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Code Browser

94 points by joubert 6y ago

dang 6y ago
If curious see also 2014 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8409084 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8409084
VyperCard 6y ago
There’s actually a request to add this functionality to VSCode: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/110115 https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/110115
nayuki 6y ago
I use Code Browser to edit tab-separated values (TSV) files; it's quite handy! See https://tibleiz.net/code-browser/elastic-tabstops.html https://tibleiz.net/code-browser/elastic-tabstops.html
Ralo 6y ago
Didn't work for me out the gate, It cannot access network drives.
genericacct 6y ago
Going to try this later! Is it able to jump to a function or variable definition?
- grok22 6y ago
  Doesn't seem to work to display the hierarchy in existing code unless you structure it using some syntax to allow for the code-folding to work.
  - maddyboo 6y ago
    I was hoping it would infer the structure automatically, quite unfortunate that this seems to require annotations to get any real value out of it. I wonder if it could be adapted to use something like ctags/LSP/tree-sitter for that purpose.
mwexler 6y ago
First project in a while aimed at devs that has Linux and Windows as named release versions with no OSX version. As much as I love cross platform, it's nice that Windows devs still get some love... :-). (Yeah, I know the qt version could be made to run anywhere and yes I love my Mac, just having fun with a cool project)
kruxigt 6y ago
I'm amazed by people who casually write a new language that actually works well enough to write a complex and highly useful program in.
- dvh 6y ago
  First 5 languages are the most difficult.
  - nacs 6y ago
    OP is talking about literally creating (and using) a new language -- not just writing code in a language others created.
    - chenglou 6y ago
      Parent meant to say that practice makes perfect.
- chubot 6y ago
  Wow, that is very easy to miss. Then I went and looked at Copper and it's a significant piece of work by itself. It's self-hosted (written in Copper), and has LLVM, x86, and x64 backends, and is portable to multiple OSes. ~/src/languages/copper-4.5/src$ wc -l *.co */*.co 5296 builder.co 1002 commons.co 604 lexer.co 191 main.co 2067 parser.co 2437 codegen/generator-c.co 508 codegen/generator-dump.co 2388 codegen/generator-llvm.co 8896 codegen/generator-x64.co 9617 codegen/generator-x86.co 534 data/ast.co 1466 data/object-file-coff.co 1185 data/object-file-elf64.co 1367 data/object-file-elf.co 5538 data/program.co 461 data/token.co 43557 total
yuribro 6y ago
Is there an Emacs package which does something similar to the "Smalltalk Style" navigation view? It looks like it can be implemented in a very similar way to imenu Should be interesting, especially if it can leverage lsp for the code analysis.
- jonjacky 6y ago
  There was shampoo, an emacs mode for Smalltalk. It's still on github [1] but the old project home page [2] is now gone. I recall that homepage had a convincing screenshot. [1] https://github.com/dmatveev/shampoo-emacs https://github.com/dmatveev/shampoo-emacs [2] http://dmitrymatveev.co.uk/shampoo/ http://dmitrymatveev.co.uk/shampoo/
maddyboo 6y ago
Does anyone wanna make an AUR package for this? ;)
kristiandupont 6y ago
Happy to see what is possibly my favourite editor on HN! I've used this little piece of software for over a decade and I don't think I can ever leave it. I used to use it for programming, but these days it's just my outliner. I much prefer it over org-mode, or all the new markdown-based ones. I wish I would see this type of folding in VS Code or any other modern editor!
NetOpWibby 6y ago
Shame there's no macOS version, this looks pretty cool.

94 points by joubert 6y ago

dang 6y ago

If curious see also 2014 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8409084 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8409084

There’s actually a request to add this functionality to VSCode: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/110115 https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/110115

nayuki 6y ago

I use Code Browser to edit tab-separated values (TSV) files; it's quite handy! See https://tibleiz.net/code-browser/elastic-tabstops.html https://tibleiz.net/code-browser/elastic-tabstops.html

Ralo 6y ago

Didn't work for me out the gate, It cannot access network drives.

genericacct 6y ago

Going to try this later! Is it able to jump to a function or variable definition?

grok22 6y ago
Doesn't seem to work to display the hierarchy in existing code unless you structure it using some syntax to allow for the code-folding to work.
- maddyboo 6y ago
  I was hoping it would infer the structure automatically, quite unfortunate that this seems to require annotations to get any real value out of it. I wonder if it could be adapted to use something like ctags/LSP/tree-sitter for that purpose.

mwexler 6y ago

First project in a while aimed at devs that has Linux and Windows as named release versions with no OSX version. As much as I love cross platform, it's nice that Windows devs still get some love... :-). (Yeah, I know the qt version could be made to run anywhere and yes I love my Mac, just having fun with a cool project)

kruxigt 6y ago

I'm amazed by people who casually write a new language that actually works well enough to write a complex and highly useful program in.

dvh 6y ago
First 5 languages are the most difficult.
- nacs 6y ago
  OP is talking about literally creating (and using) a new language -- not just writing code in a language others created.
  - chenglou 6y ago
    Parent meant to say that practice makes perfect.
chubot 6y ago
Wow, that is very easy to miss. Then I went and looked at Copper and it's a significant piece of work by itself. It's self-hosted (written in Copper), and has LLVM, x86, and x64 backends, and is portable to multiple OSes. ~/src/languages/copper-4.5/src$ wc -l *.co */*.co 5296 builder.co 1002 commons.co 604 lexer.co 191 main.co 2067 parser.co 2437 codegen/generator-c.co 508 codegen/generator-dump.co 2388 codegen/generator-llvm.co 8896 codegen/generator-x64.co 9617 codegen/generator-x86.co 534 data/ast.co 1466 data/object-file-coff.co 1185 data/object-file-elf64.co 1367 data/object-file-elf.co 5538 data/program.co 461 data/token.co 43557 total

yuribro 6y ago

Is there an Emacs package which does something similar to the "Smalltalk Style" navigation view? It looks like it can be implemented in a very similar way to imenu Should be interesting, especially if it can leverage lsp for the code analysis.

jonjacky 6y ago
There was shampoo, an emacs mode for Smalltalk. It's still on github [1] but the old project home page [2] is now gone. I recall that homepage had a convincing screenshot. [1] https://github.com/dmatveev/shampoo-emacs https://github.com/dmatveev/shampoo-emacs [2] http://dmitrymatveev.co.uk/shampoo/ http://dmitrymatveev.co.uk/shampoo/

maddyboo 6y ago

Does anyone wanna make an AUR package for this? ;)

kristiandupont 6y ago

Happy to see what is possibly my favourite editor on HN! I've used this little piece of software for over a decade and I don't think I can ever leave it. I used to use it for programming, but these days it's just my outliner. I much prefer it over org-mode, or all the new markdown-based ones. I wish I would see this type of folding in VS Code or any other modern editor!

NetOpWibby 6y ago

Shame there's no macOS version, this looks pretty cool.