CMake LSP implementation based on Tower and Tree-sitter

Intelligent Code Completion: Provides precise code completions by analyzing CMake files, enhancing development efficiency.

• Real-time Error Detection: Integrates linting functionality to check for potential issues in your code, help maintaining code quality.
• Support for Neovim, Emacs, VSCode, Helix: Compatible with these popular editors, catering to diverse developer needs.
• Simple Configuration: Easy to set up and use, minimizing configuration time so you can focus on development.
• CLI Integration: Not only an LSP, but also includes command-line tools for code formatting, making it convenient for different environments.

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Features
3. Installation
4. Editor Support
   • Neovim Configuration
   • Helix Configuration
   • Emacs Configuration
5. User Feedback
   • macOS Users
   • Windows Users
6. Visual Examples

Installation

cargo install neocmakelsp

Editor Support

Neovim

The configuration of neocmakelsp is in nvim-lspconfig, so just follow nvim-lsp-config to setup it

neocmakelsp can talk to clients in two ways: stdio and tcp. tcp is primarily for debugging. If you want to add a feature or find a bug, you should connect via tcp.

stdio

local configs = require("lspconfig.configs")
local nvim_lsp = require("lspconfig")
if not configs.neocmake then
    configs.neocmake = {
        default_config = {
            cmd = { "neocmakelsp", "--stdio" },
            filetypes = { "cmake" },
            root_dir = function(fname)
                return nvim_lsp.util.find_git_ancestor(fname)
            end,
            single_file_support = true,-- suggested
            on_attach = on_attach, -- on_attach is the on_attach function you defined
            init_options = {
                format = {
                    enable = true
                },
                lint = {
                    enable = true
                },
                scan_cmake_in_package = true -- default is true
            }
        }
    }
    nvim_lsp.neocmake.setup({})
end

tcp

if not configs.neocmake then
    configs.neocmake = {
        default_config = {
            cmd = vim.lsp.rpc.connect('127.0.0.1','9257'),
            filetypes = { "cmake" },
            root_dir = function(fname)
                return nvim_lsp.util.find_git_ancestor(fname)
            end,
            single_file_support = true,-- suggested
            on_attach = on_attach, -- on_attach is the on_attach function you defined
            init_options = {
                format = {
                    enable = true
                }
            }
        }
    }
    nvim_lsp.neocmake.setup({})
end

Helix

stdio

[[language]]
name = "cmake"
auto-format = true
language-servers = [{ name = "neocmakelsp" }]

[language-server.neocmakelsp]
command = "neocmakelsp"
args = ["--stdio"]

tcp

[[language]]
name = "neocmake"
auto-format = true
language-servers = [{ name = "neocmakelsp" }]

[language-server.neocmakelsp]
command = "nc"
args = ["localhost", "9257"]

Emacs

To use neocmakelsp with eglot:

(use-package cmake-ts-mode
  :config
  (add-hook 'cmake-ts-mode-hook
    (defun setup-neocmakelsp ()
      (require 'eglot)
      (add-to-list 'eglot-server-programs `((cmake-ts-mode) . ("neocmakelsp" "--stdio")))
      (eglot-ensure))))

Features

• watchfile
• complete
• symbol_provider
• On hover
• Format
• CodeAction
• document_link
• GO TO Definitation
  • find_package
  • include
• Search cli
• Get the project struct
• It is also a cli tool to format
• Lint
• Rename

Lint form 6.0.27

Put a file named .neocmakelint.toml under the root of the project.

command_upcase = "ignore" # "lowercase", "upcase"

This will check the case of all commands.

cmake-lint integration

When cmake-lint is installed, neocmakelsp can utilize it to offer linting and code analysis each time the file is saved. This functionality can be enabled or disabled in the .neocmakelint.toml file:

enable_external_cmake_lint = true # true to use external cmake-lint, or false to disable it

If enable_external_cmake_lint is turned on but cmake-lint is not installed, external linting will not report any error message.

internal lint

cmake-lint now is disabled by default from 0.8.18. And from 0.8.18, neocmakelsp itself starts to support similar lint functions like cmake-lint.

line_max_words = 80 # this define the max words in a line

If you want to use watchfile in Neovim, set

capabilities = {
    workspace = {
        didChangeWatchedFiles = {
            dynamicRegistration = true,
            relative_pattern_support = true,
        },

    },

}

It will check CMakeCache.txt, and get whether the package is exist

Snippet Support

capabilities = {
   textDocument = {
       completion = {
           completionItem = {
               snippetSupport = true
           }
       }
   }
}

LSP init_options

init_options = {
    format = {
        enable = true, -- to use lsp format
    },
    lint = {
        enable = true
    },
    scan_cmake_in_package = false, -- it will deeply check the cmake file which found when search cmake packages.
    semantic_token = false,
    -- semantic_token heighlight. if you use treesitter highlight, it is suggested to set with false. it can be used to make better highlight for vscode which only has textmate highlight
}

TODO

• Undefined function check

Visual Examples

Search

symbol

Complete and symbol support

OnHover

GoToDefinition

Tree

Format cli

Note: When formatting files, make sure that your .editorconfig file is in your working directory

format the file

Usage: neocmakelsp {format|--format|-F} [OPTIONS] <FormatPath>...

Arguments:
  <FormatPath>...  file or folder to format

Options:
  -o, --override  override
  -h, --help      Print help

It will read .editorconfig file to format files, just set like

[CMakeLists.txt]
indent_style = space
indent_size = 4

Note

The format do the min things, just do trim and place the first line to the right place by the indent you set, this means

function(A)

        set(A
        B
            C
        )

    endfunction()

it will just become

function(A)

    set(A
        B
            C
        )

endfunction()

It just remove the space in the end, replace \t at the begin of each line to , if set indent_size to space, and format the first line to right place. It does little, but I think it is enough.

User Feedback

• I do not know if all features will work on macOS and Windows, so if someone use macOS or Windows, please open an issue if you find any bugs.
• I want a co-maintainer, who ideally is familiar with macOS, Windows and LSP.