lspkind.nvim VS rust-analyzer

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lspkind.nvim

vscode-like pictograms for neovim lsp completion items (by onsails)

rust-analyzer

A Rust compiler front-end for IDEs [Moved to: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-analyzer] (by rust-analyzer)
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lspkind.nvim rust-analyzer
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6.1 10.0
4 months ago about 2 years ago
Lua Rust
MIT License GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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lspkind.nvim

Posts with mentions or reviews of lspkind.nvim. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-07.
  • I do love neovim!
    5 projects | /r/neovim | 7 Feb 2023
    There's a cmp-icons plugin: https://github.com/onsails/lspkind.nvim and also you can see the cmp documentation inside vim running :h cmp I spend many hours reading each plugin documentation to customize all my plugins. I hope I've helped.
  • Trouble Getting Icons To Show Properly
    1 project | /r/neovim | 29 Sep 2022
    If you are referring specifically to icons in your autocompletion suggestions menu you have to set it to use them. This can be achieved manually with the format key in the nvim-cmp setup (assuming you are using nvim-cmp) or with a plugin like lspkind.nvim
  • What are the best vim plugins for Go right now?
    4 projects | /r/golang | 22 Jul 2022
    If you use neovim, you can refer to my init.lua; I use vim-go, lsp and other goodies like lspkind to display vscode-like pictograms.
  • Anyone have autocomplete working with rust-tools, nvm-cmp, etc.?
    6 projects | /r/neovim | 14 Apr 2022
    -- Provide some indication that rust-analyzer is busy! local lsp_status = require('lsp-status') lsp_status.register_progress() -- Basic rust/lsp/cmp settings from https://sharksforarms.dev/posts/neovim-rust/ local nvim_lsp = require('lspconfig') local opts = { tools = { -- rust-tools options autoSetHints = true, hover_with_actions = true, inlay_hints = { show_parameter_hints = false, parameter_hints_prefix = "", other_hints_prefix = "=> ", }, }, -- all the opts to send to nvim-lspconfig -- these override the defaults set by rust-tools.nvim -- see https://github.com/neovim/nvim-lspconfig/blob/master/doc/server_configurations.md#rust_analyzer server = { -- on_attach is a callback called when the language server attachs to the buffer on_attach = lsp_status.on_attach, capabilities = lsp_status.capabilities, settings = { -- to enable rust-analyzer settings visit: -- https://github.com/rust-analyzer/rust-analyzer/blob/master/docs/user/generated_config.adoc -- and more: https://github.com/simrat39/rust-tools.nvim/wiki/Server-Configuration-Schema ["rust-analyzer"] = { -- enable clippy on save checkOnSave = { command = "clippy" }, } } }, } require('rust-tools').setup(opts) -- Setup Completion -- See https://github.com/hrsh7th/nvim-cmp#basic-configuration -- Used for super-tab functionality local has_words_before = function() local line, col = unpack(vim.api.nvim_win_get_cursor(0)) return col ~= 0 and vim.api.nvim_buf_get_lines(0, line - 1, line, true)[1]:sub(col, col):match("%s") == nil end local feedkey = function(key, mode) vim.api.nvim_feedkeys(vim.api.nvim_replace_termcodes(key, true, true, true), mode, true) end local lspkind = require('lspkind') local cmp = require'cmp' cmp.setup({ completion = { autocomplete = true }, -- Enable LSP snippets snippet = { expand = function(args) vim.fn["vsnip#anonymous"](args.body) end, }, mapping = { [''] = cmp.mapping.select_prev_item(), [''] = cmp.mapping.select_next_item(), [''] = cmp.mapping.scroll_docs(-4), [''] = cmp.mapping.scroll_docs(4), [''] = cmp.mapping.complete(), [''] = cmp.mapping.close(), [''] = cmp.mapping.confirm({ behavior = cmp.ConfirmBehavior.Insert, select = true, }), -- Add tab support [""] = cmp.mapping(function(fallback) if cmp.visible() then cmp.select_next_item() elseif vim.fn["vsnip#available"](1) == 1 then feedkey("(vsnip-expand-or-jump)", "") elseif has_words_before() then cmp.complete() else fallback() -- The fallback function sends a already mapped key. In this case, it's probably ``. end end, { "i", "s" }), [""] = cmp.mapping(function() if cmp.visible() then cmp.select_prev_item() elseif vim.fn["vsnip#jumpable"](-1) == 1 then feedkey("(vsnip-jump-prev)", "") end end, { "i", "s" }), }, -- Installed sources sources = { { name = 'nvim_lsp' }, --, trigger_characters={'.', ":"} }, { name = 'vsnip' }, { name = 'path' }, { name = 'buffer' }, { name = 'nvim_lsp_signature_help' }, { name = 'nvim_lsp_document_symbol' }, }, -- Fancy symbols formatting = { format = lspkind.cmp_format({ mode = 'symbol_text', -- show both symbol & text for now maxwidth = 50, -- prevent the popup from showing more than provided characters (e.g 50 will not show more than 50 characters) -- The function below will be called before any actual modifications from lspkind -- so that you can provide more controls on popup customization. (See [#30](https://github.com/onsails/lspkind-nvim/pull/30)) --before = function (entry, vim_item) --... --return vim_item --end }) }, completion = { autocomplete = true }, })
  • Neovim LSP Setup + Code Completion Engine
    3 projects | dev.to | 22 Oct 2021
    All the snippets, mapping, formatting and sources part in the above code snippet is expalained nicely in the plugin's documentation. For above code to work, you also have to install lspkind which provides awesome icons in the code completions.
  • Lspconfig configuration issues
    3 projects | /r/neovim | 9 Oct 2021
    To style the completion popup, you need to add formatting. Going by the cute little scissors, you probably want to install lsp-kind and add something like this to your cmp.setup
  • Totally confused about completion
    6 projects | /r/neovim | 24 Aug 2021
    https://github.com/onsails/lspkind-nvim (optionally)
  • Looks like the nvim-compe plugin is going to be deprecated, replaced by nvim-cmp (eventually)
    8 projects | /r/neovim | 23 Aug 2021
    I copy pasted the icons from https://github.com/onsails/lspkind-nvim/blob/master/lua/lspkind/init.lua and added the spaces:
  • Is anyone here using neovim for f# programming and could point me to useful plugins, which work with neovim 0.5
    14 projects | /r/fsharp | 27 May 2021
  • Java/Kotlin developers that use NeoVim as their main IDE, recommendations to someone that uses Intellij IDEA for java-dev but nvim for the rest?
    16 projects | /r/neovim | 18 May 2021

