` { cannot find binary path }
2023-06-05T08:42:11.016 helix_core::syntax [ERROR] Failed to load tree-sitter parser for language "toml": Error opening dynamic library "/app/share/helix/runtime/grammars/toml.so"
2023-06-05T08:42:11.016 helix_view::editor [ERROR] Failed to initialize the LSP for `source.toml` { cannot find binary path }
2023-06-05T08:42:18.405 helix_core::syntax [ERROR] Failed to load tree-sitter parser for language "toml": Error opening dynamic library "/app/share/helix/runtime/grammars/toml.so"
2023-06-05T08:42:18.405 helix_view::editor [ERROR] Failed to initialize the LSP for `source.toml` { cannot find binary path }
2023-06-05T08:43:00.368 helix_core::syntax [ERROR] Failed to load tree-sitter parser for language "toml": Error opening dynamic library "/app/share/helix/runtime/grammars/toml.so"
2023-06-05T08:43:00.368 helix_view::editor [ERROR] Failed to initialize the LSP for `source.toml` { cannot find binary path }
2023-06-05T08:46:35.341 helix_term::application [WARN] failed to load theme `aksdark` - Theme: file not found for: aksdark
2023-06-05T08:46:57.905 helix_term::application [WARN] failed to load theme `aksdark` - Theme: file not found for: aksdark
2023-06-05T08:46:57.907 helix_core::syntax [ERROR] Failed to load tree-sitter parser for language "bash": Error opening dynamic library "/app/share/helix/runtime/grammars/bash.so"
2023-06-05T08:46:57.907 helix_view::editor [ERROR] Failed to initialize the LSP for `source.bash` { cannot find binary path }
2023-06-05T08:47:10.749 helix_term::application [WARN] failed to load theme `aksdark` - Theme: file not found for: aksdark
2023-06-05T08:47:16.624 helix_core::syntax [ERROR] Failed to load tree-sitter parser for language "toml": Error opening dynamic library "/app/share/helix/runtime/grammars/toml.so"
2023-06-05T08:47:16.624 helix_view::editor [ERROR] Failed to initialize the LSP for `source.toml` { cannot find binary path }
2023-06-05T08:48:31.776 helix_core::syntax [ERROR] Failed to load tree-sitter parser for language "bash": Error opening dynamic library "/app/share/helix/runtime/grammars/bash.so"
2023-06-05T08:48:31.776 helix_view::editor [ERROR] Failed to initialize the LSP for `source.bash` { cannot find binary path }
2023-06-05T08:49:03.657 helix_core::syntax [ERROR] Failed to load tree-sitter parser for language "python": Error opening dynamic library "/app/share/helix/runtime/grammars/python.so"
2023-06-05T08:49:03.666 helix_view::editor [ERROR] Failed to initialize the LSP for `source.python` { cannot find binary path }
2023-06-05T08:49:36.446 helix_view::editor [ERROR] Failed to initialize the LSP for `source.python` { cannot find binary path }
2023-06-05T08:49:45.046 helix_view::theme [WARN] Theme: invalid modifier: "normal"
2023-06-05T08:49:45.047 helix_view::theme [WARN] Theme: invalid modifier: "normal"
2023-06-05T08:49:45.189 helix_view::theme [WARN] Theme: invalid modifier: "normal"
2023-06-05T08:49:45.190 helix_view::theme [WARN] Theme: invalid modifier: "normal"
2023-06-05T08:51:03.346 helix_core::syntax [ERROR] Failed to load tree-sitter parser for language "python": Error opening dynamic library "/app/share/helix/runtime/grammars/python.so"
2023-06-05T08:51:03.347 helix_view::editor [ERROR] Failed to initialize the LSP for `source.python` { cannot find binary path }
2023-06-05T08:51:12.583 helix_core::syntax [ERROR] Failed to load tree-sitter parser for language "python": Error opening dynamic library "/app/share/helix/runtime/grammars/python.so"
2023-06-05T08:51:12.584 helix_view::editor [ERROR] Failed to initialize the LSP for `source.python` { cannot find binary path }

[Akselmo]

Cant find "grammars" folder from /var/lib/flatpak/app/com.helix_editor.Helix/current/active/files/share/helix/runtime

[David-Else]

Maybe try reporting here: https://github.com/flathub/com.helix_editor.Helix/issues

[Akselmo]

Done flathub/com.helix_editor.Helix#8

[Akselmo]

Here's the solution! flathub/com.helix_editor.Helix#8 (comment)

So in short, you'll have to run flatpak Helix first with these two parameters:

1. flatpak run com.helix_editor.Helix --grammar fetch
2. flatpak run com.helix_editor.Helix --grammar build

It then gets and builds the grammar files for you and syntax highlighting starts to work. :)

[blt-r]

So I updated the flatpak and now it ships all the grammars. After flatpak update you no longer need to fetch and build them manually. And if you already did, you can rm -rf ~/.var/app/com.helix_editor.Helix/config/helix/runtime to not waste the space.