docs: document stdlib path override in Zed setup - #83
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Elixir installed via Homebrew ships only compiled .beam files with no .ex sources, so stdlib auto-detection has nothing to index and Zed shows the 'could not detect Elixir stdlib' warning. Document how to point Dexter at a matching Elixir source checkout from Zed settings, via the stdlibPath initialization option or DEXTER_ELIXIR_LIB_ROOT.
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Thanks very much for the contribution @jamilabreu!
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Adds a short note to the Zed setup section covering the
Dexter: could not detect Elixir stdlib...startup warning: how to point Dexter at a stdlib source tree via thestdlibPathinitialization option (orDEXTER_ELIXIR_LIB_ROOTvialsp.dexter.binary.env).Context: I hit this warning in Zed with a Homebrew-installed Elixir. Homebrew's
elixirships only compiled.beamfiles — no.exsources (find $(brew --prefix elixir) -name "*.ex"comes back empty) — so auto-detection correctly rejects it (theelixir/lib/enum.excheck ininternal/stdlib/stdlib.go), and pointingDEXTER_ELIXIR_LIB_ROOTat the Homebrew lib dir silences the warning without enabling stdlib navigation. What worked was a checkout of elixir-lang/elixir at the matching tag. Since the README's Zed section didn't mention either override, this documents them where Zed users will look.Note
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Overview
Extends the Zed editor setup in the README with guidance for Dexter’s “could not detect Elixir stdlib” startup warning, especially when Elixir comes from Homebrew (no
.exstdlib sources).The new section shows how to set
stdlibPathunderlsp.dexter.initialization_options, and notes the equivalentDEXTER_ELIXIR_LIB_ROOToverride vialsp.dexter.binary.env, pointing users at a matching Elixir source tree (e.g. anelixir-lang/elixircheckout) for real stdlib navigation.Reviewed by Cursor Bugbot for commit cbe2277. Bugbot is set up for automated code reviews on this repo. Configure here.