Auto-completing a variable with phpactor LSP results in two dollar signs

[danrot]

Summary

I am using phpactor as a PHP language server, and I have set it up as described in https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/wiki/Language-Server-Configurations#phpactor.

Whenever I type $, which indicates the use of a variable, I get the correct suggestions. However, the language server also starts the name of the variable with a $, and when choosing one of those, then I'll end up with two $ instead of just one.

Since this is correctly working in neovim, I guessed that this is an issue with helix.

Reproduction Steps

https://asciinema.org/a/cDsdxP9byICH7nexZ0i16YDv0

I would have expected to only see $variable instead of $$variable in line 5.

Helix log

~/.cache/helix/helix.log

2025-01-15T13:32:00.558 helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] phpactor err <- "Starting language server, use -vvv for verbose output\n"

Platform

macOs

Terminal Emulator

kitty 0.38.1

Installation Method

brew

Helix Version

helix 25.1 (dabfb6c)

[danrot]

What I forgot to mention: I also stumbled upon this issue from another repository, which sounds very familiar: yegappan/lsp#130 (comment)

Is it possible that this textEdit feature, in particular the range part, is currently also not implemented in helix?

[mattriverm]

Have you tried this workaround?

[danrot]

@mattriverm Haven't found that so far. I tried it and it works. So I guess I am good for now, but this is not the final solution, right? Or is it?