# rust-analyzer
-Provides support for rust-analyzer: novel LSP server for the Rust programming language.
-
-**Note** the extension may cause conflicts with the official Rust extension. It is recommended to disable the Rust extension when using the rust-analyzer extension.
+This extension provides support for the [Rust programming language](https://www.rust-lang.org/).
+It is recommended over and replaces `rust-lang.rust`.
## Features
-- [code completion], [imports insertion]
-- [go to definition], [implementation], [type definition]
-- [find all references], [workspace symbol search], [rename]
+- [code completion] with [imports insertion]
+- go to [definition], [implementation], [type definition]
+- [find all references], [workspace symbol search], [symbol renaming]
- [types and documentation on hover]
-- [inlay hints]
+- [inlay hints] for types and parameter names
- [semantic syntax highlighting]
-- a lot of [assist(code actions)]
+- a lot of [assists (code actions)]
- apply suggestions from errors
-- ... and many more, checkout the [manual] to see them all
+- ... and many more, check out the [manual] to see them all
[code completion]: https://rust-analyzer.github.io/manual.html#magic-completions
-[imports insertion]: https://rust-analyzer.github.io/manual.html#auto-import
-[go to definition]: https://rust-analyzer.github.io/manual.html#go-to-definition
+[imports insertion]: https://rust-analyzer.github.io/manual.html#completion-with-autoimport
+[definition]: https://rust-analyzer.github.io/manual.html#go-to-definition
[implementation]: https://rust-analyzer.github.io/manual.html#go-to-implementation
[type definition]: https://rust-analyzer.github.io/manual.html#go-to-type-definition
[find all references]: https://rust-analyzer.github.io/manual.html#find-all-references
[workspace symbol search]: https://rust-analyzer.github.io/manual.html#workspace-symbol
-[rename]: https://rust-analyzer.github.io/manual.html#rename
+[symbol renaming]: https://rust-analyzer.github.io/manual.html#rename
[types and documentation on hover]: https://rust-analyzer.github.io/manual.html#hover
[inlay hints]: https://rust-analyzer.github.io/manual.html#inlay-hints
[semantic syntax highlighting]: https://rust-analyzer.github.io/manual.html#semantic-syntax-highlighting
-[assist(code actions)]: https://rust-analyzer.github.io/manual.html#assists-code-actions
-
+[assists (code actions)]: https://rust-analyzer.github.io/manual.html#assists-code-actions
[manual]: https://rust-analyzer.github.io/manual.html
## Quick start
-1. Install [rustup]
-2. Install the [rust-analyzer extension]
+1. Install [rustup].
+2. Install the [rust-analyzer extension].
[rustup]: https://rustup.rs
-[rust-analyzer extension]: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=matklad.rust-analyzer
+[rust-analyzer extension]: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=rust-lang.rust-analyzer
## Configuration
-This extension provides configurations through VSCode's configuration settings. All the configurations are under `rust-analyzer.*`.
+This extension provides configurations through VSCode's configuration settings. All configurations are under `rust-analyzer.*`.
-See <https://rust-analyzer.github.io/manual.html#vs-code-2> for more information on VSCode specific configurations.
+See [the manual](https://rust-analyzer.github.io/manual.html#vs-code-2) for more information on VSCode specific configurations.
## Communication
-For usage and troubleshooting requests, please use "IDEs and Editors" category of the Rust forum:
-
-<https://users.rust-lang.org/c/ide/14>
+For usage and troubleshooting requests, please use the ["IDEs and Editors" category of the Rust forum](https://users.rust-lang.org/c/ide/14).
## Documentation
-See <https://rust-analyzer.github.io/> for more information.
+See [rust-analyzer.github.io](https://rust-analyzer.github.io/) for more information.