Can I integrate yazi with lsp?

[Demianeen]

I use neovim and I use mostly yazi for navigating between files, just because it is soo good)

The only feature that stops me from deleting the nvim-tree though is that yazi does not invoke my nvim lsp client.

I know that yazi is a completely different app from neovim, but is it possible somehow to connect yazi with Neovim's lsp client?

[sxyazi]

Could you be more specific please? What tasks do you want to accomplish through LSP?

[Demianeen]

Sure! I mean autopaths updates on file/folder rename and on file/folder move. Do you think it is possible?

[sxyazi]

I think it's possible that Yazi can output a list of files with user-renamed files, and then the Yazi plugin in Neovim can notify Nvim LSP to update the corresponding files based on that list.

Here is an issue about it: #766. I'll first implement the Yazi side of the work (outputting these files) in the coming days, and then Yazi Neovim plugins will need corresponding adaptations, which will be a complex task. 😄

[sxyazi]

Hi, a new yazi.nvim plugin written by @mikavilpas now supports it. Feel free to try it out. (Requires the latest Yazi code atm)

[mikavilpas]

This is so cool, I hadn't realized someone had suggested this earlier 😆
I had the exact same idea the day before yesterday and I managed to hack together an implementation for this yesterday.

[mikavilpas]

For those that are interested, I drew a fancy diagram that explains how this feature works.

https://github.com/mikavilpas/yazi.nvim/blob/master/dev-documentation/lsp-renaming.md

It may be useful for other editor integrations, but the real reason was that I wanted to draw something fancy 🙂

[sxyazi]

Sweet, thank you for the excellent work @mikavilpas! 👍🏻