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Cool. Is there or is there plans for a darker theme? A fair number of people don't like big expanses of white on backlit screens.
The one thing I always miss on iPad editors is VIM Binding support: Especially on the iPad, where making selections with your finger is a pain, it is so relieving to be able to do a shift-b, 5j to select a piece of code, copy it and paste it somewhere else. On normal computers, the existence of a trackpad or mouse makes navigating code possible. But on the iPad, I see a huge need for the kind of editing that VIM (or…
I'm gonna guess that people using VIM/Emacs is so small a part of the market that apple told us to go pound sand.
Hell, even running emacs across iSSH to a linux server is completely screwed up: Bluetooth keyboards put out multiple key sequences through the iPad.
Please correct me if my info is outdated. Pretty-please. Esp because I would love emacs on the iPad/bluetooth keyboard even if through ssh.
This looks awesome and with it (when it gets a few more languages for syntax highlighting) I will really have to reconsider buying an iPad + bluetooth keyboard for on-the-road/on-vacation times when I need to make minor edits online for work. Also I would order an iPad today if it also included an ssh terminal. That would seal it for me! Also maybe some way to connect through sftp and edit files directly on a server…
How does it compares with textastic http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/textastic-code-editor/id38357...
One minor comment: the text in the screenshots is very hard to read without enlarging, and looks blurry at least in iTunes on my mac. I would make the font a little bigger, perhaps like Textastic or even slightly bigger.
Also, the bright green for the comments is a little too... bright.
This is minor stuff but it affects the first impression a perspective customer might have. An easy fix though. =)
The one thing I always miss on iPad editors is VIM Binding support: Especially on the iPad, where making selections with your finger is a pain, it is so relieving to be able to do a shift-b, 5j to select a piece of code, copy it and paste it somewhere else. On normal computers, the existence of a trackpad or mouse makes navigating code possible. But on the iPad, I see a huge need for the kind of editing that VIM (or…
I see a huge need for the kind of editing that VIM (or Emacs) enabled I'm gonna guess that people using VIM/Emacs is so small a part of the market that apple told us to go pound sand. Hell, even running emacs across iSSH to a linux server is completely screwed up: Bluetooth keyboards put out multiple key sequences through the iPad. Please correct me if my info is outdated. Pretty-please. Esp because I would love emac…
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I understand your point about the small market, but if the target audience is developers, then I think that VIM or Emacs compatible keybindings (if only a small subset for movement and selection) are an attractive feature. On the Mac, SublimeText and AppCode, both beloved editors, feature Vim Bindings. And even some of the Cloud Editors (like Ace or Cloud9) have Vim bindings.
I hope it's just a matter of time until the first iPad editor with bindings comes out - and I'll buy right away :)
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Hmm.. Not at the moment. I need to think about it. I'm a bit wary to add additional keys. On landscape, the text window becomes a bit too small to my liking. But. I'll think about it.
You can make a custom keyboard smaller than the standard text keyboard, solving your problem :)
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You can make a custom keyboard smaller than the standard text keyboard, solving your problem :)
That's a really good way to confuse and annoy iPad power users. Moving the key positions slightly in just one app just leads to typos.