On: How LSP could have been better

[lozenge]

The features of LSP are exactly the features of VS Code. So if you create a different editor, it will only support what VS Code does. (Unless you put in per-language effort like the olden days). If you create an LSP, it will work best in VS Code.

As well, Microsoft is building a wealth of VS Code-only features and LSPs (locking out VSCodium), by the end, they will have taken from open source and not given anything back.

[samfundev → lozenge]

> The features of LSP are exactly the features of VS Code. So if you create a different editor, it will only support what VS Code does.

This is not true since LSPs can add extensions to the existing API. For example: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-analyzer/blob/master/docs/...

> If you create an LSP, it will work best in VS Code.

Any editor can work just as well as (or even better than) VS Code.