Zig files go to zls as a child process through the protocol client, as every other language does: the in-process ZLS backend goes

lsp_zls.zig (1,522 lines), the zls dependency, build.zig's zls wiring and the import graph it baked into the options only for it, and main.zig's reference go. lsp_client's table gains a zls row (PARDES_LSP_ZIG overrides it); Hover, Rename, Diagnostics, WsSymbols, Lspinfo and gd answer through it (checked with lspprobe and the snapshots against zls 0.16.1-dev). What changes for a user: zls must be on PATH; a completion's rows are zls's candidates at the cursor, where the linked analyser gave each one's declaration; document symbols carry no signature. The Zig snapshots (lsp, lspcomplete, lspcompletemoved, lspdebug, lsprelpath) run the real zls now: lspdebug reads the client's explain and report, lsprelpath spells gr's rows where it spelled a completion's, and their goldens are recorded again (stable over three runs). Lspinfo still opens with its backend line. The ReleaseFast tty binary is 105.35 MB to 96.28 MB, the Debug one 296.5 MB to 245.9 MB. docs/lsp.md, web.md, design.typ and the README say so.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/test/snapshots/lspcomplete.golden b/test/snapshots/lspcomplete.golden
index 0b29034f..77f844ac 100644
--- a/test/snapshots/lspcomplete.golden
+++ b/test/snapshots/lspcomplete.golden
@@ -19,16 +19,18 @@
 |2: ^* /tmp/pardes-snap/lspcomplete/cwd/a.zig Save Tty Collapse Del TreeContext
 |12:     10     }
 == snap commentindent grid=120x41 cursor=19,14
+|3:      1 const Shade = enum {                                  --:--:--  lsp zls ready — /tmp/pardes-snap/lspcomplete/cwd
 |14:     12 // note.     see below
 == snap athedot grid=120x41 cursor=16,10
+|3:      1 const Shade = enum {
 |10:      8         .
 == snap completion grid=120x41 cursor=16,10
 |15:    /tmp/pardes-snap/lspcomplete/cwd/+Search Save Tty Collapse Del
-|16:      1 a.zig:2:5-13 verdigris  verdigris,
-|17:      2 a.zig:3:5-12 cinnabar  cinnabar,
+|16:      1 a.zig:8:10 verdigris
+|17:      2 a.zig:8:10 cinnabar
 |18:      3
 == snap refill grid=120x41 cursor=16,10
-== snap step grid=120x41 cursor=19,4
+== snap step grid=120x41 cursor=16,10
 |2:  * /tmp/pardes-snap/lspcomplete/cwd/a.zig Save Tty Collapse Del TreeContext
 == snap txtindent grid=120x41 cursor=15,3
 |Newcol Joincol Find Grep Help Changelog Tutor Dump NextColor Debug Exit
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@
 |Newcol Joincol Find Grep Help Changelog Tutor Dump NextColor Debug Exit
 |   New Tty Find Grep Joincol Delcol
 |^* /tmp/pardes-snap/lspcomplete/cwd/c.zig Save Tty Collapse Del TreeContext
-|     1 const Shade = enum {
+|     1 const Shade = enum {              --:--:--  lsp zls ready — /tmp/pardes-snap/lspcomplete/cwd
 |     2     verdigris,
 |     3     cinnabar,
 |     4 };
@@ -49,14 +51,14 @@
 |     7     const z: Shade = .
 |     8 }
 |   /tmp/pardes-snap/lspcomplete/cwd/+Search Save Tty Collapse Del
-|     1 c.zig:2:5-13 verdigris  verdigris,
-|     2 c.zig:3:5-12 cinnabar  cinnabar,
+|     1 c.zig:7:23 verdigris  Shade
+|     2 c.zig:7:23 cinnabar  Shade
 |     3
 == snap nobrace grid=100x19 cursor=16,10
 |Newcol Joincol Find Grep Help Changelog Tutor Dump NextColor Debug Exit
 |   New Tty Find Grep Joincol Delcol
 |^* /tmp/pardes-snap/lspcomplete/cwd/d.zig Save Tty Collapse Del TreeContext
-|     1 const Shade = enum {
+|     1 const Shade = enum {              --:--:--  lsp zls ready — /tmp/pardes-snap/lspcomplete/cwd
 |     2     verdigris,
 |     3     cinnabar,
 |     4 };
@@ -64,6 +66,6 @@
 |     6 pub fn nobrace(s: Shade) void {
 |     7     switch (s) {
 |   /tmp/pardes-snap/lspcomplete/cwd/+Search Save Tty Collapse Del
-|     1 d.zig:2:5-13 verdigris  verdigris,
-|     2 d.zig:3:5-12 cinnabar  cinnabar,
+|     1 d.zig:8:10 verdigris
+|     2 d.zig:8:10 cinnabar
 |     3