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-rw-r--r--runtime/lua/vim/lsp/rpc.lua11
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/lua/vim/lsp/rpc.lua b/runtime/lua/vim/lsp/rpc.lua
index bce1e9f35d..ff8d7e0338 100644
--- a/runtime/lua/vim/lsp/rpc.lua
+++ b/runtime/lua/vim/lsp/rpc.lua
@@ -264,8 +264,6 @@ local function start(cmd, cmd_args, dispatchers, extra_spawn_params)
if extra_spawn_params and extra_spawn_params.cwd then
assert(is_dir(extra_spawn_params.cwd), "cwd must be a directory")
- elseif not (vim.fn.executable(cmd) == 1) then
- error(string.format("The given command %q is not executable.", cmd))
end
if dispatchers then
local user_dispatchers = dispatchers
@@ -325,7 +323,14 @@ local function start(cmd, cmd_args, dispatchers, extra_spawn_params)
end
handle, pid = uv.spawn(cmd, spawn_params, onexit)
if handle == nil then
- error(string.format("start `%s` failed: %s", cmd, pid))
+ local msg = string.format("Spawning language server with cmd: `%s` failed", cmd)
+ if string.match(pid, "ENOENT") then
+ msg = msg .. ". The language server is either not installed, missing from PATH, or not executable."
+ else
+ msg = msg .. string.format(" with error message: %s", pid)
+ end
+ vim.notify(msg, vim.log.levels.ERROR)
+ return
end
end