Kod is a new Node.js scriptable code editor for OSX

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Post by tonyskn » Sun, Dec 19, 2010, 12:19 AM UTC

Kod is a new Node.js scriptable code editor for OSX
kodapp.com

Re: Kod is a new Node.js scriptable code editor for OSX

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Post by jrockway » Sun, Dec 19, 2010, 1:17 AM UTC

Here's what I don't get about tabs and the phrase "programmer's text editor" -- what programmer only has 8 files open at once?

Looking at ibuffer, I have 92 buffers open in Emacs right now. What would that look like with tabs?

Re: Kod is a new Node.js scriptable code editor for OSX

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Post by Swizec » Sun, Dec 19, 2010, 1:24 AM UTC

jrockway wrote: post #2

Here's what I don't get about tabs and the phrase "programmer's text editor" -- what programmer only has 8 files open at once? Looking at ibuffer, I have 92 buffers open in Emacs right now. What would that look like with tabs?

Managable.

To expand on that: I really like the notion of tabs in text editors. I like having a quick and visual represantation of how many files I'm working on. It's also very easy to memorize where a certain file is spatially.

But then I'm a very visual person, if I can only see one file at once without knowing all the open files at a glance, I go absolutely nutters.

Re: Kod is a new Node.js scriptable code editor for OSX

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Post by frank06 » Sun, Dec 19, 2010, 1:35 AM UTC

Looks good. But I don't really care if I can style the editor with CSS3. Concretely, why should I scrap my current code editor and start using Kod? Is it somehow targeted to Node.js devs; how is that better than Cloud9?

Re: Kod is a new Node.js scriptable code editor for OSX

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Post by micaelwidell » Sun, Dec 19, 2010, 1:43 AM UTC

Finally some potential competition for textmate.

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Post by gcr » Sun, Dec 19, 2010, 1:44 AM UTC

jrockway wrote: post #2

Here's what I don't get about tabs and the phrase "programmer's text editor" -- what programmer only has 8 files open at once? Looking at ibuffer, I have 92 buffers open in Emacs right now. What would that look like with tabs?

My observations:

Most people in word have 1-2 documents open at once. Most people in text editors like gedit, kate, eclipse, VS have maybe 10 or 20 tabs But most emacs users have at least 80 or 90 buffers open! It's an interesting phenomena that I haven't seen elsewhere. Why is this? Are tabs too much overhead or does emacs have really good buffer management?

Not a criticism, I'm slowly picking up some emacs after 2 years of vi, and I'd like to understand more of the nuances.

Re: Kod is a new Node.js scriptable code editor for OSX

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Post by spacemanaki » Sun, Dec 19, 2010, 1:48 AM UTC

micaelwidell wrote: post #5

Finally some potential competition for textmate.

Vim and Emacs weren't enough?

Re: Kod is a new Node.js scriptable code editor for OSX

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Post by aboodman » Sun, Dec 19, 2010, 1:49 AM UTC

I wonder if it is based on Chromium.

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Post by liamk » Sun, Dec 19, 2010, 1:49 AM UTC

micaelwidell wrote: post #5

Finally some potential competition for textmate.

While there are certainly some nice features in Kod it has a long way to go before it offers some of the features that textmate does (e.g. snippets). With that said, I'm hoping Kod becomes a real alternative to textmate!

Re: Kod is a new Node.js scriptable code editor for OSX

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Post by micaelwidell » Sun, Dec 19, 2010, 1:54 AM UTC

spacemanaki wrote: post #7

micaelwidell wrote: post #5

Finally some potential competition for textmate.

Vim and Emacs weren't enough?

Show me a usable file tree view that doesn't look like crap for vim or emacs, and I will go back to using them.

With today's web frameworks, when I hop between files all the time, I want a neat visual file tree.