LuaLS / LuaLS/lua-language-server
Cannot for the life of me configure formatting
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Description
### How are you using the lua-language-server?
Visual Studio Code Extension (sumneko.lua)
### Which OS are you using?
MacOS
### What is the issue affecting?
Formatting
### Expected Behaviour
Formatting adds 6 spaces for indentation.
### Actual Behaviour
Formatting adds the default 2.
### Reproduction steps
I have it set as the default formatter in my `settings.json`:
```
"[lua]": {
"editor.quickSuggestions": {
"other": true,
"comments": true,
"strings": true
},
"editor.tabCompletion": "on",
"editor.quickSuggestionsDelay": 1,
"editor.suggest.snippetsPreventQuickSuggestions": false,
"editor.defaultFormatter": "sumneko.lua",
},
```
I put in `.luarc.json` in my workspace:
```
{
"Lua.format.defaultConfig": {
"indent_style": "space",
"indent_size": "6"
}
}
```
But no luck,
I put in `.vscode/settings.json` in my workspace:
```
{
"Lua.format.defaultConfig": {
"indent_style": "space",
"indent_size": "6"
}
}
```
I try various ways of adding this to the core `settings.json` used by VSCode, either adding it under the `[lua]` entry, or as a top level entry, but no luck.
What am I missing?!
thanks!
### Additional Notes
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Research direction
Reproduce the formatting behavior in Visual Studio Code using the shown settings.json, .luarc.json, and .vscode/settings.json configurations. Trace how the language server reads the formatting configuration and determine why indent_size 6 is ignored; done means the documented workspace configuration produces six-space indentation.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- lua, vscode
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100