leanprover / leanprover/vscode-lean4

Move the abbreviations provider to a UI extension

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Description

Currently all of vscode-lean4 runs as a workspace extension, meaning that in remote setups it will run in the remote extension host. This makes the abbreviations UX pretty bad when the connection has a high latency, because abbreviations are resolved across the network. It would be nicer if they were resolved locally. I'm not 100% sure but this might require splitting out a small "abbreviations" extension with extensionKind: ["ui"].

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Research direction

Read the linked VS Code extension-host guidance first, then locate the current abbreviations provider and the extension manifest. Determine how the provider could run in a UI extension and what must be split out; done means abbreviations resolve locally in remote setups without breaking the existing extension.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript, vscode
Domain
developer-experience, tooling
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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