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Re: Run VSCode and terminal on any iOS device

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Post by emptyfile »

tannerellen wrote: post #108
FredPret wrote: post #8

Blink doesn't have a lifetime license, which prevents me getting it. I just don't like working with rented tools. There's an excellent app called iSH which runs Alpine Linux on iOS. I wish it were possible to boot into iSH on the iPad

But it's not a rented tool. The subscription is to give a developer the ability to work on a project in a sustainable way. It's open source. You can compile it yourself. How is that rented? This is a fairly niche product in the iOS ecosystem, it is also by far the best terminal for iOS. $20 per year is a pittance in the grand scheme of my tech purchases and well worth transforming my iPad into something more than jus…

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Re: Run VSCode and terminal on any iOS device

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Post by sixonesixo »

palad1n wrote: post #5

I want to believe! Anyone tried this yet?

i'm using it for a while now, i just ssh to my kubernetes development pod and i do everything from there, i have also a code-server instance installed on the pod so i can use vscode as if i was on that machine. blink was really a gamechanger for me as it fits all my needs! but i think i have a job that's the best use case for blink 'cause i'm a backend dev working exclusively on cloud. the only think i don't like is that i cannot scale vscode UI inside blink

Re: Run VSCode and terminal on any iOS device

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Post by blep-arsh »

1oooqooq wrote: post #81
nottorp wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks! Another 300 years and ipads will be usable as developer systems :) In the mean time, I think I'll keep my mbpro around...

now that apple have to allow other sources for software, what is preventing Mozilla, chrome, vscode from actually running in ios?

If I remember correctly: iOS is preventing apps from running any generated code that's not signed ahead of time (it's allowed for browsers specifically for JIT but not for IDEs, I believe); spawning processes and loading new dylibs is also forbidden so it's still very inconvenient.

Re: Run VSCode and terminal on any iOS device

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Post by nottorp »

blep-arsh wrote: post #123
1oooqooq wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

now that apple have to allow other sources for software, what is preventing Mozilla, chrome, vscode from actually running in ios?

If I remember correctly: iOS is preventing apps from running any generated code that's not signed ahead of time (it's allowed for browsers specifically for JIT but not for IDEs, I believe); spawning processes and loading new dylibs is also forbidden so it's still very inconvenient.

Also I don't want to depend on anyone's cloud service to get my work on and off an iPad.

Re: Run VSCode and terminal on any iOS device

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Post by miohtama »

panzerboiler wrote: post #99
miohtama wrote: post #91

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- Terminal copy-paste - File tree copy-paste Other issues include - Scrolling Jupyter notebooks It does not help to install as a Progressive Web App, as bugs are still present.

I am not interested in the issues you have with those webapps. I am asking what are the bugs of Safari's implementation of the Clipboard API, since in my experience there are none (except maybe https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=222262 if you want to consider it a bug and not a different interpretation of the specs).

I am not interested in what ticket numbers Safari has. I am interested for the fact that I have $1000+ device and the basic web stuff does not work that works in the other browsers. With the premium price I am paying for Apple, I expect them to produce working software, as much smaller companies like Firefox can do it as well.

Re: Run VSCode and terminal on any iOS device

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Post by [deleted] »

tannerellen wrote: post #108
FredPret wrote: post #8

Blink doesn't have a lifetime license, which prevents me getting it. I just don't like working with rented tools. There's an excellent app called iSH which runs Alpine Linux on iOS. I wish it were possible to boot into iSH on the iPad

But it's not a rented tool. The subscription is to give a developer the ability to work on a project in a sustainable way. It's open source. You can compile it yourself. How is that rented? This is a fairly niche product in the iOS ecosystem, it is also by far the best terminal for iOS. $20 per year is a pittance in the grand scheme of my tech purchases and well worth transforming my iPad into something more than jus…

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Re: Run VSCode and terminal on any iOS device

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Post by 1oooqooq »

nottorp wrote: post #124
blep-arsh wrote: post #123

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If I remember correctly: iOS is preventing apps from running any generated code that's not signed ahead of time (it's allowed for browsers specifically for JIT but not for IDEs, I believe); spawning processes and loading new dylibs is also forbidden so it's still very inconvenient.

Also I don't want to depend on anyone's cloud service to get my work on and off an iPad.

besides apple you mean?

and what installing Firefox on ios have to do with someone's cloud?

Re: Run VSCode and terminal on any iOS device

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Post by gedy »

reactordev wrote: post #95
miohtama wrote: post #91

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- Terminal copy-paste - File tree copy-paste Other issues include - Scrolling Jupyter notebooks It does not help to install as a Progressive Web App, as bugs are still present.

I just tested copy-paste in terminal and file tree, on an iPad, using Github Code spaces, in safari, and it worked fine.

Usually these complainer types have some eccentric setup, e.g. custom keyboard app, content blockers, etc going on then blame the browser.

Re: Run VSCode and terminal on any iOS device

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Post by boxed »

hamandcheese wrote: post #116
shepherdjerred wrote: post #105

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Isn't Chrome closer to IE considering it nearly has unilateral control over web standards? The last hope for web standards is WebKit on iOS. Or, it was. Now that, for better or worse, Apple is being forced to allow other engines on iOS I expect that'll change quickly.

There was a long period of the where IE was far from dominant, but was used in enough places that supporting it was non-optional for many businesses. It was holding the web back. I think it's that period of IE that people are referring to when they say Safari is the new IE.

Which is hilarious as that period was only possible due to the previous embrace-extend-extinguish period that preceded it. Which is the state Chrome is in now.

Re: Run VSCode and terminal on any iOS device

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Post by eptcyka »

theshrike79 wrote: post #15
FredPret wrote: post #8

Blink doesn't have a lifetime license, which prevents me getting it. I just don't like working with rented tools. There's an excellent app called iSH which runs Alpine Linux on iOS. I wish it were possible to boot into iSH on the iPad

It's also 100% open source and GPLv3 Licensed: https://github.com/blinksh/blink You can just clone the repo, build it yourself and use it 100% free as in beer and speech.

Due to the way apple restricts development on their platform, one has to recompile/reinstall homebrew software every 7 days for it to work, effectively killing FOSS development for people who don't own the bundle/app IDs. I once paid a 100$ to try and contribute support for NFC for an open source app, only to not be able to use my functionality without upstreaming it. Judging from this experience alone, it feels like Apple hates FOSS.
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