Consider using ruff-lsp instead of pylsp as the default language server for Python

[schneiderfelipe]

It's my view that ruff-lsp can provide a nicer user experience than pylsp mostly because ruff is very fast (written in Rust), so why not switch to it by default? Configuration for Helix is available here.

[kirawi]

Never heard about ruff before, cool!

[Ordoviz]

It's not yet time to switch to ruff-lsp: it lacks basic features (such as "goto definition") and is meant to be used alongside another LSP. Also, pylsp recently gained support for ruff via a plugin.

[tmke8]

To me, pyright is the obvious choice given that it's the default in VSCode. It's also the default in nvim-lspconfig: https://github.com/neovim/nvim-lspconfig#quickstart

[the-mikedavis]

Adding alternate language server configs to the language server installation wiki seems like an easy win for this: https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/wiki/How-to-install-the-default-language-servers

For a similar case there's a deno config mentioned even though typescript-language-server is the default for JS/TS languages

[schneiderfelipe]

Adding alternate language server configs to the language server installation wiki seems like an easy win for this: https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/wiki/How-to-install-the-default-language-servers

Excellent! I just did it.

It's not yet time to switch to ruff-lsp: it lacks basic features (such as "goto definition") and is meant to be used alongside another LSP. Also, pylsp recently gained support for ruff via a plugin.

I'll add some instructions on how to use python-lsp/python-lsp-ruff as well soon.