how does LSP encode text file positions: UTF-8? (what sxpp uses) UTF-32? (also sensible i guess)
neither. (well since 3.17 yes, but only if the client feels that way)
it's UTF-16. UTF-16 support is mandatory. why? because it's a damn microsoft protocol that's why¹. 😫
fortunately character offsets are line-relative so fixing that up is not too expensive.
—
¹ yes it's also because Javascript.
#devlog #sxpp #lsp
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