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[PATCH] Eglot: Support positionEncoding capability

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From: Felician Nemeth <felician.nemeth <at> gmail.com>
To: Augusto Stoffel <arstoffel <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 61726 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#61726: [PATCH] Eglot: Support positionEncoding capability
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2023 11:11:06 +0100

Augusto Stoffel <arstoffel <at> gmail.com> writes:

> This is intentional, so let's see if you agree with my rationale.

You have mostly convinced me.  I also see the patch developed further in
the mean time.

>> (In the long run, it might make sense to let the list of the offered
>> encodings configurable.)
>
> I don't think I understand why.  We would already be offering all 3
> positionEncoding options.  The server can pick whatever they like and
> we'll deal with it.  Everything should "just work", no need for
> configuration.

When the eglot-{current-,move-to-}column-functions will be removed, the
users won't be able to adjust the behavior of Eglot to cope with
defective servers.  However, this adds complexity for the sake of an
unlikely hypothetical case.  So now I agree with you that this is
unnecessary.  Thanks.

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