I already loved Helix (best editor in the world), but yesterday @haeckerfelix showed me that Language Servers can go much further than I thought.

TIL that Helix and Typst are a match made in heaven, thanks to the Language Server tinymist.

https://ergaster.org/til/helix-typst-match-in-heaven/

#helixEditor #typst

TIL that Helix and Typst are a match made in heaven

Helix makes extensive use of Language Servers, but tinymist pushes it beyond what I thought was possible.

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@thibaultamartin @haeckerfelix

Yes, I also use #typst with #HelixEditor. But I am still missing a spell/grammar checker solution that works for Typst and that ideally not only covers English, but other languages as well.

Do you know any such Language Servers?

@hetare11 @haeckerfelix I use the Harper Language Server for that

https://writewithharper.com/

Harper | Privacy-First Offline Grammar Checker

Harper checks your writing instantly—fast, lightweight and utterly private—so you can polish every clause without surrendering a single keystroke.

Harper

@thibaultamartin @hetare11 @haeckerfelix i tried it with the browser and with the lsp and in both cases it checked on every single keystroke. So it refreshed the error squiqqles while I was still typing which I found very distracting.

Is that not bothering you or did you find a workaround?

@ju @hetare11 @haeckerfelix it’s slightly annoying but I don’t mind this much. Not distracting enough not to use it!

@ju @hetare11 @haeckerfelix it looks like there’s an issue about it (that references another issue too)

https://github.com/Automattic/harper/issues/2935

[Feature Request] "Wait for Word Completion" / Spacebar Delay for active typing · Issue #2935 · Automattic/harper

Currently, Harper scans text and underlines errors letter-by-letter in real-time. While the speed is impressive, it creates a frustrating user experience during active typing because red error line...

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