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Re: Show HN: Ray.so – Create images of your code

#121

Beautiful but useless, I prefer sharing code with simple code tag rather than code in images, so people can copy test correct etc. For me code should be compiled, so it should be in text not in image.

Probably try not to call someone's work "beautiful but useless" on their Show HN. I came on here to brag how awesome my Lisp looks now. It's useful for me.

Re: Show HN: Ray.so – Create images of your code

#122
Our screenshot tool provides additional functionalities and predefined templates, which allows users to share stunning images and by saving them on codekeep , users can link to those screenshot, where users can select the code and copy it as needed.

You can add emojis, custom images, place logos of your favourite programming language or service, add twitter/facbook instagram handles, custom background.

Apart from the screenshot module, codekeep allows you to store and share code snippets, most of the ui is inspired from google keep and i have added more features on top of that, we named it codekeep (google keep for code snippets).

do checkout and let us know your thought :-) https://codekeep.io/screenshot

Re: Show HN: Ray.so – Create images of your code

#123

Feature request: This seems half-the-way there to a site I've been wanting for a long time, one that will give you a printer-friendly syntax highlighted view of a codebase.

Does your editor not have a print menu? I just printed a file from MacVim, looks great on paper.

It doesn’t (Vscode/Atom). I’ll give MacVim a try, although ideally the tool would print multiple files en masse (perhaps with an ignore list).

Re: Show HN: Ray.so – Create images of your code

#124
post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use fancy code display tools when making slide shows. Though in my case I have a plugin for Notepad++ that lets me copy syntax highlighted code from NP++ and paste it into PowerPoint with all the highlighting and formatting maintained. Super cool plugin. I can't just screenshot my editor (VSCode) because I use a theme that many people find violently irritating (DOS Edit). Anyway, this looks like someone's fun littl…

I just googled your VSCode theme and can provide another anecdote of violent irritation.

It is remarkably usable, promise. But then again I wear blue light filtering glasses so maybe they reduce some of the excesses. :)

My Slack is similarly setup, to the limits that the themeing in Slack allows. :)

Re: Show HN: Ray.so – Create images of your code

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I have to say this feels rather strange next to the functionality of my PrintScreen key. Maybe I'm missing the point. I get that it's easier to look at than pastebin, but I'm struggling to grasp what else. I've always agreed that LOC is a terrible measurement, and similarly I don't delude myself into thinking positioned or colored code is more functional.

The use cases that come to mind are sharing previews of code snippets on platforms that don't support code formatting/highlighting like Twitter or Medium. The cleaner fake UI of this site, uncluttered by any warning or other editor glyphs, and the auto-resize make it slightly more convenient than an editor screenshot I suppose.

> The use cases that come to mind are sharing previews of code snippets on platforms that don't support code formatting/highlighting like Twitter or Medium

But still...why not print screen?

Re: Show HN: Ray.so – Create images of your code

#126

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I just googled your VSCode theme and can provide another anecdote of violent irritation.

I got mildly pleasant nostalgic feelings looking at screenshot of DOS Edit theme myself, but I still wouldn't want it as my daily driver. Can totally understand about screenshots of that not really being cool to chuck in a presentation too.

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Re: Show HN: Ray.so – Create images of your code

#127
post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The use cases that come to mind are sharing previews of code snippets on platforms that don't support code formatting/highlighting like Twitter or Medium. The cleaner fake UI of this site, uncluttered by any warning or other editor glyphs, and the auto-resize make it slightly more convenient than an editor screenshot I suppose.

> The use cases that come to mind are sharing previews of code snippets on platforms that don't support code formatting/highlighting like Twitter or Medium But still...why not print screen?

You have to read up to the second sentence.

Re: Show HN: Ray.so – Create images of your code

#128

Not trying to be argumentative but this is completely over my head and I do not understand the purpose. Is there some way to get a CSS snippet out for publishing in a blog/article/presentation or is it only images? edit: is this purely to add a rounded border/pad that you wouldn't get with WND+SHIFT+S / CMD+SHIFT+4 for sharing on sites where you don't control the style?

I created a Github Action to generate images for code, within github issues. The benefits: - Easy to view and understand the image of the code v/s the code block text when using a mobile device. Why? Easier to scroll images v/s text. - Members will no longer have to rely on the issue reporters and commenters to format their code blocks correctly. Using the in built formatter, the code is always structured properly -…

Now that sounds like an accessibility nightmare :P

Re: Show HN: Ray.so – Create images of your code

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post #93

I have to say this feels rather strange next to the functionality of my PrintScreen key. Maybe I'm missing the point. I get that it's easier to look at than pastebin, but I'm struggling to grasp what else. I've always agreed that LOC is a terrible measurement, and similarly I don't delude myself into thinking positioned or colored code is more functional.

One use case I can think of is creating a series of previews with consistent styling, regardless of current editor/terminal configuration/font rendering settings.
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