# vimdoc-language-server
Language server for vim help files.
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## Installation
### Cargo
```sh
cargo install vimdoc-language-server
```
### Nix
```sh
nix run github:barrettruth/vimdoc-language-server
```
### From source
```sh
git clone https://github.com/barrettruth/vimdoc-language-server
cd vimdoc-language-server
cargo install --path .
```
## Usage
Configure `vimdoc-language-server` in your editor of choice, for example with
[Neovim](https://neovim.io):
```lua
vim.lsp.config('vimdoc_ls', {
cmd = { 'vimdoc-language-server' },
filetypes = { 'help' },
-- buftypes = { 'help' },
root_markers = { 'doc', '.git' },
workspace_required = false,
})
vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd('FileType', {
pattern = 'help',
callback = function()
vim.lsp.start(vim.lsp.config['vimdoc_ls'])
end,
})
```
## Features
- [x] **Formatting** — separator normalization, prose reflow, heading alignment;
range formatting supported
- [x] **Diagnostics** — duplicate `*tag*` definitions (same-file and
cross-file), unresolved `|taglinks|`; push, pull, and CLI (`check`)
- [x] **Completion** — tag completion triggered by `|`, context-aware
- [x] **Hover** — tag definition context in a floating window
- [x] **Go-to-definition** — `|tag-ref|` to `*tag*`, same-file and cross-file
- [x] **References** — all `|taglinks|` referencing a `*tag*`, cross-file
- [x] **Rename** — rename a tag and all its references across the workspace
- [x] **Document symbols** — all `*tag*` definitions in the current file
- [x] **Document highlight** — highlight all occurrences of a tag under cursor
- [x] **Document links** — clickable `|taglinks|` with tooltip
- [x] **Folding** — sections (between separators) and code blocks
- [x] **Code actions** — quick fixes and refactors
## Acknowledgements
- [@skewb1k](https://github.com/skewb1k) - pull diagnostics deduplication fix