Docs refer to vim.lsp.buf_request() that is no longer documented

[ddickstein]

Problem

The docs for vim.lsp.buf_request have been removed, but there are still various references to it in lsp.txt. It seems like there is also a vim.lsp.buf_request function that exists (it's not nil) so I'm not sure what the intended current state is.

Neovim version (nvim -v)

v0.10.0-dev-186+g191e8b406

Vim (not Nvim) behaves the same?

N/A

Operating system/version

Rocky Linux 8.6

Terminal name/version

xfce4-terminal 1.0.4

$TERM environment variable

tmux-256color

Installation

appimage

[clason]

PR fixing that is welcome. (References should be removed or changed to buf_request_all().)

[mfussenegger]

See also #19738 for the rationale behind the removal from the docs.

[justinmk]

Fixed in #24061.

It is also time to deprecate vim.lsp.start_client in favor of vim.lsp.start() ?

[clason]

I don't think vim.lsp.start() is a complete replacement; start_client is lower-level (and used by start(), as well as nvim-lspconfig).

(End-user documentation should of course promote start over start_client.)