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Funnily, my approach is somehow opposite. I run Emacs with all bells and whistles to write whatever language. With LSPs, you are now not married to a language-specific IDE. As a developer, I just start Emacs in server mode and never shut it down.

Then I use emacsclient to edit all kinds of files. It loads instantly, handles any reasonable files, can access remote files when needed, and has all the tools I want handy.

OTOH the IDE features do not clutter anything: I have no tabs, no toolbars, no file trees — not until I ask for them.

>>nine_k+(OP)
That sounds like an academic exercise rather than anything practical

>>pinoy4+9q1
It looks like the comment is posted to a wrong thread.

(FTR, the setup above is used for practical, mostly commercial programming; I've left academia without even finishing my post-grad study, decades ago.)

>>nine_k+(OP)
Obligatory xkcd

https://xkcd.com/378/

>>pinoy4+9q1
In what world does the topic of setting up an editor have any academic value?

>>sorami+8K1
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/academic

3.b.

>>nine_k+bs1
I don’t believe they were referencing anything about literal higher education. In this context, saying something is an “academic exercise” is just a way of saying it’s being done more for one’s own edification, rather than any purely practical purposes.

>>alt227+2J1
Ok you made me laugh out loud in a local Coffee shop!!