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Re:Switching from Vim to Intellij by klodolph on Thursday November 05, 2020 @12:57PM (#25000341)
> 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.

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Re:Switching from Vim to Intellij by mrozbarry on Thursday November 05, 2020 @02:04PM (#25000929)
Oh, I don't mean like you could maintain the library, just the configuration it may expect you to provide it.
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Re:Switching from Vim to Intellij by gmadsen on Thursday November 05, 2020 @03:35PM (#25001701)
agreed 100%.

libraries live or die based on their interface.

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