Install LSP
What is the Language Server Protocol (LSP)?
Adding features like auto complete, go to definition, or documentation on hover for a programming language takes significant effort. Traditionally this work had to be repeated for each development tool, as each tool provides different APIs for implementing the same feature. A Language Server is meant to provide the language-specific smarts and communicate with development tools over a protocol that enables inter-process communication. The idea behind the Language Server Protocol (LSP) is to standardize the protocol for how such servers and development tools communicate. This way, a single Language Server can be re-used in multiple development tools, which in turn can support multiple languages with minimal effort. LSP is a win for both language providers and tooling vendors!. read more
Installing LSP
we use Mason to install and manage the LSPs and the other packages.
To install LSP, all you need to do is open neovim and execute :MasonInstall <LSP_name> command. For example,
to install clangd (LSP for C/C++), use following neovim's command.
MasonInstall clangd
to get the list of all available LSPs and other packages, use the following neovim's command
Mason
:Mason will list out the all available packages. To just list out LSP,
press 2. Press <C-f> (CTRL+F) to apply language filter (search by languages).
Examples
:MasonInstall pyright # LSP for python
:MasonInstall lua-language-server # LSP for lua
:MasonInstall typescript-language-server # LSP for javascript/typescript