Ask HN: Is it still possible to live in a terminal?

Re:Ask HN: Is it still possible to live in a terminal? by adriand on Saturday October 15, 2022 @07:59PM (#33219794)

I mean like all the stuff that displays in and around the code, that isn’t the code itself. For example warnings, hints, etc. An obvious example of something you can’t do in Neovim is display information in a smaller font. Generally speaking you just don’t have nearly as many options for creating information hierarchies in a UI consisting of ASCII characters.

In terms of turning things off, if you turn them off, then what’s the point of having the language server? (Not a rhetorical question - I would describe myself as a workaday programmer, not a master by any means.)

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Re:Ask HN: Is it still possible to live in a terminal? by gpanders on Sunday October 16, 2022 @12:22AM (#33221002)

>In terms of turning things off, if you turn them off, then what’s the point of having the language server?

Code navigation and completion, for one.

But there are plenty of knobs to turn that provide a spectrum between “show nothing” and “show everything”. I also find the inline diagnostic text noisy, so I configure it to only show on the line where my cursor is. You can also use the “open_float” function to open the diagnostics on your current line in a floating window. That way you can leave them off my and simply view them on-demand.

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