diff --git a/doc/ale-java.txt b/doc/ale-java.txt index d2001ca7..2e736d90 100644 --- a/doc/ale-java.txt +++ b/doc/ale-java.txt @@ -131,18 +131,26 @@ javalsp *ale-java-javalsp* To enable Java LSP linter you need to download and build the vscode-javac language server from https://github.com/georgewfraser/java-language-server. -Simply download the source code and then build a distribution: - scripts/link_mac.sh +Before building the language server you need to install pre-requisites: npm, +maven, and protobuf. You also need to have Java 13 and JAVA_HOME properly +set. -or +After downloading the source code and installing all pre-requisites you can +build the language server with the included build.sh script: - scripts/link_windows.sh + scripts/build.sh -This generates a dist/mac or dist/windows directory that contains the -language server. To let ALE use this language server you need to set the +This will create launch scripts for Linux, Mac, and Windows in the dist folder +within the repo: + + - lang_server_linux.sh + - lang_server_mac.sh + - lang_server_windows.sh + +To let ALE use this language server you need to set the g:ale_java_javalsp_executable variable to the absolute path of the launcher -executable in this directory. +executable for your platform. g:ale_java_javalsp_executable *g:ale_java_javalsp_executable* *b:ale_java_javalsp_executable* @@ -152,7 +160,7 @@ g:ale_java_javalsp_executable *g:ale_java_javalsp_executable* This variable must be set to the absolute path of the language server launcher executable. For example: > - let g:ale_java_javalsp_executable=/java-language-server/dist/mac/bin/launcher + let g:ale_java_javalsp_executable=/java-language-server/dist/lang_server_linux.sh < g:ale_java_javalsp_config *g:ale_java_javalsp_config*