coc-metals
Advanced tools
coc-metals is the recommended coc.nvim extension for Metals, the
Scala language server. coc-metals offers automated Metals installation, easy configuration,
Metals-specific commands, an embedded doctor, implementation of the decoration protocol, and many other small features.
coc-metals works with both Vim and Neovim, but
we recommend neovim for a smoother experience and extra features such as the decoration protocol.
coc.nvim doesn't come with a default mapping for LSP commands, so you need to configure this in
order for any of the commands to work. You can find an example configuration and instructions
herecoc-metals is still somewhat young, some of the features being released may require the
latest snapshot of Metals since there has been a lot of changes since the last stable release.
If something doesn't seem to be working as expected, please try it with the latest snapshot.Once you have coc.nvim installed, you can then install Metals a few different ways, but the
easiest is by running.
:CocInstall coc-metals
If you'd like to use the latest changes on master, you can also just build from source by using
:CocInstall with the repository url.
:CocInstall https://github.com/scalameta/coc-metals
If you'd like to use the latest changes on master, but manage it using a plugin
manager to download the extension, then if you are using vim-plug
for example, enter the following into where you manage your plugins:
Plug 'scalameta/coc-metals', {'do': 'yarn install --frozen-lockfile'}
Then, issue a :PlugInstall to install the extension, and regularly a :PlugUpdate to update it
and pull in the latest changes.
*** Keep in mind that if you are installing directly from the repo via :CocInstall with the
repository url or through a plugin manager, remove coc-metals with :CocUninstall coc-metals
before you add it in with one of the other methods to not conflict with one another.
The first time you open Metals in a new workspace it prompts you to import the build. Click "Import build" to start the installation step.
Once the import step completes, compilation starts for your open *.scala files.
Once the sources have compiled successfully, you can navigate the codebase with goto definition.
By default, Metals runs an embedded sbt-launch.jar launcher that respects .sbtopts and .jvmopts. However, the environment variables SBT_OPTS and JAVA_OPTS are not respected.
Update the metals.sbtScript setting to use a custom sbt script instead of the default Metals launcher if you need further customizations like reading environment variables.
The "Import build" step can take a long time, especially the first time you run it in a new build. The exact time depends on the complexity of the build and if library dependencies need to be downloaded. For example, this step can take everything from 10 seconds in small cached builds up to 10-15 minutes in large uncached builds.
Consult the Bloop documentation to learn how to speed up build import.
When you change build.sbt or sources under project/, you will be prompted to re-import the build.
The coc-metals extension uses by default the JAVA_HOME environment variable
(via find-java-home) to locate the java executable.
If no JAVA_HOME is detected you can then Open Settings by following the instructions or do it at
a later time by using :CocConfig or :CocConfigLocal which will open up your configuration where
you can manually enter your JAVA_HOME location.
coc.nvim uses jsonc as
a configuration file format. It's basically json with comment support.
In order to get comment highlighting, please add:
autocmd FileType json syntax match Comment +\/\/.\+$+
Update the "Server Version" setting to try out the latest pending Metals features.
After updating the version, you'll be triggered to reload the window. This will be necessary before the new version will be downloaded and used.
To list all compilation errors and warnings in the workspace, run the following command.
:CocList diagnostics
Or use the default recommended mapping <space> a.
This is helpful to see compilation errors in different files from your current open buffer.
To troubleshoot problems with your build workspace, open your coc commands by either
using :CocCommand or the recommend mapping <space> c. This will open your command
window allowing you to search for metals.doctor-run command.
This command opens an embedded doctor in your preview window. If you're not familiar with
having multiple windows, you can use <C-w> + w to jump into it.
Metals allows users to create a *.worksheet.sc file and see evaluations right in the file. In Vim,
this is done using comments that are inserted which will allow you to hover on them to expand. In
Neovim, this is done using Neovim's virtual text
to implement Metal's Decoration Protocol.
If using Neovim, make sure to have the following line in included in your .vimrc along with your coc.nvim mappings.
nmap <Leader>ws <Plug>(coc-metals-expand-decoration)
Then, when on the line that you'd like to expand the decoration to get the hover information, execute a
<leader>ws in order to see the expanded text for that line.
metals.restartServermetals.build-importmetals.build-connectmetals.sources-scanmetals.compile-cascademetals.compile-cancelmetals.doctor-runmetals.logs-toggleRun :CocList outline to show a symbol outline for the current file or use the
default mapping <space> o.
