[Github-comments] [geany/geany] Support for Microsoft Language Server Protocol? (#1854)

[Denis Feklushkin]

> My understanding is that the plugin will get notified of characters the user types by the editor-notify signal, when it has a suitable sequence of identifier characters its sends those to the language server to get what possible autocompletes are available at that position. When the language server returns the list the plugin displays its autocomplete dialog, and if the user selects one, the plugin inserts that using editor_insert_text_block().

But in Geany we already have fine tune settings for autocompletion. And if extrenal autocompletion will be implemented as substitution of internal autocompletion function it will be more comfortably to use.

And, yes, if it is need for autocompletion plugin for some purposes (performance) characters sequencies already can be captured.

> So there is no Geany interaction with the autocompletion at all, and as I said Geany autocompletes should be turned off, you don't want two things trying to decide autocompletion at the same time, thats chaos.

So it is need to clearly separate settings of built-in autocomplete and third-party. Because 99% of user isn't distinguish this details. And it will look ugly.


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