https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=447185

            Bug ID: 447185
           Summary: LSP Client should work for languages without
                    KSyntaxHightlighting definitions
           Product: kate
           Version: 21.12.0
          Platform: Neon Packages
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: kwrite-bugs-n...@kde.org
          Reporter: jrub...@gmail.com
                CC: waqar....@gmail.com
  Target Milestone: ---

SUMMARY
Kate's LSP Client plugin matches LSP servers only on a file's Highlighting
mode, which requires a KSyntaxHighlighting .xml definition for the language.
LSP has the ability to provide syntax highlighting itself since 3.16, which
Kate has supported since 21.08.0. If a language or filetype does not have a
matching definition in KSyntaxHightlighting, you cannot use LSP.

To easily support any language with an LSP server, the LSP client plugin should
expose a few options for matching, not just the file's Highlighting mode
(highlightingModeRegex).

Kate file Modes—which are easy to author in the Settings dialog—are a good
choice. Alternatively, LSP Client could match against file extensions directly.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: KDE neon 5.23 user edition
KDE Plasma Version: 5.23.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.89.0
Qt Version: 5.15.3

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

(This is similar to Bug 447172, however that bug was unclear and messy)

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