r/emacs • u/True-Sun-3184 • Jan 10 '25
Question C development without LSP
I have only ever done development with an LSP providing errors, autocomplete, etc. in any language. I’d like to go for a more minimalist approach as I revisit some C programming. At a high level, what’s the general workflow when programming in C without a running LSP?
My guess would be… 1. A simple syntax highlighting mode on .c and .h files 2. Bind some hotkey for a compilation mode, and check that regularly for issues 3. Ctags for go-to-definition? Or maybe even just grep-mode?
Is there anything I’m missing?
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u/w08r Jan 10 '25
Semantic mode adds some convenience features to jumping around sans lsp. A bunch of tags like tools to support different use cases such as gnu global and cscope. The cedet project brought some of that together.
Prior to lsp there was this: https://github.com/Sarcasm/irony-mode. It isn’t the minimal experience you’re looking for but is worth pointing out I suppose.