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Feature request: prepare paste request.

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#767 opened on Jun 1, 2019

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Description

For languages having types it would be very useful to get a list of all "symbols" and their respective reference types for a given range.

My use case comes from a Java project where I'm pasting a snippet from one file to another within the same project. When copying the code the editor could make a request to the LS and receive the types. Then upon pasting in a new document the LS could automatically import those types. That is in a Java project add import statements based on any the pasted code.

An even wilder suggestion is to implement a paste request indicating a source and target file and source range for files within the same project.

This kind of types request could be useful in many other situations.

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Research direction
Study the existing LSP specification, understand how requests are defined, and propose a new 'paste' request by opening a pull request to the spec repository. Discuss the proposal in the issue to refine it.
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apideveloper experience
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Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-2 days
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Active
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Clear
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GitUnderstanding of LSP
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
40