Re: User experience: eglot configuration

[Harald Kirsch]

On 29.01.25 07:47, Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez wrote:
> Hi,
>
> knowing there are much more pressing issues, I nevertheless would like
> to spend a couple of cycles rewording a reflection of mine from the past:
>
> There are lots of LSPs around with adequate Web pages.
> Most include configuration examples for various editors/IDEs.
> How many include a configuration example for Emacs?
>
> Maybe it is because of the ELISP-centric approach followed by eglot.
> Nothing against it, but it is not exactly an incentive for someone
> trying to jump into Emacs (from scratch).
> Because, unfortunately, the whole eglot configuration stuff is not easy
> to read or understand when you are /starting/ with Emacs.
>
> How difficult would it be to allow for a JSON configuration file for
> eglot as an alternative?
> It would surely lower this hurdle.

Since the elispish JSON notation is anyway converted to JSON, using JSON
up front should be easy to implement and, indeed, much better readable
for most developers who, these days, have likely seen JSON, but hardly Lisp.

So, yes, I think this would help to get more people interested in using
Emacs as their development platform.

Harald.


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