19 Sep 2025
I'm not the only one who can't write elisp
I've been using Copilot to help with Elisp. Unfortunately, Copilot isn't very good at writing code. It writes a function. I incorporate it into my init.el file and run it. It fails. I go back to Copilot and it explains the error and gives me new code. Rince and repeat. Over and over again!
When I worked for IBM, some people said it stood for "It's better manually." I think some people are coming to that conclusion when writing code. It's better to do it yourself!