microsoft / microsoft/language-server-protocol
Feature request: prepare paste request.
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Description
For languages having types it would be very useful to get a list of all "symbols" and their respective reference types for a given range.
My use case comes from a Java project where I'm pasting a snippet from one file to another within the same project. When copying the code the editor could make a request to the LS and receive the types. Then upon pasting in a new document the LS could automatically import those types. That is in a Java project add import statements based on any the pasted code.
An even wilder suggestion is to implement a paste request indicating a source and target file and source range for files within the same project.
This kind of types request could be useful in many other situations.
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No files, tests, or entry points are named. First clarify whether the goal is a typed-symbols request or a source/target paste request, then define the protocol shape and acceptance examples before implementation.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java, typescript
- Domain
- developer-experience, devtools
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100