Ask HN: Elixir LSP doesn't work on VSCode and Neovim. Any solutions?

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  1. otp

    Erlang/OTP

    I have tried installing Elixir+Erlang through Homebrew (as instructed by the official Elixir website): https://elixir-lang.org/install.html#macos

    I also tried uninstalling them and installing through ASDF and I made sure that they both had the same version (27) as mentioned in this article: https://elixir-ko.github.io/install.html

    This Issue mentions that Elixir may be incompatible with the most recent OpenSSL versions, but I don't want to downgrade OpenSSL: https://github.com/erlang/otp/issues/4577#issuecomment-925962048. Also: https://elixirforum.com/t/elixirls-cannot-connect-to-server-in-vscode/55345/8

    I also did every tip mentioned on the Github page of the Elixir LSP: https://github.com/elixir-lsp/elixir-ls?tab=readme-ov-file#troubleshooting

    Several hours later, I still can't use the Elixir LSP in VSCode. This is the error I keep getting:

    ```

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  3. elixir-ls

    A frontend-independent IDE "smartness" server for Elixir. Implements the "Language Server Protocol" standard and provides debugger support via the "Debug Adapter Protocol"

    I have tried installing Elixir+Erlang through Homebrew (as instructed by the official Elixir website): https://elixir-lang.org/install.html#macos

    I also tried uninstalling them and installing through ASDF and I made sure that they both had the same version (27) as mentioned in this article: https://elixir-ko.github.io/install.html

    This Issue mentions that Elixir may be incompatible with the most recent OpenSSL versions, but I don't want to downgrade OpenSSL: https://github.com/erlang/otp/issues/4577#issuecomment-925962048. Also: https://elixirforum.com/t/elixirls-cannot-connect-to-server-in-vscode/55345/8

    I also did every tip mentioned on the Github page of the Elixir LSP: https://github.com/elixir-lsp/elixir-ls?tab=readme-ov-file#troubleshooting

    Several hours later, I still can't use the Elixir LSP in VSCode. This is the error I keep getting:

    ```

  4. Visual Studio Code

    Visual Studio Code

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