Need to be able to run the standalone typespec version from the IDE

[timotheeguerin]

This is a bit of an issue with using the standalone exe right now, the language server still needs to run from node.

The simplest options is probably to try to use the node version provided by vscode as fallback. This used to not work as it was too old and didn't support ESM modules but it is probably updated now.

The alternative is to add a flag to the standalone cli like --server that load the local LSP code.

[markcowl]

@RodgeFu FYI, need some cooradination on how to solve this for IDE

[RodgeFu]

May I have more background abuot the issue? Do you mean we will have standalone typespec which can work without node installed on the machine? thx

[timotheeguerin]

Yes, except we already have it, it is just not documented and advertised yet as there is some uncertainty to resolve with the package manager first(tsp install).

[RodgeFu]

I see. In this case, I would prefer the option to add --server in the standalone cli, so that the solution can also work with other IDEs like Visual Studio. thanks.

[timotheeguerin]

Thats a great point, I'll work on adding that to the CLI