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Author of the Lite XL fork here. The reason why I started a fork of Lite is that rxi, the author of the original project, refused to merge my proposition to imp
by frankohn 5y ago
Author of the Lite XL fork here. The reason why I started a fork of Lite is that
rxi, the author of the original project, refused to merge my proposition to
improve the font rendering. He didn't want to bring too much complexity to the
project.
In more general terms the author or Lite, rxi, values a lot simplicity in term
of coding implementation even when some things are unfriendly or annoying for
the user. So my decision was to fork Lite to create an alternative project that
has a different compromise between simplicity and user friendliness.
Now Lite XL has a small but awesome group of contributors to the project. We
still value simplicity and we are trying to keep a good balance between features
and complexity of the implementation but our main goal for the editor is to be
friendly and useful as a general purpose coding editor.
I have a very high opinion of rxi. To me the original project, Lite, is a constant
source of inspiration. Even if we have made a fork of its project we highly
value the principles and software practices established by rxi.