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Re:Making Emacs Popular Again (2020) by b3morales on Thursday November 04, 2021 @12:07PM (#29108892)
> VSCode presents an API around a specific notion of what a language is and how it interacts with the editor

I would say Emacs has this as well, in its syntax tables. They are its schema for "what a language can be" and especially "how the editor can interact with it".

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Re:Making Emacs Popular Again (2020) by convolvatron on Thursday November 04, 2021 @12:53PM (#29109555)
yes - but those are completely optional
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Re:Making Emacs Popular Again (2020) by kqr on Thursday November 04, 2021 @03:34PM (#29111570)
That is true of any editor: they will only seeem intelligent if you ask them about the languages they have support for.
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