Re: Making Emacs more friendly to newcomers

[Stefan Monnier]

>> Hmm... no I don't have something that does exactly that.
>> It goes a bit in that direction, and I hope it can grow further, but
>> currently it doesn't do much more than prompt you to install GNU ELPA
>> packages which you attempt to use their features, so it doesn't prompt
>> users to install lsp servers or to enable company, ...
> I was specifically talking about ELPA packages.

Even for packages, e.g. `gnu-elpa` will suggest you install the
`company` package when you call `company-mode` but it won't make
a suggestion to enable `company-mode`.

IOW, it tries to pretend that GNU ELPA packages are pre-installed, but
not that they are pre-enabled.


        Stefan