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Why isn't Xi a "hero" app for this anymore?
by fluffything 6y ago
Why isn't Xi a "hero" app for this anymore?
- raphlinus 6y ago1. As your question touches on, it was. The codebase has grown organically from its start as xi-win. 2. The xi-editor project had other problems which I've written about extensively in my retrospective. 3. It's hard to compete against MS VS Code. When I started xi, the competitive landscape had a huge gap between performant and feature-rich but bloated editors. 4. We got funding for the font editor project.
- fluffything 6y ago> 3. It's hard to compete against MS VS code. I agree, but as an emacs user that has tried it multiple times, I really don't "get it". The main thing that excited me about Xi wasn't Xi itself, but rather that its technology stack could be user to "build your own editor" using a solid foundation. That includes a more modern emacs, vi, vs code, or whatever you like.