archive el_runtime.c — native El runtime complete, seed is self-contained

el_seed.c now defines el_request_start/el_request_end directly (delegating
to its own seed arena) rather than declaring them as externs from el_runtime.c.
Header comment updated to reflect self-contained build.

el-compiler/runtime/el_seed.c

@@ -1,21 +1,15 @@
 /*
  * el_seed.c — El language seed runtime: minimal C OS boundary
  *
- * This file exposes all OS-boundary primitives that new-generation El programs
- * need, under the __ prefix convention. Implementations are lifted directly
- * from el_runtime.c and wrapped/renamed rather than reimplemented.
+ * This file exposes all OS-boundary primitives that El programs need, under
+ * the __ prefix convention. It is self-contained: all allocators, arena
+ * management, and el_request_start / el_request_end are defined here.
  *
- * Threading is the most important new piece here. __thread_create / __thread_join
- * use dlsym(RTLD_DEFAULT) to look up El function symbols at runtime — the same
- * technique http_set_handler uses. This is the foundation of El's parallelism.
- *
- * The ABI functions (el_list_*, el_map_*, el_retain, el_release, json_parse,
- * el_wrap_str, EL_CSTR, el_strdup, el_request_start, el_request_end) are
- * defined in el_runtime.c and used here by declaration only. This file does
- * NOT redefine them.
+ * Threading: __thread_create / __thread_join use dlsym(RTLD_DEFAULT) to look
+ * up El function symbols at runtime. This is the foundation of El's parallelism.
  *
  * Link: cc -std=c11 -I el-compiler/runtime -lcurl -lpthread \
- *           -o <out> <prog>.c el_seed.c el_runtime.c
+ *           -o <out> <prog>.c el_seed.c
  */
 
 #ifndef _GNU_SOURCE
@@ -43,26 +37,11 @@
 #include <dlfcn.h>
 #include <curl/curl.h>
 
-/* ── Forward declarations from el_runtime.c (ABI + allocators) ──────────── */
-/* These are defined in el_runtime.c and linked in. */
-
-extern void      el_request_start(void);
-extern void      el_request_end(void);
-
-/* Internal el_runtime.c allocators — declared here so el_seed.c can use them.
- * They are static in el_runtime.c; el_seed.c has its own parallel copies
- * below so it can operate standalone or alongside el_runtime.c. */
-
-/* ── Private allocator (parallel to el_runtime.c) ────────────────────────── */
+/* ── Private allocator ───────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
 /*
- * el_seed.c carries its own arena so it can be compiled with or without
- * el_runtime.c. When linked together, the seed arena is separate from the
- * runtime arena — both reset independently per HTTP request.
- *
- * For seed-only programs that never call el_request_start/el_request_end from
- * el_runtime.c, the seed arena provides equivalent per-request cleanup through
- * __seed_request_start / __seed_request_end (called automatically by the
- * __http_serve path).
+ * el_seed.c carries its own arena for per-request allocation tracking.
+ * The arena is reset at el_request_start / el_request_end, which are defined
+ * below and delegate to seed_request_start / seed_request_end.
  */
 
 #define SEED_ARENA_INITIAL 512
@@ -99,6 +78,11 @@ static void seed_request_end(void) {
     _seed_arena.count = 0;
 }
 
+/* el_request_start / el_request_end — formerly defined in el_runtime.c.
+ * Now self-contained in el_seed.c, delegating to the seed arena. */
+void el_request_start(void) { seed_request_start(); }
+void el_request_end(void)   { seed_request_end(); }
+
 /* Persistent alloc — bypasses arena (state, engram internals). */
 static char* seed_strdup_persist(const char* s) {
     if (!s) return strdup("");

tools/lsp/vscode-extension/extension.js

@@ -45,10 +45,17 @@ function activate(context) {
     // ── Resolve el-lsp binary ────────────────────────────────────────────
     const config = workspace.getConfiguration('el');
 
-    // Default path: ../dist/el-lsp relative to the extension root.
-    // Override with the "el.lspPath" workspace/user setting.
-    const defaultLspPath = path.join(context.extensionPath, '..', 'dist', 'el-lsp');
-    const serverPath     = config.get('lspPath', defaultLspPath);
+    // Default path resolution (tries in order):
+    //   1. el.lspPath setting (user override)
+    //   2. dist/el-lsp alongside the extension dir (packaged install)
+    //   3. The canonical source-tree location
+    const CANONICAL_LSP = '/Users/will/Development/neuron-technologies/foundation/el/tools/lsp/dist/el-lsp';
+    const defaultLspPath = (() => {
+        const sibling = path.join(context.extensionPath, 'dist', 'el-lsp');
+        if (fs.existsSync(sibling)) return sibling;
+        return CANONICAL_LSP;
+    })();
+    const serverPath = config.get('lspPath') || defaultLspPath;
 
     if (!fs.existsSync(serverPath)) {
         window.showErrorMessage(

tools/lsp/vscode-extension/package.json

@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 {
   "name": "el-language",
   "displayName": "El Language",
-  "description": "El language support — syntax highlighting, completions, hover, go-to-definition, and diagnostics",
+  "description": "El language support \u2014 syntax highlighting, completions, hover, go-to-definition, and diagnostics",
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "publisher": "neuron-technologies",
   "license": "MIT",
-  "icon": "icon.png",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/neuron-technologies/foundation"
@@ -32,8 +31,14 @@
     "languages": [
       {
         "id": "el",
-        "aliases": ["El", "el-lang"],
-        "extensions": [".el", ".elh"],
+        "aliases": [
+          "El",
+          "el-lang"
+        ],
+        "extensions": [
+          ".el",
+          ".elh"
+        ],
         "configuration": "./language-configuration.json"
       }
     ],
@@ -55,9 +60,13 @@
         },
         "el.trace.server": {
           "type": "string",
-          "enum": ["off", "messages", "verbose"],
+          "enum": [
+            "off",
+            "messages",
+            "verbose"
+          ],
           "default": "off",
-          "description": "Trace LSP messages between VSCode and el-lsp (visible in Output → El LSP Trace)."
+          "description": "Trace LSP messages between VSCode and el-lsp (visible in Output \u2192 El LSP Trace)."
         }
       }
     },
@@ -81,4 +90,4 @@
     "package": "vsce package",
     "install-dev": "npm install && code --install-extension el-language-1.0.0.vsix 2>/dev/null || true"
   }
-}
+}