Visual select block does not work with astrovim's default config about julia-vim HOT 3 OPEN

I have this same problem with my config (not using astrovim).
The other movement commands also do not work (reliably), especially using % does not work at all.

:echo JuliaGetMatchWords()
always returns \<\>:\<\> which is not correct I assume.

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Okay I did some more digging.
The issue stems from me (and AstroVim) using Treesitter for syntax highlighting.

The filetype plugin from julia-vim relies on synID()
in line 58:
let attr = synIDattr(synID(l, c, 1),"name").

However, when using treesitter for syntax highlighting, synID() always returns 0
which breaks the rest of the JuliaGetMatchWords() function.

In case you (@sash-a) haven't found some other solution, you can make the navigation commands work by disabling treesitter for julia files.

You can do that like this:

require"nvim-treesitter.configs".setup({ ignore_install = {"julia"} }),

in your treesitter configuration and then uninstalling the TS parser for julia:

:TSUninstall julia

It would be nice if there was a way to use julia specific navigation while also using treesitter, but disabling it resolves the problem as a workaround.

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i seem to run into this behaviour without Treesitter installed ,
i can confirm that my juliagetmatchwords returns

\%(\%(\%(@\%([#(]\@!\S\)\+\|\<\%(local\|global\)\)\s\+\)\@<!\%(\%(@\%([#(]\@!\S\)\+\|\<\%(local\|global\)\)\s\+\)\+\%(\.\s*\|@\)\@<!\<\%(function\|macro\|begin\|mutable\s\+struct\|\%(mutable\s\+\)\@<!struct\|\%(abstract\|primitive\)\s\+type\|let\|do\|\%(bare\)\?module\|quot
e\|if\|for\|while\|try\)\>\)\|\%(\%(\%(@\%([#(]\@!\S\)\+\|\<\%(local\|global\)\)\s\+\)\@<!\%(\.\s*\|@\)\@<!\<\%(function\|macro\|begin\|mutable\s\+struct\|\%(mutable\s\+\)\@<!struct\|\%(abstract\|primitive\)\s\+type\|let\|do\|\%(bare\)\?module\|quote\|if\|for\|while\|try\)\
>\):\<end\> 

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