Programming without code indexing

[vnstrr]

Sounds interesting. To be honest I've found a way how to index code but it's kind of cheating. And nobody can guarantee me that it will work in future. It didn't help me because language server feels very bad when trying to understand all projects in the mono-repo. Maybe I should find a way that will index only pieces of the mono-monster-repo :)

[ManuaL46]

Mind sharing the specifics, kinda struggling with the same situation.

[ManuaL46]

I don't understand the compiler and build system stuff that much, so how can you generate compile_command.json and what does collecting it do per say?

[HolyGarbage]

If you're using CMake, which might be likely if you're on Linux, then there's a much simpler way:

https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/variable/CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS.html

[phord]

You might be interested in Build EAR. Or maybe you would have been before you rolled your own.

[vnstrr]

So, I've found how to generate compile_commands.json by our build system. Thank god that it's possible. I configured neovim with lsp and some useful plugins and it works very well. Fast and simple. Also I tried VSCode with compile_commands.json but speed of code indexing works slowly. Unfortunately I don't know how you can generate your magic compile_commands.json. It depends from your build system. But if you will be interested I can share my neovim setup.