> Just like any system, don't install plugins/copy+paste config that you don't understand or can't maintain.
I don't think this advice makes sense at all. I can't maintain cc-mode and I don't understand how it works, yet I rely on it.
Users should not be expected to understand how the TypeScript autocompletion works in order to get it working. I can open VS Code on a TypeScript project and get autocompletion working just based on the tsconfig.json, much of the time.
Oh, I don't mean like you could maintain the library, just the configuration it may expect you to provide it.
agreed 100%.
libraries live or die based on their interface.
Re:Switching from Vim to Intellij
by EdwardDiego on Thursday November 05, 2020 @07:55PM
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I guess it really depends on where you want to spend your time. Time spent customising and tweaking my tooling is time not spent focusing on my core work.
Hence why, despite my interest in Fish, I'm still just making do with Bash, I just can't justify the time to make a proper switch.
On the flip side, if you want easy configuration, then yes, vim/emacs/similar are not necessarily the right choices for you, but I don't think that means they are generally bad options.