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Show HN: vi in your browser - edit files directly from Dropbox, etc

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Post by tagx » Thu, Jun 21, 2012, 7:46 PM UTC

Show HN: vi in your browser - edit files directly from Dropbox, etc
mit.edu

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#2

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jun 21, 2012, 7:49 PM UTC

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#3

Post by tagx » Thu, Jun 21, 2012, 7:49 PM UTC

Cloud vi was my side project last week. FYI: I didn't build the editor. I took it from http://gpl.internetconnection.net/vi/ but modified it a bit and integrated it with https://www.filepicker.io to make it much more useful.

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Post by brettcvz » Thu, Jun 21, 2012, 7:51 PM UTC

Aah MIT nerds. Pretty cool though - any plans for Github support?

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Post by tagx » Thu, Jun 21, 2012, 7:55 PM UTC

brettcvz wrote: post #4

Aah MIT nerds. Pretty cool though - any plans for Github support?

There already is Github support

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Post by brettcvz » Thu, Jun 21, 2012, 7:56 PM UTC

tagx wrote: post #5

brettcvz wrote: post #4

Aah MIT nerds. Pretty cool though - any plans for Github support?

There already is Github support

Sorry should have been more clear. I meant for saving back a commit after opening from Github

Re: Show HN: vi in your browser - edit files directly from Dropbox, etc

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Post by ganeshts » Thu, Jun 21, 2012, 7:58 PM UTC

Any documentation on the restrictions? Commands like :set nu to display line numbers are not available...

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#8

Post by tagx » Thu, Jun 21, 2012, 8:02 PM UTC

ganeshts wrote: post #7

Any documentation on the restrictions? Commands like :set nu to display line numbers are not available...

Not at the moment. It supports most of the standard unix vi commands but not the enhanced vim ones as of yet.

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Post by ganeshts » Thu, Jun 21, 2012, 8:07 PM UTC

tagx wrote: post #8

ganeshts wrote: post #7

Any documentation on the restrictions? Commands like :set nu to display line numbers are not available...

Not at the moment. It supports most of the standard unix vi commands but not the enhanced vim ones as of yet.

Ability to edit files off Box / DropBox is a big plus. Is there a mailing list or something like that (some RSS feed for a development blog) where I will be able to see when updates are made? I would like to start using this as soon as features like vertical column selection / yanking and pasting as well as line numbers are put in (the nature of the files I have on DropBox call for those features :|)

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Post by tvladeck » Thu, Jun 21, 2012, 8:16 PM UTC

so cool. super awesome as-is. if you add evernote support i will go crazy w/ happiness.