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This editor has reached parity with Sublime Text in my workflow for these reasons: 1.) Vim bindings (less impressive accomplishment but necessary for me); 2.)
by spenvo 14y ago
This editor has reached parity with Sublime Text in my workflow for these reasons:
1.) Vim bindings (less impressive accomplishment but necessary for me); 2.) fuzzy matching for files, commands, and settings (this concept really wins); 3.) having a browser as a tab(!, it makes working full screen a joy); 4.) object eval(!); 5.) and EXCELLENT autocomplete -- even in Coffeescript -- most likely a product of the eval stuff going on, but better than Sublime. Wow. GREAT WORK.
My wishlist of generic "power user" features: macros support (for ex., I'd like to set Cmd-Del to delete up one line), configurable margins, more preloaded skins, a way to easily change the color palette of a skin, and tmux / real-time collaboration equivalent.
I have gotten around certain quirks ~ add a tabset to simulate margins, also add a key binding for adding a tabset to mock the vsplit vim command
After the Nifty Minidrive failure and others, I can surely say this is the best money I've spent on Kickstarter.
- mikeknoop 14y agoCan you elaborate a little on how Coffeescript works in your setup? I was thinking of trying 0.4 out but I wasn't sure how exactly that language (which I use daily) might fit in.
- spenvo 14y agoIt was plug-and-play! :D Here's a screenshot of it just working: http://www.fixpunk.com/notes/?attachment_id=78 http://www.fixpunk.com/notes/?attachment_id=78 My setup is nothing elaborate: I have set watch commands on my coffee directories and work with a node server running.
- mikeknoop 14y agoAwesome! I'm trying to visualize how some of the features from the Javascript video in OPs post (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtXpOD6jFls http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtXpOD6jFls) would work. Are you using it as a straight editor or are you able to take advantage of the killer LightTable features in conjunction with Coffeescript (perhaps the new source-maps stuff takes care of it)?
- spenvo 14y agoYeah, I haven't seen the realtime eval work in Coffeescript - I have to save the file and refresh the browser. That said--the awareness of the workspace environment really blew me away and pays off in tab completion.
- beefsack 14y agoIt's nearly there for me, only a couple of things holding me back at the moment: * Fuzzy matching doesn't intelligently handle spaces in the search string whereas ST does (very handy for deep directory structure). * No indentation detection or quick switching / conversion between indentation schemes. I love the work Chris and the team are doing on LT at the moment, it's looking amazing at the moment, and am feverishly awaiting the source release so some of us can chip in and help!
- deelowe 14y agoOnly thing it's missing for me is multiple cursors.