In general #haskell-language-server on libera is a good place to ask these questions.
Can you recommend an IRC client? I tried using the web-based client, got limited response, and then the client destroyed all history. --------
- When a project is compiled against a Stage 1 `base` library (as opposed to the one shipped with the bootstrap compiler), I am not always getting the documentation I expect.
Are you getting any documentation at all, or none? If your GHC is built with hadrian, there is currently a bug (#20427) which means that the location of the haddock interfaces and html files is not correct in the package configuration. It will be fixed by !6295 (in particular https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/merge_requests/6295/diffs?commit_id=737...)
I applied the patch, removed _build/docs, and rebuilt the documentation via `./hadrian/build -j _build/docs/html/libraries/index.html`. I then restarted the HLS. Unfortunately, that change did not resolve the difficulty. As an example, the documentation for `putStrLn` reads as follows: ``` putStrLn :: String -> IO () Defined in ‘System.IO’ (base-4.15.0.0) ``` but the documentation I am hoping for (and that I get using the base library installed by `ghcup`) is ``` putStrLn :: String -> IO () Defined in ‘System.IO’ (base-4.15.0.0) The same as putStr , but adds a newline character. Documentation Source ```` The `Documentation` and `Source` strings are links; I am viewing using Emacs lsp-ui-doc. --------
Also how are you setting your project up to use the stage 1 base library?
Whoops! I meant stage 0 (so the things can be swallowed by the bootstrap compiler). It is with this `hie.yaml` file: ``` cradle: direct: arguments: ["-package-env", "-", "-clear-package-db", "-package-db", "/home/nr/asterius/ghc/_build/stage0/lib/package.conf.d", "-package-id", "ghc-9.3"] ``` Once I get everything sorted, I will add something to the GHC Wiki somewhere explaining how this works. --------
- I cannot seem to get the `hiedb` command to index any files.
Ah, I see nr (I'm assuming you) asked a similar question
Yes!
So to index using that command, you would have to point it at a directory containing `.hie` files.
Perfect. I had a go at this, and I made some progress. Thanks!
- I'd like to set up the HLS to get to documentation via an HTTP-ish URL rather than the file:// URL that it is currently using, so that `doc-index.json` can be loaded successfully.
I don't think this is currently possible without modifications to HLS. HLS uses the `haddock-html:` field of the package configuration to locate rendered haddock pages.
Where can I find this configuration for GHC and it's accompanying packages `base` and `ghc`? I tried grepping for "haddock-html" in all the .cabal files in the GHC tree, but the only hits were in `libraries/Cabal/Cabal-tests/tests/ParserTests`, which suggests that I'm looking in the wrong place. Norman