@ibdknox- I wonder if you could comment on the the IPython frontend we see in this demo. I am very interested in the idea of inline javascript based plotting and am wondering if this was possible.
Light Table 0.4 released
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Re: Light Table 0.4 released
#82Where is the source code?
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#83Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well, since you threw that out there... ...I can't believe that people use Clojure-the-language over CL-the-language. It seems to have no reason to exist except as a "I hate parens" Lisp-1. The interesting parts of Clojure (i.e., the sequence abstraction design) are replicatable in CL as a library. Extant issues (e.g., cl's map not mapping over vectors)* can be abstracted over with other tools. While the JVM interop…
The only reason I can understand for the existence and use of Clojure is interoperation with Java and because Clojure is more actively developed than ABCL. The big question to me is why people who do not need Java interop are using Clojure. Here are some reasons I can think of: - The tooling around Clojure feels more familiar to Ruby/Python/Node programmers. - Ruby/Python programmers need their programs to run slowly…
To be fair, unlike Ruby/Python/JS, Clojure actually tries to solve a relevant problem in a new way (concurrency). It is something that probably could have been built on top of Common Lisp, but at the same time, there is something to be said for having a relevant paradigm baked into the standard library from the beginning.
Re: Light Table 0.4 released
#84Now that source maps are in CoffeeScript, any chance of future support? Also, vim bindings?
There are vim bindings. From the docs: Use the "Vim: Toggle vim mode" command from the command tab.
I wonder how useful these are. It seems like a lot of the functionality of Light Table is accessed through mouse interactions.
With that said, I could still use some emacs bindings :)
Re: Light Table 0.4 released
#85This editor has reached parity with Sublime Text in my workflow for these reasons:
1.) Vim bindings (less impressive accomplishment but necessary for me); 2.) fuzzy matching for files, commands, and settings (this concept really wins); 3.) having a browser as a tab(!, it makes working full screen a joy); 4.) object eval(!); 5.) and EXCELLENT autocomplete -- even in Coffeescript -- most likely a product of the eval stuff going on, but better than Sublime. Wow. GREAT WORK.
My wishlist of generic "power user" features: macros support (for ex., I'd like to set Cmd-Del to delete up one line), configurable margins, more preloaded skins, a way to easily change the color palette of a skin, and tmux / real-time collaboration equivalent.
I have gotten around certain quirks ~ add a tabset to simulate margins, also add a key binding for adding a tabset to mock the vsplit vim command
After the Nifty Minidrive failure and others, I can surely say this is the best money I've spent on Kickstarter.
Re: Light Table 0.4 released
#86This editor has reached parity with Sublime Text in my workflow for these reasons: 1.) Vim bindings (less impressive accomplishment but necessary for me); 2.) fuzzy matching for files, commands, and settings (this concept really wins); 3.) having a browser as a tab(!, it makes working full screen a joy); 4.) object eval(!); 5.) and EXCELLENT autocomplete -- even in Coffeescript -- most likely a product of the eval st…
Can you elaborate a little on how Coffeescript works in your setup? I was thinking of trying 0.4 out but I wasn't sure how exactly that language (which I use daily) might fit in.
Re: Light Table 0.4 released
#87Doesn't work with Ubuntu 13.04 :/ Binary is linked to libudev.0 but Ubuntu now uses libudev.1 Any chance me, as a non-tester and interested person, gets a "fix" for that? edit: linking 1 to 0 works so far, but please consider a migration to new version - e.g. chrome did the same some time ago ago[0]. [0] https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/?fromgroups=#...
Someone below mentioned the same thing, with a response from Chris: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5633069
Re: Light Table 0.4 released
#88When trying to download using chrome, I'm getting a warning, saying "LightTableWin.zip is not commonly downloaded and could be dangerous." Guess it is a false positive.
It's a little disturbing to see that much user hand holding/prodding.
Re: Light Table 0.4 released
#89Where is the source code?
This might be it:
https://github.com/Kodowa/Light-Table-Playground
Re: Light Table 0.4 released
#90It looks pretty nifty! It's kind of like what Subtext and Bicicleta wanted to do, but never did (or haven't done yet). You get live update of the code and, apparently, live inspection of all the values in the code. The missing piece would be inspecting values inside a function call.
But it sounds like it's proprietary software? Why do you need that if you're getting funded through Kickstarter?
Either way, it looks like a really inspiring project, and I hope we see many more like it.