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

#31

Post by ldh » Thu, Jun 21, 2012, 9:15 PM UTC

sunils34 wrote: post #23

Cool! You should add ctrl+c mapping to . Thats how I switch out of modes so that I don't move my left hand out of position.

I'm not sure it would be such a good idea to implement a hodgepodge of random peoples' mappings.

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

#32

Post by ehamberg » Thu, Jun 21, 2012, 9:20 PM UTC

ldh wrote: post #31

sunils34 wrote: post #23

Cool! You should add ctrl+c mapping to . Thats how I switch out of modes so that I don't move my left hand out of position.

I'm not sure it would be such a good idea to implement a hodgepodge of random peoples' mappings.

> I'm not sure it would be such a good idea to implement a hodgepodge of random peoples' mappings.

Ctrl-C is not a (user-defined) mapping. It will leave insert mode, but will not trigger things like abbreviations and autocommands (in Vim), so it's not a good idea to use it over Ctrl-[ (which is supported) or .

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

#33

Post by Omnipresent » Thu, Jun 21, 2012, 9:21 PM UTC

This looks really cool. Any plans on sharing/open sourcing the code and going through the process of how you built it?

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

#34

Post by grandalf » Thu, Jun 21, 2012, 9:26 PM UTC

kjhughes wrote: post #19

Cool. Emacs fans wanting their fix in the browser can checkout ymacs: http://www.ymacs.org/demo/

Does ymacs open files from Dropbox yet? Github, if you're reading this please make both vi and emacs interfaces available through your web ui :)

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

#35

Post by ldh » Thu, Jun 21, 2012, 9:31 PM UTC

ehamberg wrote: post #32

ldh wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not sure it would be such a good idea to implement a hodgepodge of random peoples' mappings.

> I'm not sure it would be such a good idea to implement a hodgepodge of random peoples' mappings. Ctrl-C is not a (user-defined) mapping. It will leave insert mode, but will not trigger things like abbreviations and autocommands (in Vim), so it's not a good idea to use it over Ctrl-[ (which is supported) or .

Ah, right. Thanks for clarifying.

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

#36

Post by phusion » Thu, Jun 21, 2012, 9:34 PM UTC

Nice, I'm not a developer, but I could find myself using this a lot.

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

#37

Post by tagx » Thu, Jun 21, 2012, 9:39 PM UTC

Omnipresent wrote: post #33

This looks really cool. Any plans on sharing/open sourcing the code and going through the process of how you built it?

It already is open sourced but I do plan on writing a blog post about it sometime in the future

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

#38

Post by brettcvz » Thu, Jun 21, 2012, 9:44 PM UTC

grandalf wrote: post #34

kjhughes wrote: post #19

Cool. Emacs fans wanting their fix in the browser can checkout ymacs: http://www.ymacs.org/demo/

Does ymacs open files from Dropbox yet? Github, if you're reading this please make both vi and emacs interfaces available through your web ui :)

[Shameless plug] They could if they use Filepicker.io! Anyone know someone on the project that I could contact?

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

#39

Post by _cbb1 » Thu, Jun 21, 2012, 10:08 PM UTC

This conflicts with my pentadactyl plugin haha!

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

#40

Post by taylorbuley » Thu, Jun 21, 2012, 10:08 PM UTC

This appears to be completely static, which is awesome (no server-side required for oAuth thanks to filepicker.io?)