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Web based Textmate like editor that saves to Dropbox

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Re: Web based Textmate like editor that saves to Dropbox

#21

Post by ErrantX »

Excellent.

Now drop in some version control (mercurial for my own preference :)) and we are onto a winner.

Dropbox is great for syncing between your development machines, but version control is essential for deployment and team development. Combining the two is really powerful.

Re: Web based Textmate like editor that saves to Dropbox

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Post by patrickk »

ErrantX wrote: post #21

Excellent. Now drop in some version control (mercurial for my own preference :)) and we are onto a winner. Dropbox is great for syncing between your development machines, but version control is essential for deployment and team development. Combining the two is really powerful.

It would be cool if you could share screens from two people not in the same room too.

Re: Web based Textmate like editor that saves to Dropbox

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Post by YooLi »

euroclydon wrote: post #19

Speaking of DropBox integration: I have the DropBox App on my iPhone, and the 1Password App too, which has "DropBox integration", but it asks for my DropBox password. Is that the way it's supposed to work? Shouldn't 1Password be able to access DropBox files via the phone itself?

I believe 1Password is just using the Dropbox API, in which case your credentials are indeed needed. I don't think it's possible for 1Password to use the Dropbox App to do the integration with the Dropbox service, at least not at the present time with the way apps are sandboxed.

Re: Web based Textmate like editor that saves to Dropbox

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Post by 27182818284 »

I'm angry at myself for not thinking about the Dropbox portion of the application. I had already thought that a TextMate-like editor for Chrome would be really nice to have, but I couldn't think of a solution for. If I used traditional saving methods, I couldn't figure out why I wouldn't just use emacs, coda, textmate, etc. The Dropbox portion is what makes this app for me.

That

Re: Web based Textmate like editor that saves to Dropbox

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Post by sudont »

ErrantX wrote: post #21

Excellent. Now drop in some version control (mercurial for my own preference :)) and we are onto a winner. Dropbox is great for syncing between your development machines, but version control is essential for deployment and team development. Combining the two is really powerful.

Another "feature" would be the ability to use it without dropbox--save functionality removed. I don't have my dropbox password handy, so the app is completely unusable. (HTML"5" database/ javascript localstorage?)

Re: Web based Textmate like editor that saves to Dropbox

#27

Post by rbxbx »

ErrantX wrote: post #21

Excellent. Now drop in some version control (mercurial for my own preference :)) and we are onto a winner. Dropbox is great for syncing between your development machines, but version control is essential for deployment and team development. Combining the two is really powerful.

Dropbox does have version control built in, albeit not in the same way which you speak of.

Pretty good way to get people unfamiliar with version control to see the utility of it, though :)

Re: Web based Textmate like editor that saves to Dropbox

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Post by kscaldef »

27182818284 wrote: post #25

I'm angry at myself for not thinking about the Dropbox portion of the application. I had already thought that a TextMate-like editor for Chrome would be really nice to have, but I couldn't think of a solution for. If I used traditional saving methods, I couldn't figure out why I wouldn't just use emacs, coda, textmate, etc. The Dropbox portion is what makes this app for me. That

I guess I still don't understand why I wouldn't just use emacs, etc. I edit files in my Dropbox folder with emacs all the time.
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