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+Italian Swirls 🍝
+=================
+
+Minimal Python language server, based on [Jedi][jedi] and [pygls][pygls].
+
+[jedi]: https://jedi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html
+[pygls]: https://pygls.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html
+
+WIP.
+
+
+
+About
+-----
+
+### Why?
+
+General-purpose servers (pyls, py-lsp) try to do too much and break stuff too
+often for me. Locking Neovim when I press tab, crashes of all kind, LspRestart
+failing. Also I like my linting and formatting done by dedicated tools such as
+[nvim-lint][nvim-lint] and [formatter][formatter].
+
+[nvim-lint]: https://github.com/mfussenegger/nvim-lint
+[formatter]: https://github.com/mhartington/formatter.nvim
+
+Other Jedi-based servers seem to focus on coc-nvim and frequently fail on Neovim
+for me. I tried to fix jedi-language-server several times when it failed me but
+thought it could be fun to try pygls to redo it as small and simple as I can.
+
+### Why the name?
+
+Take the string “Is this a Star Wars reference?” Language Server, compress it to
+`ITASWRLS` and expand it back to Italian Swirls. Italian dishes are made of few
+elements that work well together. Enough questions!