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Clangd

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You can enable the extra with the :LazyExtras command. Plugins marked as optional will only be configured if they are installed.

Below you can find a list of included plugins and their default settings.

caution

You don't need to copy the default settings to your config. They are only shown here for reference.

nvim-treesitter​

Add C/C++ to treesitter

opts = { ensure_installed = { "cpp" } }

clangd_extensions.nvim​

opts = {
  inlay_hints = {
    inline = false,
  },
  ast = {
    --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 = "",
    },
  },
}

nvim-lspconfig​

Correctly setup lspconfig for clangd 🚀

opts = {
  servers = {
    -- Ensure mason installs the server
    clangd = {
      keys = {
        { "<leader>ch", "<cmd>ClangdSwitchSourceHeader<cr>", desc = "Switch Source/Header (C/C++)" },
      },
      root_dir = function(fname)
        return require("lspconfig.util").root_pattern(
          "Makefile",
          "configure.ac",
          "configure.in",
          "config.h.in",
          "meson.build",
          "meson_options.txt",
          "build.ninja"
        )(fname) or require("lspconfig.util").root_pattern("compile_commands.json", "compile_flags.txt")(
          fname
        ) or require("lspconfig.util").find_git_ancestor(fname)
      end,
      capabilities = {
        offsetEncoding = { "utf-16" },
      },
      cmd = {
        "clangd",
        "--background-index",
        "--clang-tidy",
        "--header-insertion=iwyu",
        "--completion-style=detailed",
        "--function-arg-placeholders",
        "--fallback-style=llvm",
      },
      init_options = {
        usePlaceholders = true,
        completeUnimported = true,
        clangdFileStatus = true,
      },
    },
  },
  setup = {
    clangd = function(_, opts)
      local clangd_ext_opts = LazyVim.opts("clangd_extensions.nvim")
      require("clangd_extensions").setup(vim.tbl_deep_extend("force", clangd_ext_opts or {}, { server = opts }))
      return false
    end,
  },
}

nvim-cmp (optional)​

opts = function(_, opts)
  opts.sorting = opts.sorting or {}
  opts.sorting.comparators = opts.sorting.comparators or {}
  table.insert(opts.sorting.comparators, 1, require("clangd_extensions.cmp_scores"))
end

nvim-dap (optional)​

opts = function()
  local dap = require("dap")
  if not dap.adapters["codelldb"] then
    require("dap").adapters["codelldb"] = {
      type = "server",
      host = "localhost",
      port = "${port}",
      executable = {
        command = "codelldb",
        args = {
          "--port",
          "${port}",
        },
      },
    }
  end
  for _, lang in ipairs({ "c", "cpp" }) do
    dap.configurations[lang] = {
      {
        type = "codelldb",
        request = "launch",
        name = "Launch file",
        program = function()
          return vim.fn.input("Path to executable: ", vim.fn.getcwd() .. "/", "file")
        end,
        cwd = "${workspaceFolder}",
      },
      {
        type = "codelldb",
        request = "attach",
        name = "Attach to process",
        pid = require("dap.utils").pick_process,
        cwd = "${workspaceFolder}",
      },
    }
  end
end

mason.nvim (optional)​

opts = { ensure_installed = { "codelldb" } }