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We are rewriting CodeMirror

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Re: We are rewriting CodeMirror

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Post by chrisseaton »

Scarbutt wrote: post #38
marijn wrote: post #2

Oh hi, I'm Marijn, one of the maintainers. It doesn't look like this submission is going anywhere, but I'll keep an eye on the comments and respond to questions.

Why typescript? wouldn't that choice reduce the number people that can contribute?

Is the programming language really the important thing that limits who can contribute? People who are skilled in writing text editors and development tools can probably adapt to TypeScript without any issue.

Re: We are rewriting CodeMirror

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Post by michaelmrose »

msoad wrote: post #20
tokyodude wrote: post #18

I have to ask what is probably a dumb question. Why? I used CodeMirror on three projects. It was great. Now I use Monaco aka Visual Studio Code. What would CodeMirror offer ? With Monaco I get all the lastest feature of VSCode . Current versions of Monaco include Intellisense etc.. I'm honestly curious both what CodeMirror will offer and why even try to compete. Though I'm guessing the answer to the first question an…

I welcome competition in this space but two guys competing with Microsoft seems like impossible to win. Hopefully they get the funding and we can see what they can build

I wonder how one Finnish engineer could possibly compete with all Microsoft's many engineers in the OS space.

Re: We are rewriting CodeMirror

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Post by simplify »

Scarbutt wrote: post #38
marijn wrote: post #2

Oh hi, I'm Marijn, one of the maintainers. It doesn't look like this submission is going anywhere, but I'll keep an eye on the comments and respond to questions.

Why typescript? wouldn't that choice reduce the number people that can contribute?

TypeScript is really just JavaScript with intuitive type checking.

Re: We are rewriting CodeMirror

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Post by simplify »

marijn wrote: post #2

Oh hi, I'm Marijn, one of the maintainers. It doesn't look like this submission is going anywhere, but I'll keep an eye on the comments and respond to questions.

Are you planning to make it easy to add autocomplete support for languages like TypeScript?

Re: We are rewriting CodeMirror

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Post by jazzyjackson »

marijn wrote: post #2

Oh hi, I'm Marijn, one of the maintainers. It doesn't look like this submission is going anywhere, but I'll keep an eye on the comments and respond to questions.

Hi Marjin, I've been extremely impressed working with Codemirror. The event API is really easy to work with and I love the ease of switching syntax modes and color schemes.

I'm building a product around CodeMirror and as a vimmer, I intend to carry Vim mode with me.

Will CodeMirror6 implement vim mode in a similar fashion?

I'll send you some coin either way, thanks again for developing such a great project!

Re: We are rewriting CodeMirror

#49

Post by koolba »

Scarbutt wrote: post #38
marijn wrote: post #2

Oh hi, I'm Marijn, one of the maintainers. It doesn't look like this submission is going anywhere, but I'll keep an eye on the comments and respond to questions.

Why typescript? wouldn't that choice reduce the number people that can contribute?

On the contrary, it makes it easier for people to contribute as their code is more likely to actually work.

Re: We are rewriting CodeMirror

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Post by nobody271 »

old jQuery UI style, please:

    window.codeMirror("#myCodeMirrorDiv");

    window.codeMirror("#myCodeMirrorDiv", {
        theme: window.codeMirror.themes.dusk,
        maxColumns: 120,
        lineNumbers: true
    });
btw why would you ever put yourself through such a thing?
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