Re: User experience: eglot configuration

[Philip Kaludercic]

Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez <paaguti@gmail.com> writes:

> 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.

Isn't one of the appeals of Eglot that it works without having to
customise anything?  All you need is M-x eglot (which I understand is
something that might confuse people, but it has an option in the menu
that one could also point to).

> How difficult would it be to allow for a JSON configuration file for eglot
> as an alternative?
> It would surely lower this hurdle.

Just for Eglot, or in general?

> Thanks for the cycles,
> /Pedro A.
>
> PS: When I show my Emacs setup at work, I spark interest in it, which fades
> away when they see what they need to understand the whole setup. And maybe
> the hardest part for most potential users is eglot.