CB Clangd Client

The repository page of this plugin is: https://sourceforge.net/projects/cb-clangd-client/

It uses clangd through Language Server Protocol.

The related forum discussion is: — Code completion using LSP and clangd

Windows Clangd executable install process:

There are three main options to install the clangd.exe:

   1) Install the LLVM compiler.
   2) Manully extract the required files from the LLVM compiler.
   3) Install the Clangd package for the Windows compiler you are using if it is available.

The process for the three options above are detailed below.

Install the LLVM compiler

   1) Download the latest (non RC/Beta)LLVM Windows executable for your OS (Win32 or Win64) from the following 
      Github LLVM download page:
      https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/releases

  As of Jan 2022 the Windows files are names as follows:
     LLVM-<version>-win64.exe
     LLVM-<version>-win32.exe
  where <version> is the LLVM version, like 13.0.0 or 13.0.1.

   2) Run the LLVM-<version>-win<xx>.exe you downlaoded to install the LLVM compiler.

Manually Extract File from LLVM compiler

   1) Download the latest (non RC/Beta)LLVM Windows executable for your OS (Win32 or Win64) from the following 
      Github LLVM download page:
      https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/releases

  As of Jan 2022 the Windows files are names as follows:
     LLVM-<version>-win64.exe
     LLVM-<version>-win32.exe
  where <version> is the LLVM version, like 13.0.0 or 13.0.1.

   2) Unzip the LLVM-<version>-win<xx>.exe file you downloaded using 7ZIP or your prefered ZIP program into a sub 
      directory
   3) Create a new directory to put the clangd.exe and dll's
   4) Copy the following files into a the new directory created from the unziped LLVM directory:
           bin\clangd.exe
           bin\msvcp140.dll
           bin\vcruntime140.dll
           bin\vcruntime140_1.dll

Windows Compiler Clangd/LLVM Pacakage Installer

   Due to the number of different compilers available for Windows not all of the compilers will have either/both 
   the Clang or LLVM required files.

   If you want to install the specific package(s) for the Windows compiler you are using in order to use it's 
   clangd.exe file please follow the 
   instructions below for the specific compiler you have installed:

MSYS2 Compiler - MinGW64 There are two main options to install the clangd.exe as follows:

   1) The first option in order to  minimise disk space is to install the Clang extra tools using one of the 
       following packages:
       +------------------------------------------+------------------------+
       |               Package                    | Clangd executable      |
       +------------------------------------------+------------------------+
       | mingw-w64-clang-x86_64-clang-tools-extra | clang64/bin/clangd.exe |
       | mingw-w64-x86_64-clang-tools-extra       | mingw64/bin/clangd.exe |
       +------------------------------------------+------------------------+

      To intall the package do the following:
       a)  Open the msys2.exe bash shell 
       b) Run the following command:
              pacman -S <Package name in the table above>
   
   OR
   2) The second option is to intall the full Clang tool chain as follows:
       a)  Open the msys2.exe bash shell 
       b) Run the following command:
              pacman -S mingw-w64-clang-x86_64-toolchain

MSYS2 Compiler - MinGW32

   There are two main options to install the clangd.exe as follows:

   1) The first option in order to  minimise disk space is to install the Clang extra tools using one of the 
      following packages:
       +------------------------------------------+------------------------+
       |               Package                    | Clangd executable      |
       +------------------------------------------+------------------------+
       | mingw-w64-clang-i686-clang-tools-extra   | clang32/bin/clangd.exe |
       | mingw-w64-i686-clang-tools-extra         | mingw32/bin/clangd.exe |
       +------------------------------------------+------------------------+

      To intall the package do the following:
       a)  Open the msys2.exe bash shell 
       b) Run the following command:
              pacman -S <Package name in the table above>
    OR

   2) The second option is to intall the full Clang tool chain as follows:
       a)  Open the msys2.exe bash shell 
       b) Run the following command:
              pacman -S mingw-w64-clang-i686-toolchain

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Notes from the CodeBlocks forum to avoid mixing incompatible gcc/clangd executables.

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https://forums.codeblocks.org/index.php/topic,24357.msg169412.html#msg169412 If you are using the gcc from msys2, I mean the compilers in the folder "msys64\mingw64\bin", you should use "mingw-w64-x86_64-clang-tools-extra", which means the clangd.exe is under the folder "msys64\mingw64\bin" (the same folder in your gcc.exe).

If you are using the clang tool chain, I mean you use the compiler from the folder "msys64\clang64\bin", you should use "mingw-w64-clang-x86_64-clang-tools-extra".

I found that I just make a big mistake in one of my PC, that is I use the gcc toolchain from

       "msys64\mingw64\bin", 

but I use the clangd.exe from "msys64\clang64\bin", the result is I got a lot of LSP diagnostics messages

       about the errors.  ;)   
       Luckily I found the reason, and fix this issue. Hope this will help other guys.