Bug when typing in Markdown after using ESS with LSP

[shirdekel]

When I write in an rmd file everything is normal when editing the markdown parts. After I enter an ESS code chunk, subsequent typing in markdown leads to weird things, including jumping to the end of the buffer and typing in reverse. Editing is fine within the code chunk. The issue persists even after deleting the code chunk but "resets" after I close and reopen the buffer. Also the bug doesn't happen when I don't load the lsp layer in spacemacs so I assume it has something to do with that. I usually have (ess :variables ess-r-backend 'lsp) in the layer config but the issue happens even when I just load ess. Everything is fine in a normal ESS buffer. See below for a demonstration:

poly-r-bug.mov

Setup

• M1 Pro Macbook
• macOS 12.0.1
• emacs-plus@28

[vspinu]

There is a half backed lsp integration in polymode since recently but I got interrupted and it's not yet fully tested. That might be an issue.

With the most recent polymode you should be able to set polymode-lsp-integration to nil in order to disable it.

I will have a closer look at this issue some time later. Do I understand correctly that R lsp server does understand markdown documents, thus no special integration is needed on polymode side?

[vspinu]

polymode-lsp-integration should be set before polymode is loaded though

[bryce-carson]

I experience the same issue, so it's reproducible. 😞

For now I'll disable it as @vspinu suggests.

[shirdekel]

Thanks @vspinu! I'm not sure how to answer your question about the R lsp server understanding markdown documents unfortunately.

Also, can you clarify how I should set polymode-lsp-integration before polymode is loaded? At the moment I'm loading poly-r in my dotspacemacs-additional-packages list and then using (setq polymode-lsp-integration nil) in my user config.

[bryce-carson]

Thanks @vspinu! I'm not sure how to answer your question about the R lsp server understanding markdown documents unfortunately.

Also, can you clarify how I should set polymode-lsp-integration before polymode is loaded? At the moment I'm loading poly-r in my dotspacemacs-additional-packages list and then using (setq polymode-lsp-integration nil) in my user config.

As far as I am aware, if you're not using the ESS layer (you're specifying polymode [not poly-r; you need to configure this for polymode - poly-r is dependent on Polymode's configuration]), then the way to set the variable's value before the package is loaded is with the :init property.

You should double-check the documentation, but the way I am doing it is with this line in my user-config; I am not sure it is working, however, because I am using the ESS layer. The layer does not include Polymode, however, so it should be working.

I do still have the lsp layer enabled, and an LSP server is not being started when I enter an R code block in an Rmd document just now, so I can at least say that it is disabled, yes.

  (use-package eglot)

  (use-package polymode
    :init (setq polymode-lsp-integration nil))

I changed the backend to eglot two days ago, and that may have had a fuller effect. I'm not sure. Spacemacs is going through a period of change right now and many layers and core functionality needs code review and refactoring. I'll be contributing to that this summer.

For clarity, this is what I have in my dotspacemacs/layers:

     (;; TODO: configure `lsp', `company', `company-box', etc.
      ess :variables
          ess-r-backend 'eglot
          ess-use-company 't
          markdown-code-block-braces t
          polymode-lsp-integration nil
          :config (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.[rR]md\\'" . poly-markdown+r-mode)))

and this is what I have in my additional-packages list:

                                      ;; Language server
                                      eglot

                                      ;;; Multi-language buffers, incl. Rmd
                                      (polymode :location (recipe :fetcher github :repo "polymode/polymode"))
                                      poly-R
                                      poly-markdown
                                      poly-noweb
                                      poly-org

[shirdekel]

Thanks! Unfortunately it's still not selectively disabling it in Rmd code chunks even after I load polymode in addition to poly-R as you have, and set polymode-lsp-integration to nil in both the ess variables and using use-package in user-config.

[bryce-carson]

Thanks! Unfortunately it's still not selectively disabling it in Rmd code chunks even after I load polymode in addition to poly-R as you have, and set polymode-lsp-integration to nil in both the ess variables and using use-package in user-config.

If I recall, you said you're using Spacemacs. In that case, the best place to put the setting of that variable is in dotspacemacs/user-init, which will execute before layers and packages are loaded and initialized, so the variable will have the proper setting at the proper time with this location.

[shirdekel]

That doesn't seem to work for me either :(
I added the below to dotspacemacs/user-init:

  (require 'use-package)
  (use-package polymode
    :init (setq polymode-lsp-integration nil))

And got (Spacemacs) Error in dotspacemacs/user-init: Cannot open load file: No such file or directory, use-package. I had to require use-pacakge because otherwise I get (Spacemacs) Error in dotspacemacs/user-init: Symbol’s function definition is void: use-package.

[shirdekel]

Update: I successfully disabled polymode-lsp-integration.

The solution: updating my packages.

I didn't take the "recent" part of what @vspinu said earlier seriously enough:

With the most recent polymode you should be able to set polymode-lsp-integration to nil in order to disable it.

Now for everything to work as expected (and still use LSP within Rmd R code chunks) I just need to do the following:

1. Disable polymode-lsp-integration in the ess layer config:

     (ess :variables
          ess-r-backend 'lsp
          polymode-lsp-integration nil)

2. Add poly-R to dotspacemacs-additional-packages

No need to load polymode separately or to use dotspacemacs/user-init.

[maikol-solis]

I wasn't aware of this issue when I opened this polymode/polymode#316

Setting (setq polymode-lsp-integration nil) solves the issue for me.

[atanasj]

I am getting this too using doomemacs. Setting (setq polymode-lsp-integration nil) worked for me too.

[milanglacier]

It seems that polymode-lsp-integration only works with lsp-mode? I am using eglot, and editing rmarkdown file is extremely slow, when typing in the code block, emacs frequently hangs for 2-3 seconds to respond to input characters.

[rromoli]

I do have the same problem. Using the suggestion of @vspinu I solved it and I'm able to work with Rmd files. I still have issues fontifyng the script. All is white (dark background) and some colored word randomly appear. Any suggestion?