Re: [dev] [RFC] Design of a vim like text editor

From: Lee F. <REMOVED_UPON_REQUEST_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 18:19:37 -0400

On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 6:13 PM, Dimitris Papastamos <sin_AT_2f30.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 06:02:19PM -0400, Lee F. wrote:
>> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 5:52 PM, Dimitris Papastamos <sin_AT_2f30.org> wrote:
>> >> I want to code a text editor that is suckless and actually matters. If your implementation is better, we better code for your project.
>> >
>> > FWIW, the only reason I liked sandy was because it was not yet another
>> > vi clone.
>> >
>> > A nice experimental and in-development editor is edit[0]
>> >
>> > [0] http://c9x.me/edit/
>> >
>>
>> Whoa. Yes. Now this is an editor worth getting interested in.
>>
>> I've sort've created what that guy has, but favored key combos for
>> editor commands rather than clickable keywords. Same with the command
>> window- I've opted for a command line and use the text view for all
>> stderr/out/in.
>>
>> Is this guy using the p9p graphics lib?
>
> I think it is Xlib :)
>
You are right. Checked out the code. Very similar to Acme.

I'll take this opportunity to get this thread back on track:
How difficult would it be to go back to the original sockets idea? Is
vis too far gone? I'd like to be able to edit several open buffers
from a single command line.
Received on Tue Sep 16 2014 - 00:19:37 CEST

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