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vectorgraphics / asymptote

2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language
https://asymptote.sourceforge.io/
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What is the purpose of LSP, please ? #303

Closed zarniwhoop73 closed 2 years ago

zarniwhoop73 commented 2 years ago

Building on linux, all I can discover is that it is a microsoft protocol for editors. I cannot see how people using vim or nano on linux to edit their files could use it, therefore I am reluctant to add the extra dependencies.

Maybe I'm missing something, particularly since it defaults to enabled in configure without testing for dependencies ?

johncbowman commented 2 years ago

See https://asymptote.sourceforge.io/doc/Language-server-protocol.html#index-LSP on how to use LSP under Linux. In fact that is the only platform (other than MacOS and Windows Subsystem for Linux) that Asymptote currently supports LSP on.

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_Server_Protocol:

LSP was originally developed for Microsoft Visual Studio Code and is now an open standard. On 2016 June 27, Microsoft announced a collaboration with Red Hat and Codenvy to standardize the protocol's specification. The protocol is supported and has been adopted by the three companies.[2][3] Its specification is hosted and developed on GitHub.

johncbowman commented 2 years ago

I don't use vim or nano but if they provide support for LSP, equivalent instructions for these editors would be welcome contributions.