Don't emit nested objects as document symbols #859
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Branched from #858
Addresses posit-dev/positron#8330
Objects assigned in
{}blocks are currently emitted as document symbols, which causes the ouline and document symbol search (@prefix in command palette) to be quite busy:Screen.Recording.2025-06-27.at.15.18.45.mov
Here is how it looks like if we only emit top-level objects:
Screen.Recording.2025-06-27.at.15.20.35.mov
This is controllable via a new
"positron.r.symbols.includeAssignmentsInBlockssetting. By default we don't include these nested assignments.QA Notes
You should see the new setting in the config UI:
It's documented that files need to be reopened (they can also be changed) or the server restarted for this setting to take effect.