.. title:: Usage

Basic Usage
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``diff-lsp`` is designed to be used as a middleware LSP server. It listens on stdin/stdout and communicates with backend LSP servers.

It is typically invoked by an editor plugin that prepares an initialization tempfile in ``/tmp/diff_lsp_*`` before starting the server.

Features
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- **Hover**: View documentation and type information.
- **Definition**: Jump to the source code of a symbol.
- **References**: Find all usages of a symbol.
- **Type Definition**: Jump to the definition of a symbol's type.