Re: Making Emacs more friendly to newcomers

[Yuan Fu]

> On Apr 22, 2020, at 12:45 PM, Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>>> 1: VsCode offers on the home screen an option to click on what languages
>>> you want to install support for. This offers a nice one-click shop for
>>> language packs. This, I guess is the same behaviour that Doom/Spacemacs
>>> offers with their layers etc. In Emacs we often have to install
>>> lsp-client, lsp-server, language mode, company, adjust company backends.
>>> It would be nice to have emacs install all of the above automatically
>>> when clicking on Python, JS and such.
>> 
>> Agreed.  Stefan has a proof-of-concept package named `gnu-elpa' that
>> does exactly this, and it would indeed be nice if Emacs had that.
> 
> 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, ...
> 
> 
>        Stefan
> 

BTW, where can I find this package?

Yuan