rust_hdl VS vimspector

rust_hdl

I want to share a VHDL language server I have written in Rust. It is now in a really good state and is ready to be the daily driver for someone working on VHDL. It is completely free and open source, enjoy! https://github.com/VHDL-LS/rust_hdl

For VHDL, vhdl_ls seems to be the best choice for code navigation with support to find definitions and references as well as diagnostics. I do not know however how its internal linter compares to GHDL.

I'm using emacs + rust_hdl as LSP and it provides me live-error-checking for VHDL designs. You should be able to use rust_hdl with any text editor of your choice as long as it supports LSP.

In addition, install LSP mode (language server protocol) and run the https://github.com/VHDL-LS/rust_hdl rust hdl language server, that'll give you stuff like type hints for signals and ports etc.

Would this fix the problems or just delay the rottening process?

Same with rust_hdl as LSP.

There are DAP extensions for both Vim (e.g. https://github.com/puremourning/vimspector) and NeoVim (https://github.com/mfussenegger/nvim-dap). I can't speak as to the experience in detail (I think I briefly played with nvim-dap a year or two ago), but I suspect that for most it will be good enough.

I struggle a bit to put what i want into words but i still try my best.So i got some plugins likehttps://github.com/sindrets/diffview.nvimhttps://github.com/harrisoncramer/gitlab.nvimhttps://github.com/puremourning/vimspectorand so on (but those are the one which i need that "feature" the most).

The actual title is "Vimspector - A multi-language debugging plugin for Vim".

It is a UI around DAP: https://github.com/puremourning/vimspector#what-vimspector-i...

vimspector

I do think VSCode is a great tool and I recommend it frequently to people, but I still want to set the record straight here. Yes, vim is obviously limited in the sense that as a CLI app it doesn't draw it's own PDF or HTML windows, that's fair. But it can remote control your favorite PDF viewer or browser for roughly the same functionality. I'm currently writing my thesis using vimtex and it's quite smooth. And all the other stuff you mention is implemented quite competently by various plugins like vim-fugitive, coc.nvim, vimspector and copilot.vim.

You could try vimspector. It's main target is vim and not neovim.

https://github.com/puremourning/vimspector/

I use vim for C++ coding, however it is a bit difficult to set up to make it productive. I use YouCompleteMe [0] for autocompletion, Vimspector [1] with the C++ plugin for debugging, ALE [2] for linting, along with a few other general plugins (such as NerdTREE for file view).

[0] https://github.com/ycm-core/YouCompleteMe

[1] https://github.com/puremourning/vimspector

[2] https://github.com/dense-analysis/ale

For debugging normally I'd throw a breakpoint() and then have it launch pdb in a terminal from within nvim, but vimspector also exists if you'd rather.