Introduction to LSP

The LSP is what you can use to give Neovim extra features that you might associate with VSCode or other ide-like code/text editors.

LSP stands for Language Server Protocol. Neovim comes with a built-in LSP client, and it uses the language server protocol to communicate with these different servers for each language.

These servers make it possible to get features such as go-to-definition, auto-complete and syntax errors (like if you spell something wrong or miss a semi-colon — so you don’t rip your hair out trying to find it).

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It’s worth noting that these features (e.g. go-to-definiton) don’t always come directly with Neovim when the language server is configured.

It enables the use of features, and you will need to get plugins for each feature that you want.