How to set the syntax (or grammar) for current opened R file?

[ipstone]

Hello, I am trying to use helix with R (https://www.r-project.org/ ), but opening a R script file, there's no syntax highlighting, also the syntax tree based navigation doesn't seem working.

I am wondering whether we already have R language support, and if not, is there a way to add the R language support.
Ultimately, I would like to have something similar to nvim-R (https://github.com/jalvesaq/Nvim-R )to work with helix.

Thanks!

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[the-mikedavis]

Which version of helix are you running (hx -V)? And what does hx --health r say?

[the-mikedavis]

Syntax highlighting was added recently #1998 (after the 22.03 release)

[ipstone]

Thanks @the-mikedavis - verified, my version was 22.03 (which is the current mac os x brew install). After compiling to the latest source, things works fine on m1 mac.