Warning message if clangd not found not displayed ?

[Christoph Cullmann (cullmann.io)]

On 2022-10-02 17:01, Christoph Cullmann (cullmann.io) wrote:
> On 2022-10-02 14:23, Alexander Neundorf wrote:
>> On Mittwoch, 28. September 2022 00:39:07 CEST Alexander Neundorf 
>> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I digged a bit into my clangd problems, and got a little bit further.
>>> If clangd is not installed (it doesn't crash anymore, I think it did 
>>> in
>>> older versions, that's good :-) ),
>>> In LSPClientServerManagerImpl::_findServer() it ends up in the branch
>>> "we didn't find the server at all!", where a warning should be 
>>> displayed
>>> using showMessage(), but I can't see the warning. "LSP Client" -> 
>>> "More
>>> Options" -> "Show Messages" is checked.
>>> Where should the message appear ?
>> 
>> ok, I found it. The message that clangd could not be started is as a 
>> warning
>> in the "Output" tab, which I usually never open.
>> I really looked closely at kate to find the message, and I found it 
>> only after
>> digging into the sources. I would assume that many users will not see 
>> it.
>> 
>> IMO this warning message is so important that the user needs to see it
>> (because it means that "Switch header" does not work, which at least 
>> to me is
>> essential in navigating between files).
>> I could change it from Warning to Error, then the tab will by default 
>> be
>> opened if the message is issued.
>> This may happen multiple times, e.g. also for each different language.
>> I could add a flag so that it is issued only once as error for every 
>> language,
>> and then as warning afterwards ?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I think we downgraded this to warning as it was super annoying to have
> always the
> output tab there.
> 
> On the other side, you now need to acknowledge the start the first 
> time,
> too, perhaps a first time error would make sense, too.
> 
> But the acknowledge is persistent, over application runs, I think the 
> same
> must be true for errors, if we want that.
> 
> But perhaps others have other ideas.

Just had perhaps a better idea:

I think it would in general make sense to highlight the output toolview 
button if new stuff arrives there.

Perhaps even with the proper info/warning/error icon of the most urgent 
not yet seen thing.

That would be imho non-intrusive and useful for other things, too.

Greetings
Christoph

> 
> Greetings
> Christoph
> 
> 
>> 
>> Other ideas ?
>> 
>> Thanks
>> Alex

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