Re: cc-mode fontification feels random

[Ergus]

On Sat, Jun 05, 2021 at 10:32:12AM +0100, Jo�o T�vora wrote:
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
> > That sounds like a use case for running Emacs on the remote machine,
> > and only having the display on the local machine, like via X
> > forwarding or similar technology?
>
> Then why use TRAMP at all?  Anyway, this is just an aside, but running
> the server remotely and also editing the files via TRAMP is still
> popular and predates LSP by many years: Many use the SLIME or SLY Common
> Lisp IDEs like that, pretty effectively.  Personally I prefer running an
> Emacs on the remote machine, but there's clearly a share of users who
> like to keep use one local Emacs for everything.
>
> Jo�o
Usually running a remote emacs is extremely slow if using gui and
creates all kind of issues if the connection fails or hang.

When using tui there are also some issues due to terminfo in the remote
system; because the local TERM is informed to the remote system when ssh
connection starts, but if the remote system does not have terminfo for
that term, then it tries to do the best (use a default). In that case,
for normal uses it just works, even for vim and nano; but is seems like
emacs tries to use more advanced features or characters. Also a
connection hang is very problematic because emacs totally blocks and you
lost your changes. And packages like xclip doesn't work (as expected).

The other issue is also "resources", when using remote systems like
raspberry pi or permissions restricted environments, installing emacs
remotely is not always possible either.