Best configuration for text editor usage?

[loukamb]

Using bflat in combination with the standard C# tooling for VSCode doesn't work out well. Default configuration with Microsoft's C# LSP extension doesn't allow for code completion, and while enabling Omnisharp does make some amount of intellisense work, it defaults to the installed dotnet libraries (and therefore provides incorrect completions, e.g. typing in Console. automatically inserts using Internal; at the top of a file, which is invalid in bflat). I attempted pointing Omnisharp to bflat's runtime but none of the configurable paths work because it expects a dotnet-like directory structure. Disabling Omnisharp altogether just breaks code autocompletion and intellisense and no amount of configuration can fix it, at least from my attempts.

If you are using bflat, what is your text editor/LSP setup? I'd like to know so I can improve my own.

[lucabol]

Here

Look at the json files (and others) in the top directory for usage with VS Community Edition (not VSCode) and --stdlib:none. They create menu items to run compiler/debugger. I wasn't able to associate an hotkey to some.

BTW: I stopped using VSCode because I couldn't get the debugger to work. But I didn't try for very long . It might be possible.

[loukamb]

That’s useful but that’s not what I’m looking for. I’m looking for code autocompletion/LSP functionality, not shortcuts for compilation and debugging (I just use the command line)

[lucabol]

With those scripts and VS Community Edition autocompletion/debugging was usable for me (not perfect). I was using it with nolib + cs files of zerolib. Your usage might be different or your standards might be higher.

[loukamb]

I cannot use VS Community Edition, which is presumably why it works for you. I am not on Windows.

[itsmagu]

Hi, you have some options:

1. Neovim / Vim
   This might not be a good one if you don't like the vim-like modes, but it has support with a Omnisharp LSP. A neovim distro is the best way to go if you don't want to spend hours configuring it all, something like Astrovim or LazyVim. This might be the best option if you are on Linux and want to stay free.

2. Rider
   Rider works wonders on Linux, it's a Jetbrains IDE so pray that you are a student(it's free if you are enrolled in a school) or have some cash at hand. But it is almost a more capable IDE then Microsoft's Visual studio in my opinion.

Then the actual setup of the project might help with the LSP and such. I have tried working with the Zerolib source in rider and it only shows me the things that exist in Zerolib and works excellent (If this did not work bflat would be dealbroken imho). This does require some special but simple setup when creating the project. Like creating a real Dotnet Project but make the run configuration go to bflat instead of the real project file.

[FrankRay78]

Hello @itsmagu, having never setup a custom LSP, do you have a gist or example handy showing how you did this in Rider? I'm using VS2022 but hope to do the same thing. Ideally I want to implement some form of custom clib for my bare metal kernel.