Vim plugin like vscode "go to definition" function

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  • language-server-protocol

    Defines a common protocol for language servers.

  • Another solution is to run a server implementing the LSP and to add a plugin which acts as a LSP client to your Vim. This page has a list of LSP clients for Vim, so you can look them up and pick the one that is most convenient for you.

  • ctags

    A maintained ctags implementation

  • Vim has the tag feature built-in, which allows it to jump to the tags that were found by a tool like universal ctags using :h CTRL-]. See :help tags for more information on this. Fun fact: this is the approach that Vim uses when you use :help!

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  • YouCompleteMe

    A code-completion engine for Vim

  • my favorite is YouCompleteMe.

  • coc.nvim

    Nodejs extension host for vim & neovim, load extensions like VSCode and host language servers.

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