From ee7d98607dc67b08cf554e2cfb7442407f94ce38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Topoetry <leo.tisane@disroot.org>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 03:58:06 +0200
Subject: made 1 line message be displayed with vis:info

made the documentation for `show_message` clearer
---
 README.md |  2 +-
 init.lua  | 32 ++++++++++++++++++--------------
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6486522..0a0b6fc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ Available options are:
 * `diagnostic_styles = { error = 'back:red', warning = 'back:yellow', information = 'back:yellow', hint = 'back:yellow', }` - styles used to highlight different diagnostics
 * `workspace_edit_remember_cursor = true` - restore the primary cursor position after a workspaceEdit
 * `message_level = 3` - the level of shown messages retrieved via `window/showMessage` notifications
-* `show_message = 'message'` - how to present information. `'message'`: use `vis:message`; `'open'`: use a new window supporting syntax highlighting.
+* `show_message = 'message'` - how to present multiline information. `'message'`: use `vis:message`; `'open'`: use a new window supporting syntax highlighting.
 * `universal_root_globs = {}` - Globs to consider as workspace root for any language server (e.g. `*.git` or `*.hg`).
 * `fallback_dirname_as_root = false` - If set to true a file's directory is used as workspace root if no explicit root was found.
 * `navwin_symbols_format = '%s[%.1s] %s\n'` - The format string used to display a symbol in the symbol navigation window.
diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
index 52f8d08..9600203 100644
--- a/init.lua
+++ b/init.lua
@@ -454,22 +454,26 @@ end
 local function lspc_show_message(msg, hdr, syntax)
   local current_win = vis.win
 
-  if lspc.show_message == 'message' then
-    local to_show = (hdr or '') .. msg .. '\n'
-    vis:message(to_show)
-    vis.win.selection = vis.win.file.size - #to_show
-    vis:feedkeys('zt')
-
-  elseif lspc.show_message == 'open' then
-    vis:command('open')
-    if syntax then
-      vis:command('set syntax ' .. syntax)
-    end
+  if string.find(string.sub(msg, 2, -2), "\n") then
+    if lspc.show_message == 'message' then
+      local to_show = (hdr or '') .. msg .. '\n'
+      vis:message(to_show)
+      vis.win.selection = vis.win.file.size - #to_show
+      vis:feedkeys('zt')
+
+    elseif lspc.show_message == 'open' then
+      vis:command('open')
+      if syntax then
+        vis:command('set syntax ' .. syntax)
+      end
 
-    vis.win.file:insert(0, msg)
-    vis.win.selection.pos = 0
+      vis.win.file:insert(0, msg)
+      vis.win.selection.pos = 0
+    else
+      lspc:err('invalid message configuration "' .. lspc.show_message .. '".')
+    end
   else
-    lspc:err('invalid message configuration "' .. lspc.show_message .. '".')
+    vis:info(msg)
   end
 
   -- reset the focus to the current window
-- 
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