Re: A peek to the other side

[Philip Kaludercic]

"Samuel Banya" <sbanya@fastmail.com> writes:

> The only good thing about VS Code was that it created more LSP servers for 
> LSP Mode.
>
> Otherwise, spyware by default is not good for anyone (and yes, it is not easy 
> for the average person to remove).

Not only that, but it pushes non-free "plug-ins" that break if you
decided to use a De-Microsofted version of the editor (I believe the
live-collaboration package, and remote access are examples of such
plug-ins, but there are also LSP servers like pylance that per license
are only allowed to be used with MS VS Code).

> Still grateful for LSP Mode :) 
>
> On Tue, Feb 22, 2022, at 2:11 AM, emacsq via Users list for the GNU Emacs 
> text editor wrote:
>> I tried making a Visual Studio Code extension to see how it could be make 
>> more emacs-like if I had to use it for something.
>> 
>> If you didn't you don't know how lucky you are with the integrated Elisp 
>> manual. It doesn't have an integrated manual, you have to browse a huge HTML 
>> file to find some API call :
>> 
>> https://code.visualstudio.com/api/references/vscode-api
>> 
>> And as usual with APIs (unlike Emacs' open system) you can only access what 
>> the developers expose via the API which is very limiting compared to Emacs.
>> You can't change everything, so you don't shoot yourself in the foot. I 
>> prefer Emacs' approach where I can even break the system, which is a great 
>> learning experience.
>

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        Philip Kaludercic