how to invoke hsimport using nvim coc

[EdmundsEcho]

Hello -- Some of the hie features are quite obvious when using nvim with coc... others less so. How would I invoke the hsimport plugin using coc? Is there another way to invoke hie features from nvim outside of coc? (i.e., does coc provide access to all of the hie features?)

[expipiplus1]

@EdmundsEcho Take a look at my coc.nvim port of @alanz's vscode plugin: https://github.com/expipiplus1/vscode-hie-server/

quickfixes and code actions to add imports have been working very well for me with this.

[fendor]

If you mean to invoke hsimport with your own input, not just the generated code-action, then I think there is currently no way. But it would be a nice feature request to make this possible, if anyone wants to tackle it.

[EdmundsEcho]

@fender @expipiplus1 Thank you both.

@fendor

not just the generated code-action

Can you tell me more about this? My understanding of what hsimport enables is that it will either insert the import line for me when I use a missing def. I assume doing its best with the db/hoogle information... or it may rely on my making sure the packages are included in my package.yaml config. Even there, it might add them??

I don't see any of that capacity in my current coc/hie setup... but, maybe I'm missing something, and thus the question.

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[fendor]

Our hsimport plugin uses the local hoogle db. E.g., when you dont see a message in your lsp logs that there is no hoogle db, it should be working. The Quickfix should be generated if there is a compilation error and we can find the identifier in hoogle. E.g. something like this:

main = print $ isJust Nothing

should generate a Quickfix action for isJust. However, I dont know the specifics for nvim.

[EdmundsEcho]

@fender When you say local, do you mean in my project? I ask because during the install of hie it instructs the user to install the hoogle docs for the hie-ghc-version; a global install.

[fendor]

No, with local I mean on your device. So, no remote requests.

[EdmundsEcho]

@fender Great. So, from command line I can search eg., "MonadState" and pull up a bunch of results. However, in my project from within neovim, I'm getting a "Not in scope" error. Should the QuickFix not provide something?

E.g., when you dont see a message in your lsp logs that there is no hoogle db, it should be working.

I have confirmed that I don't see a "missing hoogle db" message.

[fendor]

Yeah, it should provide a quickfix, in vscode this little light bulb. Maybe a bug, can you provide a minimal example, please?