p00f/clangd_extensions.nvim

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2022-02-05

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2026-01-13

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Requires Neovim 0.10+

Installation

Install this plugin using any plugin/package manager of your liking or see :h packages.

Configuration

Set up clangd via nvim-lspconfig / vim.lsp.config(), as usual.

You don't need to call require("clangd_extensions").setup() if you like the defaults:

require("clangd_extensions").setup({
    ast = {
        -- These are unicode, should be available in any font
        role_icons = {
            type = "🄣",
            declaration = "🄓",
            expression = "🄔",
            statement = ";",
            specifier = "🄢",
            ["template argument"] = "🆃",
        },
        kind_icons = {
            Compound = "🄲",
            Recovery = "🅁",
            TranslationUnit = "🅄",
            PackExpansion = "🄿",
            TemplateTypeParm = "🅃",
            TemplateTemplateParm = "🅃",
            TemplateParamObject = "🅃",
        },
        --[[ These require codicons (https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-codicons)
            role_icons = {
                type = "",
                declaration = "",
                expression = "",
                specifier = "",
                statement = "",
                ["template argument"] = "",
            },

            kind_icons = {
                Compound = "",
                Recovery = "",
                TranslationUnit = "",
                PackExpansion = "",
                TemplateTypeParm = "",
                TemplateTemplateParm = "",
                TemplateParamObject = "",
            }, ]]

        highlights = {
            detail = "Comment",
        },
    },
    memory_usage = {
        border = "none",
    },
    symbol_info = {
        border = "none",
    },
})

Features

Switch Between Source / Header

Usage

:ClangdSwitchSourceHeader

View AST

You can fold nodes using zc and friends - the AST window has shiftwidth=2 and foldmethod=indent.

Usage

:ClangdAST to view the ast with the current line as the range, :'<,'>ClangdAST with a visual selection to view the ast with the selected lines as range. See how ranges are handled at https://clangd.llvm.org/extensions#ast

Completion Scores

Usage with nvim-cmp:

local cmp = require "cmp"
cmp.setup {
    -- ... rest of your `nvim-cmp` setup ...
    sorting = {
        comparators = {
            cmp.config.compare.offset,
            cmp.config.compare.exact,
            cmp.config.compare.recently_used,
            require("clangd_extensions.cmp_scores"),
            cmp.config.compare.kind,
            cmp.config.compare.sort_text,
            cmp.config.compare.length,
            cmp.config.compare.order,
        },
    },
}

Symbol Info

Usage

:ClangdSymbolInfo with the cursor at the desired symbol.

Type Hierarchy

Usage

:ClangdTypeHierarchy with the cursor over the desired type or a symbol of that type. gd with the cursor over a type in a window to go to its definition.

Memory Usage

You can fold items using zc and friends - the memory usage window has shiftwidth=2 and foldmethod=indent.

Usage

:ClangdMemoryUsage. Preamble can be large so it is collapsed by default, to expand it use :ClangdMemoryUsage expand_preamble

Implementation status of extensions

• Memory usage
• AST
• Symbol info request
• Type hierarchy
• Switch between source/header
• File status (see lsp-status.nvim)
• Compilation commands (can be specified in either vim.lsp.config() or nvim-lspconfig through init_options and settings respectively)
• Code completion scores
• Force diagnostics generation (not sure)