Subject: Re: bug#61868: 29.0.60; Eglot: setting "workspace" configurations should be easier

From: João Távora <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2023 13:20:46 +0000

On Wed, Mar 1, 2023 at 7:39 AM Augusto Stoffel <[email-masked]> wrote:

> A Customize kind of UI would be really cool, but then LSP needs a new
> capability whereby the server sends a "schema" of the accepted options
> (their names, types, documentation, etc.)

If this feature gets added to Emacs, Eglot will probably recommend it
in the manual.  I hope it's not a "Customize kind of UI", though.
Editing sexps deserves better.

> > It's indeed un-Lispy
> Is it though?  Replace the dots by hyphens, and you will find some real
> Emacs user options:
>
>     vc.svn.program
>     vc.git.program
>     vc.git.log-edit.summary.target-len
>     vc.git.log-edit.summary.max-len

Gargantuan variable names are not what I would call the most Lispy
part of Emacs.

João