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ycm (you complete me)
- ycmd
lsp (language server protocol)
- https://microsoft.github.io/language-server-protocol/overview
- languages
  - java https://github.com/eclipse/eclipse.jdt.ls
  - c, cpp https://clang.llvm.org/extra/clangd/
completion engine
- kind
  - identifier-based
  - filepath completer (part of the identifier completer)
  - semantic engines
    - search How ycmd works
      - clangd-based for c, cpp
      - Jedi-based for python
    - semantic trigger
- use cases
  - know, don't want type whole name (identifier)
  - doesn't know, api exploration (semantic)
- filtering
  - subsequence match
- ranking
  - word boundary