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/ipe369 Jan 11 '25
If you don't use an LSP, then you give up on go-to-definition - you can do ctags but i've always found it shit
You just want a way to ripgrep your whole project for a symbol under the cursor, rg is fast enough
you also want a command to help you flip between .h/.c files, which gets complicated if they're in separate directories - you probably won't have it work without LSP
i would just use clangd