update README.md and setup

- update notes for VS Code according to new changes in zls-vscode
- add instructions for setting up Helix editor

README.md

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Zig Language Server, or `zls`, is a language server for Zig. The Zig wiki states
     - [Updating Data Files](#updating-data-files)
   - [Configuration Options](#configuration-options)
 - [Features](#features)
-  - [VSCode](#vscode)
+  - [VS Code](#vscode)
   - [Sublime Text](#sublime-text)
     - [Sublime Text 3](#sublime-text-3)
     - [Sublime Text 4](#sublime-text-4)
@@ -129,13 +129,15 @@ The following LSP features are supported:
 - Find references
 - Rename symbol
 - Formatting using `zig fmt`
-- Semantic token highlighting (LSP 3.16 proposed feature, implemented by a few clients including VSCode, kak and emacs lsp-mode)
+- Semantic token highlighting (implemented by a few clients including VS Code, kak and emacs lsp-mode)
+- Inlay hints (implemented by VS Code)
 
 You can install `zls` using the instuctions for your text editor below:
 
-### VSCode
+### VS Code
 
-Install the `zls-vscode` extension from [here](https://github.com/zigtools/zls-vscode/releases) and provide a path to the build `zls` executable.
+Install the `zls-vscode` extension from [here](https://github.com/zigtools/zls-vscode/releases) or via the extensions menu.
+It will install `zls` if it is not found in your `PATH`
 
 ### Sublime Text
 
@@ -201,7 +203,7 @@ Then choose one of the following two ways
 1. Use extension
 
     Run `:CocInstall coc-zls` to install [coc-zls](https://github.com/xiyaowong/coc-zls), 
-    this extension supports the same functionality as the VScode extension
+    this extension supports the same functionality as the VS Code extension
   
 2. Manually register
     ```json
@@ -326,6 +328,11 @@ let g:LanguageClient_serverCommands = {
 (setq lsp-zig-zls-executable "<path to zls>")
 ```
 
+### Helix
+
+- Just add `zls` to your `PATH`.
+- run `hx --health` to check if helix found `zls`.
+
 ## Related Projects
 
 - [`sublime-zig-language` by @prime31](https://github.com/prime31/sublime-zig-language)

src/setup.zig

@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ pub fn wizard(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !void {
             "What is the path to the 'zig' executable you would like to use?", std.fs.MAX_PATH_BYTES);
     }
 
-    const editor = try askSelectOne("Which code editor do you use?", enum { VSCode, Sublime, Kate, Neovim, Vim8, Emacs, Doom, Spacemacs, Other });
+    const editor = try askSelectOne("Which code editor do you use?", enum { VSCode, Sublime, Kate, Neovim, Vim8, Emacs, Doom, Spacemacs, Helix, Other });
     const snippets = try askBool("Do you want to enable snippets?");
     const unused_variables = try askBool("Do you want to enable unused variable warnings?");
     const ief_apc = try askBool("Do you want to enable @import/@embedFile argument path completion?");
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ pub fn wizard(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !void {
     const operator_completions = try askBool("Do you want to enable .* and .? completions?");
     const include_at_in_builtins = switch (editor) {
         .Sublime => !try askBool("Are you using a Sublime Text version > 4000?"),
-        .VSCode, .Kate, .Neovim, .Vim8, .Emacs, .Doom, .Spacemacs => false,
+        .VSCode, .Kate, .Neovim, .Vim8, .Emacs, .Doom, .Spacemacs, .Helix => false,
         else => try askBool("Should the @ sign be included in completions of builtin functions?\nChange this later if `@inc` completes to `include` or `@@include`"),
     };
     const max_detail_length: usize = switch (editor) {
@@ -209,9 +209,7 @@ pub fn wizard(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !void {
             write(
                 \\To use ZLS in Visual Studio Code, install the 'ZLS for VSCode' extension from 
                 \\'https://github.com/zigtools/zls-vscode/releases' or via the extensions menu.
-                \\Then, open VSCode's 'settings.json' file, and add:
-                \\
-                \\"zls.path": "[command_or_path_to_zls]"
+                \\ZLS will automatically be installed if it is not found in your PATH
             );
         },
         .Sublime => {
@@ -319,6 +317,13 @@ pub fn wizard(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !void {
                 \\(setq lsp-zig-zls-executable "<path to zls>")
             );
         },
+        .Helix => {
+            write(
+                \\Helix has out of the box support for ZLS
+                \\Make sure you have added ZLS to your PATH
+                \\run hx --health to check if helix has found it.
+            );
+        },
         .Other => {
             write(
                 \\We might not *officially* support your editor, but you can definitely still use ZLS!