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# 1.19.0

### What's New

* **Project Mapping Configuration** — New `boxlang.mappings` setting for defining virtual-path-to-filesystem mappings directly in VS Code settings. Legacy mapping settings are automatically migrated.
* **Config File Generators** — New Command Palette workflows to scaffold configuration files:
  * `boxlang.ui.createBxlintConfig` — Generate a `.bxlint.json` with all lint rules and defaults
  * `boxlang.ui.createFormatterConfig` — Generate a `.bxformat.json` for formatting settings
  * `boxlang.ui.convertCFFormatConfig` — Convert an existing `cfformat.json` to `.bxformat.json`
* **External LSP Improvements** — Better handling of externally managed LSP connections. Avoids unnecessary restarts, suppresses duplicate command registration, and adds better startup diagnostics.
* **LSP Lifecycle Refinements** — Enhanced error handling with dedicated `InvalidLSPInstallationError`, validation for Java executable paths, timeout handling for silent LSP processes, and buffer caps for large stdout output.

### Patch Releases

#### 1.19.1

* Updated mapping setting location and migration strategy

#### 1.19.2

* Added missing properties to the `.bxformat.json` JSON schema

#### 1.19.3

* Improved error messages for Java executable and LSP version validation
* Enhanced `.bvmrc` version format checks
* Buffer cap for stdout in LSP process to handle large output
* Timeout handling for LSP process startup
* Validation for Java executable in LSP process
* Refactored LSP process event handling with cleanup functions
* Enhanced error handling with dedicated `InvalidLSPInstallationError`
* Added unit tests for BoxLang, LanguageServer, and versionManager

#### 1.19.4

* Refactored LSP version handling to use async update method
* Updated related tests

#### 1.19.6

* Command palette workflows for `.bxlint.json`, `.bxformat.json`, and CFFormat config conversion with workspace selection and overwrite prompts
* Improved externally managed LSP connections with update-driven restart avoidance and better startup diagnostics

#### 1.19.7

* Switched CI to use `npm ci` for reproducible builds

#### 1.19.8

* Fixed vsce publish command to use scoped package

#### 1.19.9

* Improved language server lifecycle handling


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