> for what it is worth I think freemarker is a perfect candidate for LSP approach.

Glad the idea please you Max.

The language server can be reused in visual studio code, emacs and vi implementations of LSP support.

Indeed, you can find:

* https://github.com/angelozerr/freemarker-languageserver the basic Freemarker Language Server

* https://github.com/angelozerr/lsp4e-freemarker Eclipse based on LSP4e which consumes the server

* https://github.com/dcortes92/vs-freemarker/issues/15 my suggestion to consume the server inside VSCode in the existing VSCode Freemarker extension

Once I will find why Daniel cannot consume the Freemarker Language Server with LSP4e (see https://github.com/angelozerr/lsp4e-freemarker/issues/2),

if I find time I will experiment advanced features like completion, hyperlink, outline, etc (see https://github.com/angelozerr/freemarker-languageserver/issues/1)

Regard's Angelo

2018-03-20 16:43 GMT+01:00 Mickael Istria <mistria@redhat.com>:

On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 4:33 PM, Max Rydahl Andersen <manderse@redhat.com> wrote:
nice. does that approach end up being sensible for users or will it add a lot of details to the outline ?

It would depend on the LS grain for "symbols". My experience with it was positive and I never suffered from a too full outline as far as I remember.
Feel free to give it a try with BlueSky for instance and to report your impressions on related bug trackers.

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