/lsp

Language Server Protocol (LSP) plugin for Vim9

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Language Server Protocol (LSP) plugin for Vim. You need Vim version 9.0 or above to use this plugin. This plugin is written using only the Vim9 script.

Installation

You can install this plugin directly from github using the following steps:

$ mkdir -p $HOME/.vim/pack/downloads/opt
$ cd $HOME/.vim/pack/downloads/opt
$ git clone https://github.com/yegappan/lsp

After installing the plugin using the above steps, add the following line to your $HOME/.vimrc file:

packadd lsp

You can also install and manage this plugin using any one of the Vim plugin managers (dein.vim, pathogen, vam, vim-plug, volt, Vundle, etc.).

You will also need to download and install one or more language servers corresponding to the programming languages that you are using. Refer to the https://langserver.org/ page for the list of available language servers. This plugin doesn't install the language servers.

Features

The following language server protocol (LSP) features are supported:

  • Code completion
  • Jump to definition, declaration, implementation, type definition
  • Display warning and error diagnostics
  • Find all symbol references
  • Workspace symbol search
  • Display code outline
  • Rename symbol
  • Display type and documentation on hover
  • Signature help
  • Code action
  • Display Call hierarchy
  • Display Type hierarchy
  • Formatting code
  • Folding code
  • Inlay hints
  • Visually select symbol block/region

Configuration

To use the plugin features with a particular file type(s), you need to first register a LSP server for that file type(s).

The LSP servers are registered using the LspAddServer() function. This function accepts a list of LSP servers.

To register a LSP server, add the following lines to your .vimrc file (use only the LSP servers that you need from the below list). If you used vim-plug to install the LSP plugin, the steps are described later in this section.

" Clangd language server
call LspAddServer([#{
	\    name: 'clangd',
	\    filetype: ['c', 'cpp'],
	\    path: '/usr/local/bin/clangd',
	\    args: ['--background-index']
	\  }])

" Javascript/Typescript language server
call LspAddServer([#{
	\    name: 'typescriptlang',
	\    filetype: ['javascript', 'typescript'],
	\    path: '/usr/local/bin/typescript-language-server',
	\    args: ['--stdio'],
	\  }])

" Go language server
call LspAddServer([#{
	\    name: 'golang',
	\    filetype: ['go', 'gomod'],
	\    path: '/usr/local/bin/gopls',
	\    args: ['serve'],
	\    syncInit: v:true
	\  }])

" Rust language server
call LspAddServer([#{
	\    name: 'rustlang',
	\    filetype: ['rust'],
	\    path: '/usr/local/bin/rust-analyzer',
	\    args: [],
	\    syncInit: v:true
	\  }])

The above lines register the language servers for C/C++, Javascript/Typescript, Go and Rust file types. Refer to the Wiki page for various language server specific configuration.

To register a LSP server, the following information is needed:

Field Description
filetype One or more file types supported by the LSP server. This can be a String or a List. To specify multiple multiple file types, use a List.
path complete path to the LSP server executable (without any arguments).
args a list of command-line arguments passed to the LSP server. Each argument is a separate List item.
initializationOptions User provided initialization options. May be of any type. For example the intelephense PHP language server accept several options here with the License Key among others.
customNotificationHandlers A dictionary of notifications and functions that can be specified to add support for custom language server notifications.
features A dictionary of booleans that can be specified to toggle what things a given LSP is providing (folding, goto definition, etc) This is useful when running multiple servers in one buffer.

The LspAddServer() function accepts a list of LSP servers with the above information.

If you used vim-plug to install the LSP plugin, then you need to use the VimEnter autocmd to initialize the LSP server and to set the LSP server options. For example:

let lspServers = [
	\     #{
	\	 name: 'clang',
	\	 filetype: ['c', 'cpp'],
	\	 path: '/usr/local/bin/clangd',
	\	 args: ['--background-index']
	\      }
	\   ]
autocmd VimEnter * call LspAddServer(lspServers)

let lspOpts = {'autoHighlightDiags': v:true}
autocmd VimEnter * call LspOptionsSet(lspOpts)

Supported Commands

The following commands are provided to use the LSP features.

Command Description
:LspCodeAction Apply the code action supplied by the language server to the diagnostic in the current line.
:LspCodeLens Display a list of code lens commands and apply a selected code lens command to the current file.
:LspDiagCurrent Display the diagnostic message for the current line.
:LspDiagFirst Jump to the first diagnostic message for the current buffer.
:LspDiagHere Jump to the next diagnostic message in the current line.
:LspDiagHighlightDisable Disable diagnostic message highlights.
:LspDiagHighlightEnable Enable diagnostic message highlights.
:LspDiagNext Jump to the next diagnostic message after the current position.
:LspDiagPrev Jump to the previous diagnostic message before the current position.
:LspDiagShow Display the diagnostics messages from the language server for the current buffer in a new location list.
:LspFold Fold the current file.
:LspFormat Format a range of lines in the current file using the language server. The shiftwidth and expandtab values set for the current buffer are used when format is applied. The default range is the entire file.
:LspGotoDeclaration Go to the declaration of the keyword under cursor.
:LspGotoDefinition Go to the definition of the keyword under cursor.
:LspGotoImpl Go to the implementation of the keyword under cursor.
:LspGotoTypeDef Go to the type definition of the keyword under cursor.
:LspHighlight Highlight all the matches for the keyword under cursor.
:LspHighlightClear Clear all the matches highlighted by :LspHighlight.
:LspHover Show the documentation for the symbol under the cursor in a popup window.
:LspIncomingCalls Display the list of symbols calling the current symbol.
:LspOutgoingCalls Display the list of symbols called by the current symbol.
:LspOutline Show the list of symbols defined in the current file in a separate window.
:LspPeekDeclaration Open the declaration of the symbol under cursor in the preview window.
:LspPeekDefinition Open the definition of the symbol under cursor in the preview window.
:LspPeekImpl Open the implementation of the symbol under cursor in the preview window.
:LspPeekReferences Display the list of references to the keyword under cursor in a location list associated with the preview window.
:LspPeekTypeDef Open the type definition of the symbol under cursor in the preview window.
:LspRename Rename the current symbol.
:LspSelectionExpand Expand the current symbol range visual selection.
:LspSelectionShrink Shrink the current symbol range visual selection.
:LspShowAllServers Display information about all the registered language servers.
:LspServer Display the capabilities or messages or status of the language server for the current buffer or restart the server.
:LspShowReferences Display the list of references to the keyword under cursor in a new location list.
:LspShowSignature Display the signature of the keyword under cursor.
:LspSubTypeHierarchy Display the sub type hierarchy in a popup window.
:LspSuperTypeHierarchy Display the super type hierarchy in a popup window.
:LspSwitchSourceHeader Switch between a source and a header file.
:LspSymbolSearch Perform a workspace wide search for a symbol.
:LspWorkspaceAddFolder {folder} Add a folder to the workspace.
:LspWorkspaceListFolders Show the list of folders in the workspace.
:LspWorkspaceRemoveFolder {folder} Remove a folder from the workspace.

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