lsp-based-ides.md

Development with LSP-based IDEs (Visual Studio [Code], Vim, Sublime Text, etc.)

1. Run python utils/bootstrap.py to download required dependencies.

2. Create a build directory and enter it (mkdir build, cd build).

3. Invoke CMake directly with your configuration, for example:

   cmake .. --preset mini \
            -G Ninja \
            -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=YES \
            -DBOOTLOADER=YES \
            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug

   See the header of ./CMakeLists.txt for more command-line options (most of them are one-to-one mapped with build.py's options).

4. And invoke ninja. It will generate a compile_commands.json file, that an LSP server can pick up and use to provide autocompletion to your editor (we recommend using clangd).

5. Install some spell checker (optional but recommended).

This assumes you have sufficient version of cmake and ninja available in your PATH.