Re: My perspective as a mid-level user on pros/cons of different editors

[Dmitry Gutov]

Hi Rudi,

Thanks for the write-up.

Just a few brief comments.

On 20.05.2020 03:29, Rudi C wrote:
> # Plain Emacs
>
> I have never tried plain, unconfigured emacs except for reporting bugs. 
> My first impression of its UI is bad. I think hiding the toolbar 
> improves the UI.

The toolbar's look depends on the OS and the DE. They look reasonable 
under GNOME, for instance.

> In summary, Emacs is good for some specific well-supported languages 
> (even then with lots of harassment and breakages), and obscure languages 
> that are not supported well anywhere (e.g., verilog)

verilog-mode is developed externally and has an issue tracker here: 
https://github.com/veripool/verilog-mode/issues

You might have more luck if you report whatever problems you're having.

> - Complete, first-class LSP support. Without this, all the fancy 
> features of emacs are basically useless. Remember, a car needs first and 
> foremost to move people from A to B. A stationary car with a rocket 
> launcher is cool but also not much of a car.

Have you tried Eglot?