davidhalter/jedi-vim
Jedi Vim
jedi-vim is a Vim extension and language server interface that provides static analysis and intelligent autocompletion for Python development. It functions as a bridge between the Vim editor and the Jedi library to bring integrated development environment capabilities to the editor.
The plugin provides context-aware code completion and static analysis tools, including the ability to jump to definitions, track symbol usage across files, and rename identifiers globally to maintain codebase consistency. It also features floating popups for documentation previews and real-time function signature displays.
The tool includes integration for Python virtual environments to ensure accurate analysis of project-specific dependencies and third-party packages.
Features
- Python Code Completers - Provides context-aware Python code completions leveraging abstract syntax trees for complex constructs.
- Vim IDE Plugins - Provides a comprehensive set of IDE-like features, including global renaming and definition jumping, specifically for Python development within Vim.
- Python LSP Servers - Acts as a bridge between Vim and the Jedi engine, implementing the logic of a Python language server.
- Definition Navigation - Enables jumping from a symbol usage directly to its definition or typing stub across files.
- Analysis Library Integrations - Integrates the standalone Jedi library to delegate complex Python language processing outside the Vim runtime.
- Python Symbol Navigators - Provides static analysis for Python to enable definition navigation and symbol usage tracking.
- Symbol Usage Tracking - Lists every occurrence and usage of a specific identifier or symbol throughout the entire project.
- Cross-Module Symbol Linking - Maps declarations across multiple Python modules to enable global navigation and symbol tracking.
- Identifier Renaming - Renames variables and functions across the entire codebase to maintain consistency and update all references.
- Structural Code Analysis - Uses abstract syntax trees to enable context-aware completions and identifier navigation.
- Python Static Analyzers - Provides a static analysis tool for Python to enable symbol navigation, refactoring, and documentation popups.
- Symbol Documentation Previews - Displays a popup with detailed documentation or assignment information for the identifier under the cursor.
- Function Signature Overlays - Displays real-time Python function signatures and parameter highlighting in UI overlays during input.
- Python Environment Managers - Integrates with Python environment managers to resolve project-specific dependencies for analysis.
- Virtual Environments - Maps the analysis tool to specific Python virtual environments for accurate project dependency resolution.
- Virtual Environment Dependency Management - Detects active Python virtual environments to accurately resolve project-specific dependency paths.
- JSON Message Exchanges - Implements asynchronous JSON message exchanges to decouple the editor plugin from the analysis backend.
- Python Refactoring Libraries - Provides automated refactoring operations such as global identifier renaming for Python projects.
- Documentation Overlays - Displays extracted docstrings and function signatures in floating windows mapped to the cursor.
