So, I've written a language server for a very niche programming language (Paradox Interactive games' scripting language). I started it as a VSCode extension (v

So, I've written a language server for a very niche programming language (Paradox Interactive games' scripting language). I started it as a VSCode extension (via LSP), and am halfway to getting a Sublime Text extension to work, and gave up on intellij. Emacs/Vim shouldn't be hard, but I have no idea how I would release updates. While I agree LSP is technically making it an "n-plus-m" problem, implementing the plugins that wire things up to the IDE is hard. My main pain-points have been: - Initial integration: Each IDE has its own extension framework, and it takes a lot of work to get my LSP server to work at all - Deploying updates: Once I have it working, I then need to spend days automating updates for each IDE. - Distributing LSP updates: For VSCode, I bundle the executable, but that means extension updates for every LSP update. I could have system level installation, but I don't want to ask users to take that risk (nor manage installers myself) - Syntax highlighting: There is no good standard for semantic highlighting (technically textmate, in practice not). LSP doesn't include highlighting. - Settings management: Each IDE has a different way of managing settings, and gluing that to the LSP isn't easy. Basically, I have to spend a week or two of my free time to support an extra IDE at all (not well), which is frustrating. Probably a month or two for full support, and that would be for maybe a dozen users.