[newbie] can't figure out the LSP / object mode

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I’m having trouble figuring out how to use the mappings for kak-lsp. The documentation recommends using object mode mappings but I don’t quite get them.

For example, for this keybind:

map global object d '<a-semicolon>lsp-diagnostic-object --include-warnings<ret>' -docstring 'LSP errors and warnings'

I am expecting to recieve some sort of message on the error i’m highlighing. So I run:

<a-a>d

But that only selects the word I’m at. Pressing d again deletes it. I don’t understand object mode mappings and trying to map it to something like makes the lsp tell me that there’s nothing selected, so I believe it must be done through object-mode.

I am using the same configuration that the kak-lsp documentation recommends:

map global user l ':enter-user-mode lsp<ret>' -docstring 'LSP mode'

map global insert <tab> '<a-;>:try lsp-snippets-select-next-placeholders catch %{ execute-keys -with-hooks <lt>tab> }<ret>' -docstring 'Select next snippet placeholder'

map global object a '<a-semicolon>lsp-object<ret>' -docstring 'LSP any symbol'
map global object <a-a> '<a-semicolon>lsp-object<ret>' -docstring 'LSP any symbol'
map global object f '<a-semicolon>lsp-object Function Method<ret>' -docstring 'LSP function or method'
map global object t '<a-semicolon>lsp-object Class Interface Struct<ret>' -docstring 'LSP class interface or struct'
map global object d '<a-semicolon>lsp-diagnostic-object --include-warnings<ret>' -docstring 'LSP errors and warnings'
map global object D '<a-semicolon>lsp-diagnostic-object<ret>' -docstring 'LSP errors'
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Hello,

There are more more mappings than just the object mappings. The object
mode mappings essentially let you select text in your document based
on output from the LSP. So, the <a-a>d binding selects the part of
your code the diagnostic is applied to. To see the text contents of
the diagnostic, you can use the lsp-hover command, which by default
is bound to <space>lh.

As a general rule, object mappings help you select stuff. The other
mappings, in the lsp user-mode, help you do other things.