LuaLS / LuaLS/lua-language-server
Code colors completely gone
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Description
How are you using the lua-language-server?
Other
Which OS are you using?
Linux
What is the issue affecting?
Other
Expected Behaviour
There should be colors in the code
Actual Behaviour
there's none
Reproduction steps
open any lua file in helix with this language configuration
[[language]]
name = "lua"
scope = "source.lua"
roots = ["."]
file-types = ["lua"]
comment-token = "--"
indent = { tab-width = 4, unit = " " }
language-servers = ["lua-language-server"]
this has worked in the past, but it's suddenly broken
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Contributor guide
First steps
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Reproduce the missing colors in Helix with the Lua language configuration shown in the issue, then inspect the language-server interaction involved in code coloring. Done means that colors are restored for Lua files in this configuration and the reproduction no longer occurs.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- lua
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100