rust-analyzer

Posts with mentions or reviews of rust-analyzer. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-17.
  • rust-analyzer changelog #177
    1 project | /r/rust | 17 Apr 2023
    #14561 map tokens from include! expansion to the included file
  • Make LSP-Rust-analyzer works
    1 project | /r/neovim | 2 Mar 2023
    return { tools = { -- autoSetHints = false, on_initialized = function() vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd({ "BufWritePost", "BufEnter", "CursorHold", "InsertLeave" }, { pattern = { "*.rs" }, callback = function() vim.lsp.codelens.refresh() end, }) end, auto = false, inlay_hints = { -- Only show inlay hints for the current line only_current_line = false, auto = false, -- Event which triggers a refersh of the inlay hints. -- You can make this "CursorMoved" or "CursorMoved,CursorMovedI" but -- not that this may cause higher CPU usage. -- This option is only respected when only_current_line and -- autoSetHints both are true. only_current_line_autocmd = "CursorHold", -- whether to show parameter hints with the inlay hints or not -- default: true show_parameter_hints = false, -- whether to show variable name before type hints with the inlay hints or not -- default: false show_variable_name = false, -- prefix for parameter hints -- default: "<-" -- parameter_hints_prefix = "<- ", parameter_hints_prefix = " ", -- prefix for all the other hints (type, chaining) -- default: "=>" -- other_hints_prefix = "=> ", other_hints_prefix = " ", -- whether to align to the lenght of the longest line in the file max_len_align = false, -- padding from the left if max_len_align is true max_len_align_padding = 1, -- whether to align to the extreme right or not right_align = false, -- padding from the right if right_align is true right_align_padding = 7, -- The color of the hints highlight = "Comment", }, hover_actions = { auto_focus = false, border = "rounded", width = 60, -- height = 30, }, }, server = { --[[ $ mkdir -p ~/.local/bin $ curl -L https://github.com/rust-analyzer/rust-analyzer/releases/latest/download/rust-analyzer-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.gz | gunzip -c - > ~/.local/bin/rust-analyzer $ chmod +x ~/.local/bin/rust-analyzer --]] -- cmd = { os.getenv "HOME" .. "/.local/bin/rust-analyzer" }, cmd = { os.getenv "HOME" .. "~/.cargo/bin/rust-analyzer" }, on_attach = require("user.lsp.handlers").on_attach, capabilities = require("user.lsp.handlers").capabilities, settings = { ["rust-analyzer"] = { lens = { enable = true, }, checkOnSave = { command = "clippy", }, }, }, }, }
  • rust-analyzer changelog #164
    3 projects | /r/rust | 17 Jan 2023
    I would like changes like https://github.com/rust-analyzer/rust-analyzer/pull/13799 to be listed in 'Breaking Changes' category, to приманка draw the users' attention.
  • Mun v0.4.0 released
    4 projects | /r/rust_gamedev | 13 Dec 2022
    For those of you who haven’t heard of Mun before, Mun is an embeddable programming language empowering creation through iteration. The idea to create Mun originated out of frustration with the Lua dynamic scripting language and a desire to have similar hot reloading functionality available in Rust. As such, it’s not a direct competitor with Rust, but instead is intended to be used with Rust (or C/C++) as a host/embedded language pairing. Actually, Mun is completely written in Rust, building on similar crates as rust-analyzer and rustc. Its key features include:
  • rust-analyzer changelog #159
    2 projects | /r/rust | 12 Dec 2022
    #13728 upgrade chalk to make solver fuel work again (works around most trait solving hangs).
  • rust-analyzer changelog #147
    1 project | /r/rust | 19 Sep 2022
    #13221 (first contribution) add option to move lenses above doc comments (rust-analyzer.lens.location):
  • Does Rust need proc-macros 2.0?
    2 projects | /r/rust | 27 Jul 2022
    Rust-analyzer has a good overview: https://github.com/rust-analyzer/rust-analyzer/blob/master/docs/dev/syntax.md
  • rust-analyzer changelog #134
    7 projects | /r/rust | 20 Jun 2022
    #12517 (first contribution) fix completion for methods in trait generated by macro.
  • LSP Rust Analyzer keeps telling me `Error NO_RESULT_CALLBACK_FOUND`
    3 projects | /r/neovim | 12 Jun 2022
    -- all the opts to send to nvim-lspconfig -- these override the defaults set by rust-tools.nvim -- see https://github.com/neovim/nvim-lspconfig/blob/master/doc/server_configurations.md#rust_analyzer server = { -- on_attach is a callback called when the language server attachs to the buffer -- on_attach = on_attach, settings = { -- to enable rust-analyzer settings visit: -- https://github.com/rust-analyzer/rust-analyzer/blob/master/docs/user/generated_config.adoc ["rust-analyzer"] = { -- enable clippy on save checkOnSave = { command = "clippy" }, assist = { importGranularity = "module", importPrefix = "self", }, cargo = { loadOutDirsFromCheck = true }, procMacro = { enable = true }, } } },
  • rust-analyzer changelog #130
    2 projects | /r/rust | 23 May 2022
    #12349 publish universal VSIX to make Code happy.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing lspkind.nvim and rust-analyzer you can also consider the following projects:

cmp-nvim-lsp - nvim-cmp source for neovim builtin LSP client

vscode-rust - Rust extension for Visual Studio Code

lspsaga.nvim - improve neovim lsp experience [Moved to: https://github.com/nvimdev/lspsaga.nvim]

Clippy - A bunch of lints to catch common mistakes and improve your Rust code. Book: https://doc.rust-lang.org/clippy/

vscode-codicons - The icon font for Visual Studio Code

intellij-rust - Rust plugin for the IntelliJ Platform

lspsaga.nvim - improve neovim lsp experience

rustfmt - Format Rust code

vim-emoji-icon-theme - Emoji/Unicode Icons Theme for Vim and Neovim with support for 40+ plugins and 380+ filetypes 🎨💙💛🤍💚

eglot - A client for Language Server Protocol servers

friendly-snippets - Set of preconfigured snippets for different languages.

rust - Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.