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Ask HN: Text Editor Survey
Is there a text editor that combines 1) the choice and ecosystem of VS Code with 2) the performance of native code and 3) the ease of use of a modern editor such as [insert editor here]. I currently use VS Code and, although it’s a good editor, it is quite slow for big workloads and a bit of a resource hog. I continue to read here on HN how others feel the same, so there has got to be some white space in the market. Am I right or wrong ?
- chunkles 7y agoYou might try looking at https://theia-ide.org/#features https://theia-ide.org/#features
- hestefisk 7y agoIt’s still web based?
- catacombs 7y agoEmacs.
- hestefisk 7y agoEmacs is a great editor but it’s not that easy to set up and hardly has sane defaults. One can download VSCode and start using it straight ootb for modern development but performance is quite poor at scale.
- hestefisk 7y agoSame goes for Vim. Too inaccessible for new devs. There has got to be a modern, fast alternative with sane defaults. I am going to build it unless it already exists.
- catacombs 7y agoVim is simple. How is it not accessible?
- catacombs 7y agoSpacemacs and Doom Emacs are distributions with default programs and work right out of the box.
- Scarbutt 7y agoI haven't use it, but if you lower your expectations a bit, there's sublimetext, emacs and vim.
- hestefisk 7y agoSublimetext is a great example but not open source. So choice criterion will not be met.
- jimmyvalmer 7y agoHmm... a text editor that has vscode's ecosystem but is not vscode? Sounds like a thinly veiled advertisement for a vaporware editor of your own creation (that will never materialize, unless your name is Linus). Note emacs was also considered a resource vortex for much of its history (backronym: eight megabytes and swapping). Then the hardware caught up, and now emacs is considered "lightweight." Same will happen to vscode. To respond to your survey, I'm a fervent emacser.