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It's the original Electron[1] app. It's just a JavaScript web application running in a re-branded Chrome window, which is why it uses an absurd amount of comput

It's the original Electron[1] app. It's just a JavaScript web application running in a re-branded Chrome window, which is why it uses an absurd amount of computing power compared to a normal text editor (or most other native applications). [1] http://electron.atom.io/ http://electron.atom.io/

duaneb 10y ago
Do they at least render natively, or do they rely on Blink + (I'm assuming) some crazy JS text rendering & syntax coloring to get it usable?
- mintplant 10y ago
  The latter.