add simple progress reporting

README.rst

@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ Configuration
 ``config_sub_paths`` (default is ``[]``) specifies sub paths under which the mypy configuration file may be found.
     For each directory searched for the mypy config file, this also searches the sub paths specified here
 
+``report_progress`` (default is ``False``) report basic progress to the LSP client.
+    With this option, pylsp-mypy will report when mypy is running, given your editor supports LSP progress reporting. For small files this might produce annoying flashing in your editor, especially in with ``live_mode``. For large projects, enabling this can be helpful to assure yourself whether mypy is still running.
+
 This project supports the use of ``pyproject.toml`` for configuration. It is in fact the preferred way. Using that your configuration could look like this:
 
 ::
@@ -103,6 +106,15 @@ With ``config_sub_paths`` your config could look like this:
         "config_sub_paths": [".config"]
     }
 
+With ``report_progress`` your config could look like this:
+
+::
+
+    {
+        "enabled": True,
+        "report_progress": True
+    }
+
 Developing
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pylsp_mypy/plugin.py

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ def pylsp_lint(
     config: Config, workspace: Workspace, document: Document, is_saved: bool
 ) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
     """
-    Lints.
+    Call the linter.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
@@ -157,6 +157,40 @@ def pylsp_lint(
         if settings == {}:
             settings = oldSettings2
 
+    if settings.get("report_progress", False):
+        with workspace.report_progress("lint: mypy"):
+            return get_diagnostics(config, workspace, document, settings, is_saved)
+    else:
+        return get_diagnostics(config, workspace, document, settings, is_saved)
+
+
+def get_diagnostics(
+    config: Config,
+    workspace: Workspace,
+    document: Document,
+    settings: Dict[str, Any],
+    is_saved: bool,
+) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
+    """
+    Lints.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    config : Config
+        The pylsp config.
+    workspace : Workspace
+        The pylsp workspace.
+    document : Document
+        The document to be linted.
+    is_saved : bool
+        Weather the document is saved.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    List[Dict[str, Any]]
+        List of the linting data.
+
+    """
     log.info(
         "lint settings = %s document.path = %s is_saved = %s",
         settings,

setup.cfg

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ classifiers =
 python_requires = >= 3.7
 packages = find:
 install_requires =
-    python-lsp-server
+    python-lsp-server >=1.7.0
     mypy
     toml