How to rename symbol

[fcojavierdomenech]

Using neovim with coc and tsserver.

Whenever I hit CocActions on a var a pop up appears with some options, but I can't find the rename one there.

How can I rename some symbol and its references?

[el-og]

I haven't tried this myself, but there is a NOTE in README.md about that.

Note: for rename import on file rename, you have to install watchman in your $PATH.

[chemzqm]

It's not a code action, :h CocAction('rename')

[fcojavierdomenech]

I haven't tried this myself, but there is a NOTE in README.md about that.

Note: for rename import on file rename, you have to install watchman in your $PATH.

yeah, that works great with watchman, but it's mainly for moving/renaming files (not symbols).

[fcojavierdomenech]

It's not a code action, :h CocAction('rename')

you mean <Leader>rn right? It does not work in most cases: Invalid position for rename

[chemzqm]

It's expected, your cursor should under a variable.

[fcojavierdomenech]

I guessed that too but It doesn't work

[fcojavierdomenech]

[chemzqm]

Need verbose output, I can't reproduce https://github.com/neoclide/coc-tsserver#troubleshooting

[fcojavierdomenech]

openTsServerLog:

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Info 405  [15:01:06.769] response:
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Perf 407  [15:01:14.306] 13::documentHighlights: elapsed time (in milliseconds) 1.7383
Info 408  [15:01:14.306] response:
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Perf 410  [15:01:18.760] 14::documentHighlights: elapsed time (in milliseconds) 1.1051
Info 411  [15:01:18.760] response:
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Info 412  [15:01:22.735] request:
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Perf 413  [15:01:22.737] 15::documentHighlights: elapsed time (in milliseconds) 1.1419
Info 414  [15:01:22.737] response:
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Info 418  [15:01:33.277] DirectoryWatcher:: Triggered with /users/franciscojavierdomenech/workspace/my-project/new-webapp/.git/.watchman-cookie-MacBook-Pro-de-Francisco.local-927-290 :: WatchInfo: /users/franciscojavierdomenech/workspace/my-project/new-webapp 1 undefined Config: /Users/franciscojavierdomenech/workspace/my-project/new-webapp/tsconfig.json WatchType: Wild card directory
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showOutput:

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[Trace - 13:01:22.733] TypeScript Server: trying to cancel ongoing request with sequence number 14
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[Trace - 13:01:24.424] TypeScript Server: trying to cancel ongoing request with sequence number 15
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[Trace - 13:02:12.308] TypeScript Server: trying to cancel ongoing request with sequence number 16

Thanks for the follow-up

[chemzqm]

Rename request not exists.

[fcojavierdomenech]

I didn't see it either, but that's all the logs after doing the rename thing (same as the picture I sent you).

Maybe coc raises the error position not found even before comunicating with tsserver, which means it must be a prob related to coc instead of tsserver, who knows.

[fcojavierdomenech]

man, I was about to call it a day and close everything. Then I realized I had a nvim session opened in background (I tend to do Ctrl-z for returning back to the terminal from nvim). Closed everything, tried again, just in case... and the rename action works PERFECTLY.

So, in order to reproduce the error (well, not really an error):

• send to the background your nvim session with your project opened.
• open a new nvim session from the same terminal
• try the rename thing: Invalid position for rename

More than happy now knowing what was causing the issue. Thanks for the support.

[fcojavierdomenech]

In case anyone ends here looking for help: https://github.com/iamcco/coc-angular/issues/58