CLI argument to open file with cursor positioned on given line number

[jdnavarro]

In kitty there is a feature to select and act on arbitrary text. I frequently use it with the --type=linenum option to open my editor with the cursor positioned on the reported error.

I could get it working with helix if I could pass the line number as an argument when launching it from the shell.

$ hx +5008 helix-term/src/commands.rs

Being able to specify the column number would be nice, but not that important.

$ hx +5008:15 helix-term/src/commands.rs

Vim and Emacs use the + sign for the line number argument prefix, but I don't have an opinion about how it should be named, anything will do with me 😏

If this is something that aligns with the overall design of helix and you are willing to accept a PR for this feature, I could give it a try myself.

[Omnikar]

@pickfire was working on this at #445