languageserver: An implementation of the Language Server Protocol for R

languageserver is an implement of the Microsoft's Language Server Protocol for the language of R.

It is released on CRAN and can be easily installed by

install.packages("languageserver")

The development version of languageserver could be installed by running the following in R

source("https://install-github.me/REditorSupport/languageserver")

Language Clients

These editors are supported by installing the corresponding package.

• VSCode: vscode-r-lsp

• Atom: atom-ide-r

• Sublime Text: LSP

• Vim/NeoVim: LanguageClient-neovim with settings

let g:LanguageClient_serverCommands = {
    \ 'r': ['R', '--quiet', '--slave', '-e', 'languageserver::run()'],
    \ }

• EMacs: lsp-mode with settings

(lsp-define-stdio-client lsp-R "R"
                         (lambda () default-directory)
			 '("R" "--quiet" "--slave" "-e" "languageserver::run()"))
(add-hook 'R-mode-hook #'lsp-R-enable)

Services Implemented

languageserver is still under active development, the following services have been implemented:

• textDocumentSync (diagnostics)
• hoverProvider
• completionProvider
• signatureHelpProvider
• definitionProvider
• referencesProvider
• documentHighlightProvider
• documentSymbolProvider
• workspaceSymbolProvider
• codeActionProvider
• codeLensProvider
• documentFormattingProvider
• documentRangeFormattingProvider
• documentOnTypeFormattingProvider
• renameProvider
• documentLinkProvider
• executeCommandProvider

Diagnostics settings

User can specify the default linters in .Rprofile. Please note that this setting is ignored if a .lintr file is found.

options(languageserver.default_linters = lintr::with_defaults(
    line_length_linter = lintr::line_length_linter(100),
    object_length_linter = NULL,
    object_name_linter = NULL,
    commented_code_linter = NULL
))