reference: explain how LSP plugins work together

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Neovim LSP Components: How They Work Together

Component Overview

nvim-lspconfig

Purpose: Provides pre-configured setups for 200+ language servers

• Contains default configurations for each language server
• Exposes a simple API: require('lspconfig').server_name.setup(config)

mason-lspconfig

Purpose: Bridges Mason package manager with nvim-lspconfig

• Automatically calls setup() for language servers installed by Mason
• Maps Mason package names to lspconfig server names

AstroLSP

Purpose: Unified configuration interface for LSP in AstroNvim

• Provides a single location to configure all LSP settings
• Some configuration tables:
  • servers: List servers not auto-handled by mason-lspconfig
  • config: Default configurations passed to servers setup() calls