ycmd(1)

🎀 ycmd — the manual page, but make it a group chat 🎀

okay bestie, buckle up. this is ycmd(1) from the General Commands Manual, and it's literally the moment your editor gets a whole brain. let's go 💅

✨ NAME ✨

ycmd — code-completion and comprehension server 🌸

like. that's it. that's the whole vibe. it's a server, it does completion, it does comprehension. main character energy fr fr.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

ycmd [-h] [--host HOST] [--port PORT] [--log LOGLEVEL]
[--idle_suicide_seconds IDLE_SUICIDE_SECONDS] [--options_file
OPTIONS_FILE] [--stdout STDOUT] [--stderr STDERR] [--keep_logfiles]

that's the whole launch ritual, no cap ✨

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so ycmd is a server that hands out APIs for code-completion and other code-comprehension use-cases — think semantic GoTo commands (and others, iykyk 👀). it's giving "your editor finally understands you."

and for certain filetypes, ycmd can also serve up diagnostic errors and warnings. so it's not just finishing your sentences, it's also telling you when you're wrong. iconic. supportive but honest 🫶

⭐ OPTIONS ⭐

every single one, in order, no skips, we don't do that here 💜

• -h, --help — prints a usage message briefly summarizing these command-line options and the bug-reporting address, then exits. short, sweet, informative, gone. ate and left no crumbs 💅
• --host [HOST] — listen on the specified HOST address. if you don't specify one, the default is localhost. so it stays in its own lane unless you tell it otherwise 🎀
• --port [PORT] — listen on the specified TCP PORT number. pick your door, bestie 🚪
• --log — (the page literally prints this one as --log" [ LOGLEVEL ], stray quote and all, we do not fix, we only report 💀) log level, one of [ debug | info | warning | error| critical ]. yes that's the exact spacing, yes it's chaotic, no we're not touching it.
• --idle_suicide_seconds [IDLE_SUICIDE_SECONDS] — IDLE_SUICIDE_SECONDS before server shuts down. dramatic name, very real behaviour 😭 it literally clocks out if nobody talks to it.
• --options_file [OPTIONS_FILE] — file with user options, in JSON format. structured. organized. perfectionist behaviour, we love it ✨
• --stdout [STDOUT] — optional file to use for stdout.
• --stderr [STDERR] — optional file to use for stderr.
• --keep_logfiles — retain logfiles after the server exits. it's a hoarder, respectfully 🗂️💖

⚠️ heads up bestie: --idle_suicide_seconds means your server will shut itself down after that much idle time. not a drill, not a metaphor, that's the whole name. plan accordingly 🙈

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

lowkey there are no SEE ALSO entries in this one — it's a solo act and honestly? respect 👑

okay that's the whole page!! 💖✨ thank you for coming to my ted talk, go forth and complete code, you absolute legend 🌸🦋

sign-off, as promised: this was ycmd(1) — and the footer just says ycmd(1) too, which is very "no notes, no date, just vibes" of it. no version, no timestamp, nothing. the page keeps it mysterious 💅 🎀💜