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The Lua language server provides various language features for Lua to make development easier and faster. With around half a million installs on Visual Studio Code, it is the most popular extension for Lua language support.
- ๐ Over 20 supported annotations for documenting your code
- โช Go to definition
- ๐ฆบ Dynamic type checking
- ๐ Find references
โ ๏ธ Diagnostics/Warnings- ๐ต๏ธ Syntax checking
- ๐ Element renaming
- ๐จ๏ธ Hover to view details on variables, functions, and more
- ๐๏ธ Autocompletion
- ๐ Support for libraries
- ๐ Code formatting
- ๐ฌ Spell checking
- ๐ ๏ธ Custom plugins
- ๐ Documentation Generation
The language server can easily be installed for use in VS Code, but it can also be used by other clients using the command line.
The language server and Visual Studio Code client can be installed from the VS Code Marketplace.
Check the wiki for a guide to install the language server for use on the command line. This allows the language server to be used with NeoVim and other clients that follow the language server protocol.
| Version | Supported |
|---|---|
| Lua 5.1 |  |
| Lua 5.2 | |
| Lua 5.3 | |
| Lua 5.4 | |
| LuaJIT | |
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Configuration of the server can be done in a number of ways, which are explained more in-depth in the wiki.
You can use the settings editor or edit the raw JSON file.
See the configuration file wiki page.
The language server had opt-in telemetry that collected usage data and sent it to the development team to help improve the extension. Read our privacy policy to learn more. Telemetry was removed in v3.6.5 and is no longer part of the language server.
Software that the language server (or the development of it) uses:
React
Typescript
Django
Laravel
Facebook
Microsoft
Google
Alibaba
D3
Tencent