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diff --git a/content/posts/kate-lsp-client-restart/index.md b/content/posts/kate-lsp-client-restart/index.md deleted file mode 100644 index f22ccfd..0000000 --- a/content/posts/kate-lsp-client-restart/index.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,52 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: "Kate LSP Client Restart" -date: 2019-07-07T15:13:00+02:00 -draft: false -categories: [kde, kate, development] -tags: [kde, kate] -url: /posts/kate-lsp-client-restart/ ---- - -Since my last post about the [LSP client progress](/posts/kate-lsp-client-progress/) in May I didn't work on that project at all I think. - -But the good news is, somebody else did scratch that itch on his own ;=) - -We have now a prototype plugin in kate.git master, see [lspclient](https://cgit.kde.org/kate.git/tree/addons/lspclient) in the addons directory. - -It is not compiled per default, you can turn it on via: - -> cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="your prefix" -DENABLE_LSPCLIENT=ON "kate src dir" - -It shares no code with my initial prototype. -The author started this without knowing of my work. -This might actually be not that bad, as this plugin is composed of a much smaller code base. -This allows to get familiar with the code easier as with the code I copied over from Qt Creator for my initial try. - -But, even nicer, it does actually work a lot better than my variant, already now! - -What does work (tested with clangd and kate.git/work projects) at the moment: - -* Auto completion: you get the proper LSP server provided completion items -<p align="center"> - <a href="images/kate-auto-completion.png" target="_blank"><img width=500 src="images/kate-auto-completion.png"></a> -</p> -* Outline view: Get an extra tool view with the symbols of your current view -<p align="center"> - <a href="images/kate-outline-view.png" target="_blank"><img width=500 src="images/kate-outline-view.png"></a> -</p> -* Document highlight: highlight all occurrences of a variable/... inside the current view -<p align="center"> - <a href="images/kate-document-highlight.png" target="_blank"><img width=500 src="images/kate-document-highlight.png"></a> -</p> -* Code navigation: jump to the definition/declaration - -There is still a lot of stuff missing and this is all prototype quality. -For example the document highlight implementation I added has no way to clear the highlighting at the moment beside document reload. - -But given I just needed one hour to add the document highlight support, I would say the code base is easy to adjust. - -=> If you have time and want a good LSP client, now you can join the fun and have direct results. - -As the author was kind enough to move his work on the plugin to the KDE infrastructure, feel welcome to show up on [kwrite-devel@kde.org](mailto:kwrite-devel@kde.org) and help out! -All development discussions regarding this plugin happen there. -We are happy to accept patches, too, if you are a new contributor! |