Get Started¶
fortls is a tool known as a language server that interfaces with your code editor
(VS Code, Vim, etc.) to provide features like code completion, code navigation, hover messages, and many more.
Download¶
The project is available for download through the PyPi and Anaconda package managers
pip install fortls
For more information see pypi/fortls
conda install -c conda-forge fortls
For more installation instructions, see conda-forge/fortls.
brew install fortls
For more installation instructions, see brew/fortls.
Alternatively, one can install the development version from GitHub via
pip install --user --upgrade git+git://github.com/fortran-lang/fortls
Warning
It is NOT possible having fortls and fortran-language-server
simultaneously installed, since they use the same executable name. If you are having trouble
getting fortls to work try uninstalling fortran-language-server and reinstalling fortls.
Usage¶
To make full use of fortls in your workflow you need to
integrate it into your code editor, see: Editor Integration
(Optional) configure any additional settings to
fortls, see: Configuration options
Integration¶
Depending on the code editor used, different steps will have to be followed to integrate fortls.
Luckily, we support numerous code editors and have detailed instructions in the
Editor Integration section.
Setting up fortls with VS Code is as simple as installing
the Modern Fortran extension.
Configuration¶
The Language Server by default is configured with reasonable settings however, depending on the project additional settings might need to be configured, such as source file paths, or additional preprocessor definitions.
Instructions on how to do this and much more can be found in the Configuration options section.