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by jaster 1534 days ago
Sorry, to clarify: I used the package `emacs-next` from guix to install emacs 28. You still need to install and configure emacs-lsp along with the LSP backend(s) you want to use.

I'm currently using the doom-emacs "emacs distro" (https://github.com/hlissner/doom-emacs), so doom is taking charge of setting up emacs-lsp for me.
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jonnycomputer 1534 days ago
Thank you for that. I haven't really checked out any of these distros (doom, prelude, etc.), but maybe I should.

One of the issues I have is that I work on multiple disconnected servers, and so I usually end up installing emacs on all of them. Using tramp is an option, but often times I just want a local editor because I find myself needing one in the context I'm working in. But all the servers run slightly different OS versions, etc.

Maybe a mangaged-for-me distribution that does most everything I want without me fiddling with it is the way to go.

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jaster 1534 days ago
For me it was worked relatively well.

I track my config in a git repo, and doom-emacs is rather helpful on what external tools must be installed for various configuration "layers" (like when working with such and such language). When using LSP, it can even proposes to install an appropriate language server in some cases.

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