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Re: Web-based editor

#21

Am I alone in not jumping on the Visual Studio [Code] bandwagon? Other online editors have had "vim modes" for ages (e.g. Overleaf) and frankly I'm unlikely to write a chonking great script or project in a browser on Github -- a minor modification is much more likely. VS Code's codebase is huge . Will Github allow people to use other $EDITORs? (Yes, I'm aware this makes me sound like an old man!)

Are the other $EDITORS able to run inside a web browser?

Re: Web-based editor

#22

Am I alone in not jumping on the Visual Studio [Code] bandwagon? Other online editors have had "vim modes" for ages (e.g. Overleaf) and frankly I'm unlikely to write a chonking great script or project in a browser on Github -- a minor modification is much more likely. VS Code's codebase is huge . Will Github allow people to use other $EDITORs? (Yes, I'm aware this makes me sound like an old man!)

Yes, you're alone you luddite (kidding!).

Each to their own really, and honestly not every tool is going to be a good fit for every project. I have day work on Visual Studio that I wouldn't dream of moving to VSC for a bunch of reasons.

The reasons myself and others like VSC also have a lot to do with the plug-in ecosystem. More people using it means someone has likely already encountered my use case which means it's more likely a plugin exists to do what I need.

There are places that live on JetBrains for this reason (sprawling homogenous codebases that cross domains and languages). Having support to hand not only for the code you use most, but every language/framework other folks in your organisation use, is a really useful feature for integration/debugging work.

Re: Web-based editor

#23
post #2

Its scary we're heading towards a situation where everything is done in a browser. Maybe Chromeos really is the future.

I used to think this was pushed by some of the large tech companies that do not have a popular OS and are forced to turn the browser effectively into an OS. But both Github and VS code are owned by Microsoft now.

Re: Web-based editor

#25

Am I alone in not jumping on the Visual Studio [Code] bandwagon? Other online editors have had "vim modes" for ages (e.g. Overleaf) and frankly I'm unlikely to write a chonking great script or project in a browser on Github -- a minor modification is much more likely. VS Code's codebase is huge . Will Github allow people to use other $EDITORs? (Yes, I'm aware this makes me sound like an old man!)

An in-browser (neo)vim instance with a dotfiles repo integration would really be something.

Re: Web-based editor

#27
post #2

Its scary we're heading towards a situation where everything is done in a browser. Maybe Chromeos really is the future.

If you think about it, browser is just an OS for the apps that have crappiest stack (typesetting engine from 80s and, well, javascript), weird window manager (full-window tabs), sandbox for everything (including TCP/UDP calls) and no apps distribution process whatsoever – you download app each time you want to use it.

Why people are excited about this OS, I don't know :)

Re: Web-based editor

#28

Am I alone in not jumping on the Visual Studio [Code] bandwagon? Other online editors have had "vim modes" for ages (e.g. Overleaf) and frankly I'm unlikely to write a chonking great script or project in a browser on Github -- a minor modification is much more likely. VS Code's codebase is huge . Will Github allow people to use other $EDITORs? (Yes, I'm aware this makes me sound like an old man!)

An in-browser (neo)vim instance with a dotfiles repo integration would really be something.

Firenvim exists for in-browser neovim. I haven't used it.

[0]https://github.com/glacambre/firenvim

Re: Web-based editor

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post #27
post #2

Its scary we're heading towards a situation where everything is done in a browser. Maybe Chromeos really is the future.

If you think about it, browser is just an OS for the apps that have crappiest stack (typesetting engine from 80s and, well, javascript), weird window manager (full-window tabs), sandbox for everything (including TCP/UDP calls) and no apps distribution process whatsoever – you download app each time you want to use it. Why people are excited about this OS, I don't know :)

The OS is free, easy to install and runs on mobile too...

Re: Web-based editor

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post #3
post #2

Its scary we're heading towards a situation where everything is done in a browser. Maybe Chromeos really is the future.

Why is it scary?

Scary was probably not what I meant, more like paradigm shifting change into something unrecognizable from my experience.
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