Re: Explain a bit more on how to configure language server in Eglot's manual

[Augusto Stoffel]

On Mon,  6 Mar 2023 at 18:32, João Távora wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 6:18 PM Augusto Stoffel <arstoffel@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> > add-dir-local-variable with new edit-in-buffer option, an eval option,
>> > and a fill-in-existing-value option.  As a bonus, all those are
>> > orthogonal, so you can do 100 + 100 + 100.
>>
>> Fair enough.  I think you might be overestimating the general interest
>> in those things and underestimating the amount of glue code Eglot would
>> still need, but it's just a hunch.
>
> What glue code?  M-x add-dir-local-variable (or M-x add-project-local-variable
> which is a just a very thing shim on top of the other), then select
> eglot-workspace-configuration, then edit the value and you're done.

You're done and scratching your head, wondering why your server didn't
pick up the settings yet.

> Not a hack, really.  eglot-show-workspace-configuration shows the actual
> configuration in JSON format.  That's useful and LSP specific, so it
> belongs in Eglot. Fredrik Bergroth added it because that is what is
> sent to the server and is really good for debug purposes and
> communicating with server devs, for example.  So it's not subsumed
> by C-h v, for example.

By that reasoning one would want the entire events buffer in JSON
format.  In my recollection that command was really intended to debug
user configurations.