LLMs are a godsend in fixing emacs problems.

I have asked LLMs several Emacs-related questions and _never_ got a reply that works. And at generating elisp code they are especially awful.

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cmrdporcupine 25 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Not my experience. I've had them write modes for new languages from scratch with excellent results.

And diagnose and fix up my emacs configuration.

Even back in pre-Opus 4.5 days I found them incredibly useful for elisp diagnostics, and these days I use Codex to great effect to enhance my emacs setup.

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SoftTalker 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Same. I'm not an elisp expert by any means, so I tried using claude and chatgpt to help me write some functions. They got close, close enough that I could massage what they wrote into something that did what I needed, but they have never produced anything that just worked.

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antiframe 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That is not my experience. I had Claude add a variety of useful functions to my init.el as well as refactor it for easier maintenance. I now have a more useful to use and pleasant to edit init for it.

	▲	neutronicus an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah, Claude has helped me fix a bunch of warts I was just living with.

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jr_isidore 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Try asking it a coding question, one that doesn't diminish your self-worth.