NIMSUGGEST(1)

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version 2.2.12 · 6 versions
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💅 NIMSUGGEST(1) — like, the user commands era 🎀

okay bestie, so this is nimsuggest(1) from the User Commands shelf, and honestly? it's a whole vibe. it's the little guy that gives every editor IDE-like capabilities for Nim ✨ no cap, that's literally its job description.

🦋 NAME 🦋

nimsuggest — Nimsuggest, the main character herself 💖

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Nimsuggest — the tool that hands your editor full-on IDE energy. That's it, that's the pitch 👑

usage goes a little something like this:

nimsuggest [options] projectfile.nim

like, you give it a project file and it does the rest. we love a low-maintenance icon 🫶

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • --autobind — automatically binds itself into a free port (it finds its own lil home 🏡)
  • --port:PORT — the port, bestie. default is 6000
  • --address:HOST — binds to that address. default is "" (yes, empty string, she's mysterious like that 🙈)
  • --stdin — reads commands from stdin and writes results to stdout instead of using sockets. no sockets, no drama 💅
  • --clientProcessId:PID — nimsuggest shuts itself down if this process dies. ride or die, literally 💀
  • --epc — use emacs epc mode
  • --debug — enable debug output
  • --log — enable verbose logging to the nimsuggest.log file 📝
  • --v1 — use version 1 of the protocol; for backwards compatibility
  • --v2 — use version 2 (this one's the default 👑) of the protocol
  • --v3 — use version 3 of the protocol
  • --v4 — use version 4 of the protocol
  • --info:X — information
    • --info:nimVer — returns the Nim compiler version that nimsuggest uses internally
    • --info:protocolVer — returns the newest protocol version that is supported
    • --info:capabilities — returns the capabilities supported by nimsuggest
  • --refresh — performs automatic refreshes to keep the analysis precise 🔥
  • --maxresults:N — caps the number of suggestions at N
  • --tester — implies --stdin and outputs a line !EOF! for the tester
  • --find — attempts to find the project file of the current project 🔍
  • --exceptionInlayHints:on|off — globally turns exception inlay hints on|off

The server then listens to the connection and takes line-based commands — that's the whole loop, she's just sitting there being attentive 🧚

If --autobind is used, the binded port number will be printed to stdout. so like, watch stdout for the number, ikyk 👀

also!! in addition, all command line options of Nim that do not affect code generation are supported. free real estate, we love to see it 💜

that's the whole page, bestie. slay, ate, periodt 🌈💖

nimsuggest 2.2.12 · September 2026 — mwah, signed, sealed, delivered, and yes the date is giving time traveler 🎀✨

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