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I'm seeing in-editor browsers more and more lately. I'm not sure why. Given the difficulties with arbitrary key binding, and with filesystem access -- both sine

by aaronem 13y ago

I'm seeing in-editor browsers more and more lately. I'm not sure why. Given the difficulties with arbitrary key binding, and with filesystem access -- both sine qua non of a programmer's editor -- it seems like any such tool starts out half-broken by design. Don't get me wrong; yours is quite nice, as far as they go. I just don't see how they go far enough to have been getting the consideration they have lately.

goldfeld 13y ago
When you host a solid project like CodeMirror on a local Node.js instance, which fortunately has a heavy focus on I/O, you start to get those capabilities back. See something like Lighttable, which is essentially ClojureScript on top of Node.js, but sadly isn't open source (yet?) I think we're still a far cry from it, but maybe that'll be the future of Unix-based text editors, maybe that's what will eventually supersede Emacs (I say that as an avid user.) That said, I wish I could pin some of my hopes to the upcoming Guilemacs.
- zarriak 13y ago
  As soon as it launches, Light Table will be open source. "Will it be open source? I'm a firm believer in open source software and open source technologies. I can guarantee you that Light Table will be built on top of the technologies that are freely available to us today. As such, I believe it only fair that the core of Light Table be open sourced once it is launched. At some level, this is an experiment in how open source and business can mix - it will be educational for us all." - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ibdknox/light-table http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ibdknox/light-table
  - judk 13y ago
    LT is one of the biggest stringalongs in recent memory. It is all about whipping up community goodwill in hopes of flipping a buck one day. In the meantime, humble projects are progressing along without all the young people JS-dev hype.... CodeMirror, emacs/vim editor plugins, etc
- wging 13y ago
  Speaking of Light Table, did you know LT actually uses CodeMirror under the hood?
Edmond 13y ago
I won't get into the emacs debate since I am not sure I even know what it is about. But I think browser editors are the wave of the future, for the same reasons web software has been widely successful despite all shortcomings. I am the founder of a browser based IDE software company, our product uses Codemirror exclusively and extensively..check my profile for the link if you want to check it out.

by aaronem 13y ago

goldfeld 13y ago

When you host a solid project like CodeMirror on a local Node.js instance, which fortunately has a heavy focus on I/O, you start to get those capabilities back. See something like Lighttable, which is essentially ClojureScript on top of Node.js, but sadly isn't open source (yet?) I think we're still a far cry from it, but maybe that'll be the future of Unix-based text editors, maybe that's what will eventually supersede Emacs (I say that as an avid user.) That said, I wish I could pin some of my hopes to the upcoming Guilemacs.

zarriak 13y ago
As soon as it launches, Light Table will be open source. "Will it be open source? I'm a firm believer in open source software and open source technologies. I can guarantee you that Light Table will be built on top of the technologies that are freely available to us today. As such, I believe it only fair that the core of Light Table be open sourced once it is launched. At some level, this is an experiment in how open source and business can mix - it will be educational for us all." - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ibdknox/light-table http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ibdknox/light-table
- judk 13y ago
  LT is one of the biggest stringalongs in recent memory. It is all about whipping up community goodwill in hopes of flipping a buck one day. In the meantime, humble projects are progressing along without all the young people JS-dev hype.... CodeMirror, emacs/vim editor plugins, etc
wging 13y ago
Speaking of Light Table, did you know LT actually uses CodeMirror under the hood?

Edmond 13y ago

I won't get into the emacs debate since I am not sure I even know what it is about. But I think browser editors are the wave of the future, for the same reasons web software has been widely successful despite all shortcomings. I am the founder of a browser based IDE software company, our product uses Codemirror exclusively and extensively..check my profile for the link if you want to check it out.