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nil: Language server for Nix Expression Language
🚧 *This project is under development, but be happy to try it out!*
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## Features
- [x] Goto definition. `textDocument/definition`
- [x] Local bindings.
- [x] Target of relative paths.
- [x] Find references. `textDocument/reference`
- [x] Local binding references.
- [x] With expression references.
- [x] Completion. `textDocument/completion`
- [x] Builtin names.
- [x] Local bindings and rec-attrset fields.
- [x] Keywords.
- [ ] Attrset fields.
- [x] Diagnostics. `textDocument/publishDiagnostics`
- Syntax errors.
- Incomplete syntax errors are currently suppressed to avoid noisy outputs during typing.
- [x] Hard semantic errors reported as parse errors by Nix, like duplicated keys in attrsets.
- [x] Warnings of legacy syntax.
- [x] Warnings of unnecessary syntax.
- [x] Warnings of unused bindings, `with` and `rec`.
- [ ] Client pulled diagnostics.
- [ ] Cross-file analysis.
- [ ] Multi-threaded.
## Installation
This repo is packaged via [Nix flakes][nix-flakes], the language server binary package is
available through the default flake output `github:oxalica/nil#` with the path `bin/nil`.
You can [enable flakes support][nix-flakes-install] in your nix configuration, and then
run `nix profile install github:oxalica/nil` to get `nil` installed.
You can also use this repository as a flake input and add its output to your own flake-managed
systemwide or home configuration.
Flake output structure:
```
├───devShells
│ └───(...)
└───packages
├───x86_64-linux
│ ├───default: package 'nil-unstable-2022-08-04'
│ └───nil: package 'nil-unstable-2022-08-04'
└───(...)
```
[nix-flakes]: https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Flakes
[nix-flakes-install]: https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Flakes#Installing_flakes
### For neovim `nvim-lspconfig` user
Add the following vimscript to your configuration.
```vim
lua <<EOF
require('lspconfig').rnix.setup {
autostart = true,
-- Ensure `nil` is in your PATH.
cmd = { "nil" },
}
EOF
```
### For emacs `eglot` user
Add the following elisp code to your configuration. (using `use-package`)
```elisp
(use-package nix-mode)
(use-package eglot
:config
;; Ensure `nil` is in your PATH.
(add-to-list 'eglot-server-programs '(nix-mode . ("nil")))
:hook
(nix-mode . eglot-ensure))
```
## License
"nil" is primarily distributed under the terms of both the MIT
license and the Apache License (Version 2.0).
See LICENSE-APACHE and LICENSE-MIT for details.