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Ask HN: Is there code-block-enabled chat out there for programming teams?
I'd trade my kingdom for the ability to GChat my co-founders some Python and have the formatting look right.
- nixme 18y agoI've used EtherPad (http://etherpad.com/ http://etherpad.com/) successfully for collaborating on code. The only thing missing is syntax highlighting for languages other than Javascript.
- cgranade 18y agoOn a similar vein, Gobby (http://gobby.0x539.de/ http://gobby.0x539.de/) allows for real-time collaboration on code, and IIRC will syntax highlight anything supported by the GtkSourceView widget. The downside is that Gobby is an installable application, and needs a hole punched through NATs for one user.
- blasdel 18y agoYou can just run it as a headless daemon on a server somewhere.
- bcx 18y agoHow does campfire handle this? -- it seems like something the 37signals people would have put time into.
- tyler 18y agoThey detect when you paste something and use a fixed-width font on it. Also, they truncate it and link to a full version.
- avinashv 18y agoI still prefer Gist (gist.github.com) for things like this--I like the fact that the code sticks around.