Im newbe with lang server and i dont know how to use

[lucas-gio]

Is my case. I have an download section with server and grammar. Ok. ¿and?
¿How to install? My first impression was: I must compile this in order to use.
The readme is focused in server's developers, but not in server's users.
¿I need to unzip this in an folder that i must add later in path env?
¿How to use?

In server folder i have an bat. I can use to start this program, but... ¿?

What I'm trying to say is that maybe a step by step is missing for those who just see this server and want to use it.
Thanks for read my discussion!!

[themkat]

The readme is focused in server's developers, but not in server's users.

Where is this information for the server's developers??? 😱 Actually having that there would have been super useful when I first started contributing 😛 Sorry for messing with you on this one, now to the serious reply....

In server folder i have an bat. I can use to start this program, but... ¿?

First of all, what editor are you planning to use the server with? The server only provides IDE like functionality as a backend/server application, but you still need an editor where these features should be used from. The language server is not a standalone application in that regard. We have a list of various editors and their config linked to in the README. After you have picked an editor you want to give IDE-like super powers to, then you will need to configure that editor to use the language server application.

Have summarised it for the editors I'm most familiar with below 🙂 Let me know if you need any additional information.

VSCode

If you are using VSCode, then vscode-kotlin is probably your best bet. It can even be downloaded from the VSCode Marketplace. When you start it from the first time, it will download the language server and set up everything for you 🙂 If you prefer to provide the language server yourself (by giving it an executable path), you can change that in the Kotlin extension settings. (It also works with Kotlin-debug-adapter, if you need that for simple debugging.).

Emacs

If you enjoy using Emacs, like myself, you can simply use the lsp-mode package. Then run the lsp command inside a Kotlin source file and import the root of the project. Like the VSCode extension, lsp-mode will download the server for you if you do not already have it installed. I have also written a blog post with some tips and tricks to work with Kotlin in Emacs. It includes basic Emacs lisp config.

Others (Vim, Sublime etc.)

For Vim, the EDITOR.md document describes installation quite well.

Sublime seems to have an LSP extension that you can try.