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Re: Show HN: Lite – A small, fast text editor

#11

Any instructions on how to run this on macos?

on catalina os x; I just went git clone https://github.com/rxi/lite.git cd lite ./build.sh ./lite and an app did start up, but the text gets cut off in the editor window, and I can't quit the app from the menu

The compiler might complain that it needs SDL.

Fixed this with:

  sudo apt install libsdl2-dev
on Ubuntu.

Else it works as tingletech described also using Mint/Ubuntu.

Re: Show HN: Lite – A small, fast text editor

#13
post #4

If you are interested in small Lua-based text editors, I advise you to take a look at Textadept: https://foicica.com/textadept/ . Specifically as to minimalism: "Relentlessly optimized for speed and minimalism over the years, the editor consists of less than 2000 lines of C code and less than 4000 lines of Lua code." I believe this is a limit that the editor's author self-imposed and keeps to it with an impressive st…

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Re: Show HN: Lite – A small, fast text editor

#14

Looks nice. But upon starting it up I lost all windows decorations (KDE), had to restart my session and lost the things I was working on in my terminals. How can launching an app cripples the whole desktop ? (not that this have anything to do with the app to me, it's a plasma thing) First thing I look for was support for vim keybinding, could neovim be used as the backend editor ?

Sound to me that your DE sucks if an app can bring it down.

Re: Show HN: Lite – A small, fast text editor

#15

Any instructions on how to run this on macos?

on catalina os x; I just went git clone https://github.com/rxi/lite.git cd lite ./build.sh ./lite and an app did start up, but the text gets cut off in the editor window, and I can't quit the app from the menu

it seems to compile/run fine for me on catalina but everything is absolutely huge (hidpi compatibility issues?)

Re: Show HN: Lite – A small, fast text editor

#16

Any instructions on how to run this on macos?

on catalina os x; I just went git clone https://github.com/rxi/lite.git cd lite ./build.sh ./lite and an app did start up, but the text gets cut off in the editor window, and I can't quit the app from the menu

same here, works on mac quite nice :) and it's super fast.

also fonts are a bit big on retina screen.

Re: Show HN: Lite – A small, fast text editor

#17
post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

on catalina os x; I just went git clone https://github.com/rxi/lite.git cd lite ./build.sh ./lite and an app did start up, but the text gets cut off in the editor window, and I can't quit the app from the menu

The compiler might complain that it needs SDL. Fixed this with: sudo apt install libsdl2-dev on Ubuntu. Else it works as tingletech described also using Mint/Ubuntu.

How do I install this on Mac? apt is not available in mac.

Update: I can install this using brew install sdl2 https://medium.com/@edkins.sarah/set-up-sdl2-on-your-mac-wit...

Re: Show HN: Lite – A small, fast text editor

#19
post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The compiler might complain that it needs SDL. Fixed this with: sudo apt install libsdl2-dev on Ubuntu. Else it works as tingletech described also using Mint/Ubuntu.

How do I install this on Mac? apt is not available in mac. Update: I can install this using brew install sdl2 https://medium.com/@edkins.sarah/set-up-sdl2-on-your-mac-wit...

  brew install sdl2
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