SpartanJ

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by SpartanJ 7mo ago
Shameless plug: For anyone interested in new code editors, I'm working on a multi-platform one called ecode [1]. It's similar in spirit to Notepad++ and Textadept, and some of the newer ones like Zed. It tries to be a fresh take u
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by SpartanJ 1y ago
It's in the main project repo, since ecode it's part of a much bigger project: https://github.com/SpartanJ/eepp/ Here's the explanation: https://github.com/SpartanJ/ecode/?
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by SpartanJ 1y ago
> Why? Genuine curiosity, what's the angle for a market for sublime/zed alternatives? What are they lacking? In my opinion, Sublime’s biggest gap is that it’s not open-source, and there aren’t many (if any) open-source alternat
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by SpartanJ 1y ago
I think there's still space in the editor market for an open-source Sublime/Zed alternative. I've been working solo on a code editor with similar characteristics for a few years. It's still a work in progress, but it&#x2
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by SpartanJ 2y ago
I'm working on a multi-platform code editor similar to notepad++ and some new editors like Zed, called ecode, that tries to be a fresh take on code editors using some modern tools and technologies like LSPs. I started working on it aft
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by SpartanJ 2y ago
Thanks! Currently it does not but it's not something particularly complex to implement so I can add it if there's interest! I haven't used NP++ in some time so I don't remember exactly how it behaves but I'll take a
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by SpartanJ 2y ago
Shameless plug: I'm working on a multi-platform code editor similar to NP++ and some new editors like Zed called ecode, that tries to be a fresh take on code editors using some modern tools and technologies like LSPs. I started working
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by SpartanJ 3y ago
It's also important to mention that given that the projected inflation for 2024 is above 200% and historically this taxes are not properly annually updated, the most probable scenario is that in a year or a few months most people that
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by SpartanJ 4y ago
I'm working on an code editor with a similar philosophy (or at least I'm trying to achieve similar goals) but it's completely open-source (MIT licence). It's called ecode and can be found here: https://github.
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by SpartanJ 4y ago
This is an ongoing trend that will continue until some of the new GUI-backed UIs gain some popularity. What we need right now is a real alternative to Electron based applications, and probably carrying new technologies. I know that we alrea
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by SpartanJ 4y ago
Thanks for the compliment! The graphics module is the core of the application (the UI consumes the Graphics module for all the rendering). There are two modules that aren't currently being used in ecode: physics and audio. I'll ke
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by SpartanJ 4y ago
That depends on what you want to extend. You can expand the capabilities of the LSP, linter, and formatter by adding new configurations. You can also create new color themes for the editor and the terminal. You can also customize the UI (it
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by SpartanJ 4y ago
Thank you for your kind words! Almost no one knew the project until some hours ago so there was no community to communicate with, there's nothing available for the moment. I would love to have a place to chat if people is interested in
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by SpartanJ 4y ago
Thank you for the support! I really appreciate it!
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by SpartanJ 4y ago
Author here: Besides the fact that you were very rude with your comment I'll give you my point of view. > I have carefully set up my desktop environment the way I like it, specifically the way menus are displayed, colours, fonts, ic
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by SpartanJ 4y ago
Author here: No, you're incorrect. It's a general purpose code editor. What you are describing is the underlying technology used to create the editor. eepp (the library) currently is more like a Qt alternative (not at the same lev
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by SpartanJ 4y ago
Author here: Thanks for the suggestion! I forgot to change it in the repository description! It's already fixed. > My favourite languages, Java and SQL, are not in the supported languages list but hopefully support can be added with
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by SpartanJ 4y ago
Awesome, it really helps me to visualize the usefulness of the feature. Thanks for taking the time to explain it.
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by SpartanJ 4y ago
Thank you very much! Indeed it looks really useful. I hope I can implement it soon.
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by SpartanJ 4y ago
Author here: This is interesting to me. I usually solve all the multi-cursor usage with a range based search and replace (that it's supported in ecode by selecting the range and Ctr/Cmd + F to search and replace over that range).
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by SpartanJ 4y ago
Author here: You can hide everything in the editor (minimap, line number info, side panel, etc). I guess could add a Zen mode that hides everything at once for simplicity. The editor will remember your view settings, so it's very doabl
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by SpartanJ 4y ago
Author here: That's correct. It's partially intentional, since I want to keep some control over the plugins ecosystem. I think it's explained somewhere in the README file: Extendable functionality but in a controlled environm
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by SpartanJ 4y ago
Author here: The editor can be expanded via plugins and several features are presented as plugins (LSP, linter, formatter and auto-complete). But the plugins API it's not as friendly as other editors since I want to keep some control o
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by SpartanJ 4y ago
Author here: I guess this is gonna be one of the most requested features. It will come sooner than later, but it's not a feature I use very often, that's probably the only reason it's not implemented yet.
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by SpartanJ 4y ago
Author here: Git integration plugins will come later, but it's planned. I hope the project gets enough visibility to get some collaborators :)
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by SpartanJ 4y ago
Author here: Yes, that's what I meant. I agree it's not the most appropriate adjetive to describe the editor. But one of my intentions is to keep the UI as clean as possible (I'm not a fan of cluttered editors with several pa
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Show HN: Ecode – A minimalist and fast open-source code editor(github.com)
233 points by SpartanJ 4y ago|92 comments
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by SpartanJ 7y ago
I'll consider it, thanks for sharing.
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by SpartanJ 7y ago
I didn't know that Hg already works with Python 3, that's great! The problem is that most distributions still will distribute the Python 2.7 version, I guess it makes sense until TortoiseHG catches up with Mercurial. I hope this h
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by SpartanJ 7y ago
I've been using Bitbucket with Mercurial repositories since 2011, both for private and public repos. I can count more than 50 mercurial repos that I'll need to manually move somewhere else. I'm really disappointed right now.

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