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From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
To: Rudi C <rudiwillalwaysloveyou@gmail.com>,
	"emacs-devel@gnu.org" <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: My perspective as a mid-level user on pros/cons of different editors
Date: Wed, 20 May 2020 04:36:10 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <251c030a-ade3-e945-d7a3-77cdbebc1812@yandex.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAE9z9A0+3HVEVNt69X8sgYhcv5NNfKrKVYx8_84ppWE1ad5Vug@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Rudi,

Thanks for the write-up.

Just a few brief comments.

On 20.05.2020 03:29, Rudi C wrote:
> # Plain Emacs
> 
> I have never tried plain, unconfigured emacs except for reporting bugs. 
> My first impression of its UI is bad. I think hiding the toolbar 
> improves the UI.

The toolbar's look depends on the OS and the DE. They look reasonable 
under GNOME, for instance.

> In summary, Emacs is good for some specific well-supported languages 
> (even then with lots of harassment and breakages), and obscure languages 
> that are not supported well anywhere (e.g., verilog)

verilog-mode is developed externally and has an issue tracker here: 
https://github.com/veripool/verilog-mode/issues

You might have more luck if you report whatever problems you're having.

> - Complete, first-class LSP support. Without this, all the fancy 
> features of emacs are basically useless. Remember, a car needs first and 
> foremost to move people from A to B. A stationary car with a rocket 
> launcher is cool but also not much of a car.

Have you tried Eglot?



  reply	other threads:[~2020-05-20  1:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 58+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-05-20  0:29 My perspective as a mid-level user on pros/cons of different editors Rudi C
2020-05-20  1:36 ` Dmitry Gutov [this message]
2020-05-20 11:35   ` Rudi C
2020-05-20 12:18     ` João Távora
2020-05-20 12:57       ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-20 13:01         ` João Távora
2020-05-20 13:05           ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-20 13:10             ` João Távora
2020-05-20 13:14               ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-20 13:32                 ` João Távora
2020-05-20 13:59                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-20 14:06                     ` João Távora
2020-05-20 14:13                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-20 14:31                         ` João Távora
2020-05-20 14:45                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-20 16:22                             ` João Távora
2020-05-20 17:23                               ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-20 20:14                                 ` João Távora
2020-05-20 20:56                                   ` slang
2020-05-21  9:40                                     ` Arthur Miller
2020-05-20 21:21                                 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-05-20 21:26                                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-20 21:41                                     ` João Távora
2020-05-21  9:42                                       ` Arthur Miller
2020-05-21 15:27                                         ` Drew Adams
2020-05-22  3:09                                           ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-20 21:43                                     ` Drew Adams
2020-05-20 14:04                   ` Stefan Kangas
2020-05-20 14:07                     ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-20 14:10                       ` João Távora
2020-05-20 14:14                         ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-20 14:37                           ` João Távora
2020-05-20 14:43                             ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-20 16:16                               ` João Távora
2020-05-20 17:57                             ` andres.ramirez
2020-05-20 18:04                               ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-20 18:16                                 ` offtopic emacs-and-introspection (was: My perspective as a mid-level user on pros/cons of different editors) andrés ramírez
2020-05-20 15:23                       ` My perspective as a mid-level user on pros/cons of different editors Stefan Kangas
2020-05-20 18:19                         ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-20 20:11                           ` João Távora
2020-05-20 21:25                           ` Stefan Kangas
2020-05-20 21:31                           ` Stefan Kangas
2020-05-20 14:08                     ` João Távora
2020-05-20 14:00                 ` Rudi C
2020-05-20 14:04                   ` Zach Pearson
2020-05-20 12:25 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-05-20 16:38   ` GNU Emacs distribution (was: My perspective as a mid-level user on pros/cons of different editors) Thomas Fitzsimmons
2020-05-21  3:45     ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-20 20:18   ` My perspective as a mid-level user on pros/cons of different editors Tim Cross
2020-05-21  8:24     ` tomas
2020-05-21 15:33       ` Stefan Monnier
2020-05-24  3:53     ` Richard Stallman
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2020-05-20  8:29 ndame
2020-05-21  9:55 ndame
2020-05-21 11:50 ` Arthur Miller
2020-05-22  3:11 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-23  1:25 ` chad
     [not found]   ` <GTmNlOr5OqjfN4SOp6r78s9A4HiHYQC65fzzEWAZwcvfNHRYfaqjykOrg15puOVC5_yNznldTwWTPgzBAavB2T-od_sT-TIxNNQeqTOHrSg=@protonmail.com>
2020-05-24 13:22     ` Arthur Miller

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