How to configure function/variable signature for Elixir in the Zed editor?

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Hi all, I am also using zed for about a month now.
There is something that I find missing on zed(or I do not know how to enable it), it is the function/variable signature for elixir.
Do you know how I can configure this ?
Here are the examples from VSCode and Zed

VSCode:

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Zed:

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Also, it would be useful if you point me how to explore options for settings in zed.

BTW: This is also happening with JS, no signature/type on autocomplete.
Thanks all !

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It’s not perfect, but should work out-of-box already, see:

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Make sure that:

  1. zed is up to date (use git pull to get latest zed version when building from source)
  2. run zed in release mode (use cargo run --release)
  3. ensure that your project compiles, so the language server is able to continue it’s work

The default comment at the top of the settings file should say everything. If you have no idea how to quickly open settings the take a look at the caret menu in top-right corner, see:
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Since zed officially supports only Mac and other OS/distribution support is in-progress it’s not so easy to get help from non-Mac users. It’s not like that everyone works on unstable software in production.

Fortunately there is a Collab Panel button in bottom-left corner, see:

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The chat should now be located in right dock!

@AstonJ Could you please split question and my answer posts into Questions / Help section?

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Thanks for the answer.
Actually the pop-up and autocomplete for standard modules(Enum, File, Stream…etc) are working, I was thinking in terms of my own functions and modules I wrote, that is my issue, I cannot determine what is a function in module and what is a variable in current function.

Also my view is not the same as yours, which is the same in VSCode for me. I just see short description, not the whole as in your case.

Also the .elixir_ls dir in root project is present. When I delete the dir, it gets shown in matter of seconds, so I assume the language server is working.

My question was how I can fine tune the language server.
Do I need to explicitly install elixir-ls?
I am using the erlang and elixir installation trough asdf.

I do not have any custom settings for elixir-ls, just using out of the box, but I would like to configure it a bit.

Thanks again!