The following configuration options are currently available. The easiest way to set these
configurations is to enter :CocConfig or :CocLocalConfig to set your global or local
configuration settings respectively.
If you'd like to get autocompletion help for the configuration values you can install coc-json.
| Configuration Option | Description |
|---|---|
metals.serverVersion | The version of the Metals server artifact. Requires reloading the window. |
metals.serverProperties | Optional list of properties to pass along to the Metals server. By default, the environment variable JAVA_OPTS and .jvmopts file are respected. |
metals.javaHome | Optional path to the Java home directory. Requires reloading the window.\n\nDefaults to the most recent Java 8 version computed by the locate-java-home npm package. |
metals.sbtScript | Optional absolute path to an sbt executable to use for running sbt bloopInstall. By default, Metals uses java -jar sbt-launch.jar with an embedded launcher while respecting .jvmopts and .sbtopts.\n\nUpdate this setting if your sbt script requires more customizations like using environment variables. |
metals.millScript | Optional absolute path to a mill executable to use for running mill mill.contrib.Bloop/install. By default, Metals uses an embedded millw script while respecting .mill-version file. Update this setting if your mill script requires more customizations. |
metals.mavenScript | Optional absolute path to a mvn executable to use for running mvn ch.epfl.scala:maven-bloop_2.10:<bloop_version>:bloopInstall. By default, Metals uses an embedded mvnw script. Update this setting if your mvn script requires more customizations. |
metals.gradleScript | Optional absolute path to a gradle executable to use for running gradle bloopInstall. By default, Metals uses an embedded gradlew script. Update this setting if your gradle script requires more customizations. |
metals.pantsTargets | The pants targets to export. Space separated list of Pants targets to export, for example src/main/scala:: src/main/java::. Syntax such as src/{main,test}:: is not supported." |
metals.scalafmtConfigPath | Optional custom path to the .scalafmt.conf file. Should be relative to the workspace root directory and use forward slashes / for file separators (even on Windows). |
metals.customRepositories | Optional list of custom resolvers passed to Coursier when fetching metals dependencies.\n\nFor documentation on accepted values see the Coursier documentation. The extension will pass these to Coursier using the COURSIER_REPOSITORIES environment variable after joining the custom repositories with a pipe character ( |
To properly support adding | in multiline strings we are using the
onTypeFormatting method. To enable the functionality you need to enable
coc.preferences.formatOnType setting.
The Metals server is shutdown when you exit vim as you normally would.
:wq
This step clean ups resources that are used by the server.
coc.nvim has multiple ways to integrate with various statusline plugins. You can find instructions
for each of them located here.
Two noteworthy things that they add are the ability to see diagnostic information in the current
buffer...
... and also progress information for longer standing processes.
If you don't use a statusline integration, but would still like to see this information, the easiest
way is to add the following to your .vimrc.
set statusline^=%{coc#status()}
The coc#status() function will display both status and diagnostic information. However, if you are
using an integration like I am in the photos that display your diagnostic information in the far
right, but you'd like to see the status information in the middle, you can make a small function to
just grab that information, and use it in your statusline. This is what I use for lightline to
display only the status information in the middle of the statusline (section_c).
function! CocExtensionStatus() abort
return get(g:, 'coc_status', '')
endfunction
let g:airline_section_c = '%f%{CocExtensionStatus()}'
If you'd like to have :w format using Metals + Scalafmt, then make sure you have the following in
your :CocConfig.
"coc.preferences.formatOnSaveFiletypes": ["scala"]
The Metals server places logs and other files in the .metals/ directory. The Bloop compile server places logs and compilation artifacts in the .bloop directory. A Bloop plugin that generates Bloop configuration is added in the project/metals.sbt file. It's recommended to ignore these directories and file from version control systems like git.
# ~/.gitignore
.metals/
.bloop/
project/metals.sbt
If you have any questions or issues with coc-metals, please submit an issue in this repo if it pertains to the extension. If the issues is general to Metals, please submit it in the Metals issue repo. If you have any feature requests, we also have a feature request issue repo.
If you're interested in contributing, please visit the CONTRIBUTING guide for help on getting started.
The screen shots are a mixture of both vim and neovim. The theme is onedark with syntax highlighting added by vim-scala. The status bar is vim-airline, and vim in being ran in iTerm2.
FAQs
coc.nvim extension for Metals, the Scala language server
The npm package coc-metals receives a total of 11 weekly downloads. As such, coc-metals popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that coc-metals demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 4 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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