Show HN: Chalk.ist – Create beautiful images of your source code
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Re: Show HN: Chalk.ist – Create beautiful images of your source code
#2Great website! Congrats.
1. Any chance to make it open-source?
2. Is there an option to build animation of how code is written? Export code animation as GIF?
Re: Show HN: Chalk.ist – Create beautiful images of your source code
#3Great website! Congrats. 1. Any chance to make it open-source? 2. Is there an option to build animation of how code is written? Export code animation as GIF?
I did some internet search and the website is open source https://github.com/Idered/chalk.ist
And it looks you are from Białystok - greetings from Łapy!
Re: Show HN: Chalk.ist – Create beautiful images of your source code
#4Nice job. A couple of UX insights for you to think about:
- Perhaps introduce a bit more spacing between the left-side menu items; it currently feels a tad congested.
- A strategy to consider: identify the most frequently utilized features and present them prominently by default. Many of the nuanced configurations might be better suited behind a collapsible panel. Striking the right equilibrium between primary functionalities for the majority and advanced settings for a minority can significantly enhance the user interface, leading to a more streamlined experience.
tiny tweaks can sometimes make the product 10X faster to use and increase your overall retention. hope it's helpful!
Re: Show HN: Chalk.ist – Create beautiful images of your source code
#5Reminds me of carbon.now.sh
Re: Show HN: Chalk.ist – Create beautiful images of your source code
#6What's the use case for this?
Re: Show HN: Chalk.ist – Create beautiful images of your source code
#7A few questions:
- Some of us are loath to promote macOS, and that includes using it in decorational elements. Any chance that you'll add other window decoration styles?
- There's not a lot of languages listed; I wasn't able to find D (which didn't surprise me) or C++ (which did surprise me). I don't know what you're using now for syntax highlighting, but something like prismjs.com could easily add dozens of languages to your supported list.
I do like the looks of this project; keep it up!
Re: Show HN: Chalk.ist – Create beautiful images of your source code
#8What's the use case for this?
I just used this for my repo's readme:
https://github.com/hbcondo/revenut-api
I originally used the image editor Pinta[1] to depict the JSON response from my API but Chalk.ist was much easier!
Commit diff: https://github.com/hbcondo/revenut-app/commit/740f907d42e189...
Re: Show HN: Chalk.ist – Create beautiful images of your source code
#9Great website! Congrats. 1. Any chance to make it open-source? 2. Is there an option to build animation of how code is written? Export code animation as GIF?
2. Nope, I have it on my roadmap but far far away
Re: Show HN: Chalk.ist – Create beautiful images of your source code
#10A few questions: - Some of us are loath to promote macOS, and that includes using it in decorational elements. Any chance that you'll add other window decoration styles? - There's not a lot of languages listed; I wasn't able to find D (which didn't surprise me) or C++ (which did surprise me). I don't know what you're using now for syntax highlighting, but something like prismjs.com could easily add dozens of language…
1. You can always disable window controls. I'll try to add other types soon
2. You can send issue/pr with language you need. Here's current list https://github.com/Idered/chalk.ist/blob/c9b9d8662ab7fcc0b04... or you let me know here which one you need
Thanks!