Medium-Setting Up Neovim for Web Development - 6

lsp_installer_nvim.lua

local lsp_installer = require("nvim-lsp-installer")

-- Provide settings first!
lsp_installer.settings {
    ui = {
        icons = {
            server_installed = "✓",
            server_pending = "➜",
            server_uninstalled = "✗",
        },
    },

    -- Limit for the maximum amount of servers to be installed at the same time. Once this limit is reached, any further
    -- servers that are requested to be installed will be put in a queue.
    max_concurrent_installers = 4,
}


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local function make_server_ready(attach)
  lsp_installer.on_server_ready(function(server)
      local opts = {}
      opts.on_attach = attach

      -- This setup() function is exactly the same as lspconfig's setup function (:help lspconfig-quickstart)
      server:setup(opts)
      vim.cmd [[ do User LspAttachBuffers ]]
  end)
end
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local function install_server(server)
  local lsp_installer_servers = require'nvim-lsp-installer.servers'
  local ok, server_analyzer = lsp_installer_servers.get_server(server)
  if ok then
    if not server_analyzer:is_installed() then
      server_analyzer:install(server) 
    end
  end
end
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local servers = {
  "tsserver",           -- for javascript
  "jsonls",             -- for json
}


-- setup the LS
require "plugins.lspconfig"
make_server_ready(On_attach)    -- LSP mappings

-- install the LS
for _, server in ipairs(servers) do
  install_server(server)
end

Setting Up Neovim for Web Development
https://xlwe.medium.com/setting-up-neovim-for-web-development-70c57c3d7d61