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> I don't really see the big deal here. Who wants to approve and configure all of their language servers? everyone > If you open a file for that language, is

> I don't really see the big deal here. Who wants to approve and configure all of their language servers? everyone > If you open a file for that language, is there ever a time you would deny the download? every time default should be offline imo. want to download something? do it manually and place in folder etc

Dobbs 2y ago
Just migrated from Vim to NeoVim. Downloading and configuring all the various LSPs has genuinely been one of the most frustrating aspects.
- nrabulinski 2y ago
  Then you’d click the „yes and never ask me again” if a prompt about whether you want to download a random binary showed up. But a lot of people wouldn’t want to click that and would either click „no and never ask me again” or vet each case one by one
  - theultdev 2y ago
    How are you going to "vet" the language server when it pops up? It's not a "random binary" either, it's a hosted binary for language features coming from the zed developers github release. Even if the binary was compiled on demand when you clicked the button, were you going to go through the entire source of node to verify?
    - wtetzner 2y ago
      > How are you going to "vet" the language server when it pops up? You may not vet the source of the language server, but you might want to determine which ones you are willing to trust/take the risk, and which ones you aren't.
- Woshiwuja 2y ago
  just use mason
  - Dobbs 2y ago
    mason can install them, but there isn't a way to "ensure-installed" built in. So that was a second package I needed. Then I needed a third package to configure things. Maybe I'm missing something, but it was definitely more complicated than "just use mason".
- setopt 2y ago
  With Vim + ALE this is dead easy: Install LSP servers via your OS package manager, and ALE will find them in $PATH and use them. If you want to use NeoVim, then LSP-zero + Mason was also a decent experience last I tried.
morgante 2y ago
> everyone Are you really so self-centered that you can't imagine anyone doesn't care? I'll raise my hand and say I personally am happy to trust Zed and am fine with auto-installing whatever binaries they propose. I do think it's reasonable to have an option for people with different security postures, but don't assume you speak for everyone.
KomoD 2y ago
> everyone Not true, everyone is not you, I don't want to.
octernion 2y ago
a classic HN comment! "everyone is just like me" absolutely incorrect, i loved that it does it for me and do not care even in the slightest and in fact this is 1000x preferable to vscode asking me. what on earth made you think this was a reasonable reply.

Dobbs 2y ago

Just migrated from Vim to NeoVim. Downloading and configuring all the various LSPs has genuinely been one of the most frustrating aspects.

nrabulinski 2y ago
Then you’d click the „yes and never ask me again” if a prompt about whether you want to download a random binary showed up. But a lot of people wouldn’t want to click that and would either click „no and never ask me again” or vet each case one by one
- theultdev 2y ago
  How are you going to "vet" the language server when it pops up? It's not a "random binary" either, it's a hosted binary for language features coming from the zed developers github release. Even if the binary was compiled on demand when you clicked the button, were you going to go through the entire source of node to verify?
  - wtetzner 2y ago
    > How are you going to "vet" the language server when it pops up? You may not vet the source of the language server, but you might want to determine which ones you are willing to trust/take the risk, and which ones you aren't.
Woshiwuja 2y ago
just use mason
- Dobbs 2y ago
  mason can install them, but there isn't a way to "ensure-installed" built in. So that was a second package I needed. Then I needed a third package to configure things. Maybe I'm missing something, but it was definitely more complicated than "just use mason".
setopt 2y ago
With Vim + ALE this is dead easy: Install LSP servers via your OS package manager, and ALE will find them in $PATH and use them. If you want to use NeoVim, then LSP-zero + Mason was also a decent experience last I tried.

morgante 2y ago

> everyone Are you really so self-centered that you can't imagine anyone doesn't care? I'll raise my hand and say I personally am happy to trust Zed and am fine with auto-installing whatever binaries they propose. I do think it's reasonable to have an option for people with different security postures, but don't assume you speak for everyone.

KomoD 2y ago

> everyone Not true, everyone is not you, I don't want to.

octernion 2y ago

a classic HN comment! "everyone is just like me" absolutely incorrect, i loved that it does it for me and do not care even in the slightest and in fact this is 1000x preferable to vscode asking me. what on earth made you think this was a reasonable reply.