For those interested in the "no syntax" approach (the editor being aware of the structure and able to operate natively on it), there are a number of projects [0

For those interested in the "no syntax" approach (the editor being aware of the structure and able to operate natively on it), there are a number of projects [0] that go beyond simple Proof of Concepts. Naturally there are more on Lisp-y languages since there is much less work to go back and forth between syntax and structure. Then is another interesting related discussion [1] from 2015, "Programmer Tooling Beyond Plain Text". Since discusses article seems down, I've added the archive link at [2]. [0] https://github.com/yairchu/awesome-structure-editors/blob/main/README.md https://github.com/yairchu/awesome-structure-editors/blob/ma... [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9495493 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9495493 [2] https://web.archive.org/web/20151023070244/http://joelburget.com/plaintext/ https://web.archive.org/web/20151023070244/http://joelburget...