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The authors of Xi are currently working on Xilem, an experimental reactive UI framework for Rust: https://github.com/linebender/xilem https://github.com/lineben

• infogulch 2y ago
  Legendary-tier yak shaving. "I want to build an editor, but first I must solve rendering 2D graphics purely on the GPU, invent a parallelizable path solver, and code a human perception-based color value manipulation library."
  • PoignardAzur 2y ago
    You have no idea. I think we're at five or six levels of yaks by now. (xi -> xilem -> masonry -> vello -> peniko -> color)
  • bbkane 2y ago
    It's a lot of fun to follow, especially as its so different than my developmental expertise. You can see the current projects (13 active) on https://linebender.org https://linebender.org , and several members post interesting checkins in https://xi.zulipchat.com/ https://xi.zulipchat.com/
  • kstrauser 2y ago
    This is the path to Enlightenment (17).
    • mech422 2y ago
      They just had a release as well :-) It doesn't really seem to get much press anymore... Back in the 'early days' - wow! E! was something pretty special :-D
      • kstrauser 2y ago
        E15 or so was mindblowing at the time. It was living in a sci-fi movie.
  • mananaysiempre 2y ago
    > first I must solve rendering 2D graphics purely on the GPU To be fair, the original author of Xi ('raphlinus) has been working on GPU-side 2D rendering much longer than on Xi.
• amanda99 2y ago
  Repo says "discontinued".
  • daveguy 2y ago
    Yes, the xi repo is discontinued. They recommend the lapce editor as the spiritual successor: https://github.com/lapce/lapce https://github.com/lapce/lapce
    • satvikpendem 2y ago
      I'd also recommend Helix [0] (which also uses the rope data structure [1]), that's a more widely used editor also written in Rust. [0] https://github.com/helix-editor/helix https://github.com/helix-editor/helix [1] https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/blob/master/docs/architecture.md https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/blob/master/docs/archi...
      • VeejayRampay 2y ago
        helix is a really really good text editor / terminal IDE I'm seriously impressed by the level of quality out of the box
      • jll29 2y ago
        This looks pretty cool - except... modes like in vi are a no-go area; has anyone tried to modify the GUI (key bindings) to make it similar to Emacs or Notepad? The extra keypress for switching between "i" (inserting text) "ESC" (moving cursor) "i"... would drive me insane (just not used to it, but used to very fast, friction-free typing/editing).
        • satvikpendem 2y ago
          There might be mods but it is fundamentally built around those vi like keybindings so you'll be fighting an uphill battle.
        • sandbach 2y ago