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Neutron Drive - A code editor for Google Drive and Chrome

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Re: Neutron Drive - A code editor for Google Drive and Chrome

#21

Looks really good. I had high hopes for Bespin, but I haven't heard anything about that in some time, so I suppose I'll start watching this project instead. I know it's based heavily on GDocs, but my workflow is based around Dropbox. Maybe something could be rigged up there.

Bespin merged with "Ace" - the new project is at http://ace.ajax.org/ or https://github.com/ajaxorg/ace . As an aside, I was sad to see Bespin go. It used canvas for rendering, while Ace uses the DOM. While the Ace team had good reasons for this, Bespin just looked so.. pretty..

Oh my, and this is based on "Ace", so we've come full circle.

I didn't realize Bespin was gone, that's a shame, but it looks like they're making a lot of progress. Being in the process of moving from a (dying) desktop to a laptop, I appreciate things like Chrome syncing where I don't have to spend a whole day configuring my browser any more. I am okay with moving more of my apps to the web, assuming offline mode is always an option. I look forward to more "cloud" products like this.

Re: Neutron Drive - A code editor for Google Drive and Chrome

#22

Looks really good. I had high hopes for Bespin, but I haven't heard anything about that in some time, so I suppose I'll start watching this project instead. I know it's based heavily on GDocs, but my workflow is based around Dropbox. Maybe something could be rigged up there.

Bespin merged with "Ace" - the new project is at http://ace.ajax.org/ or https://github.com/ajaxorg/ace . As an aside, I was sad to see Bespin go. It used canvas for rendering, while Ace uses the DOM. While the Ace team had good reasons for this, Bespin just looked so.. pretty..

You may see a return to canvas with ace. I saw an upcoming version at Google IO and believe it used canvas and webgl.

Re: Neutron Drive - A code editor for Google Drive and Chrome

#25

What does "Google Drive revision control" mean in this case?

All files have revisions management in Google Drive. You can see this feature by doing: Right click on a file > Manage revisions...

Then it's up to the client using the Drive API to use the correct parameter when uploading a new change to create a new revision or overwrite the current revision.

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