Hi Chris, This is exactly how I interpreted the idea from 'tfer'. - Don't add more & more to Leo. - Try to distill the 'essence' of Leo and make this available in Atom or Visual Studio Code (VSC).
On Sat, Aug 27, 2016 at 11:09 PM, Chris George <technat...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Viktor, > > Sorry, I was unfamiliar with code. > > Both it and atom are editors. Leo is an editor and then some. > > It would be interesting to write a "code" Leo or a "atom" Leo, somewhat > like Edward wrote a "vim" Leo. Make it keystroke and gui identical (Leo > encompasses all of the functions of either/or) and then enjoy the added > features of Leo with the exact same functionality of both. > > I see Leo as far more than an editor and have stuck with it for so long as > the small subset of features I need is constantly expanding. That said, > both atom and code also far surpass what I need in an editor. > > Chris > > > On Saturday, August 27, 2016 at 10:07:29 AM UTC-7, Chris George wrote: >> >> Hi Viktor, >> >> A great simplification of Leo would still leave it feature rich for a >> writer. I have often wondered if that would crack that market for Leo. >> >> As Twain said though, I wrote a long letter as I didn't have time to >> write a short one. >> >> Chris >> >> On Sat, Aug 27, 2016 at 9:57 AM, Viktor Ransmayr < >> viktor.ransm...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hello Chris, >>> >>> I think the proposal made can fully support your criterias, which I >>> fully support. >>> >>> Both Visual Studio Code & Atom are available on Linux & do not require >>> Internet Access. - So far they only miss Outlines with clones - but - they >>> offer a lot of 'infrastructure', which Leo as an environment will (most >>> likely) never get ... >>> >>> I think it is interesting to discuss what would be needed to create a >>> "Leo experience" in another environment. >>> >>> With kind regards, >>> >>> Viktor >>> >>> On Sat, Aug 27, 2016 at 5:42 PM, Chris George <technat...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I had three criteria drive me to Leo, and nothing has changed in half a >>>> decade or more. >>>> >>>> 1. Linux support and not as an afterthought. >>>> 2. Offline support, simply because the requirement of the Internet is a >>>> brittle requirement that relies on a lot of things going right for a lot of >>>> people every day. >>>> 3. Outliner with clones. I can find 5 or 6 that have this that are >>>> online. But Leo is the only one that doesn't require being online. >>>> >>>> Given that I haven't run a Microsoft operating system since 2001 on my >>>> personal computer, step one, which is to chain Leo to a single OS/App >>>> pairing, I have no interest. But then IANAP, I am a writer and that is what >>>> I use Leo for. >>>> >>>> Chris >>>> >>>> On Sat, Aug 27, 2016 at 6:35 AM, Viktor Ransmayr < >>>> viktor.ransm...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello community, >>>>> >>>>> I'd be very interested in such an experiment & would provide personal >>>>> input & support. >>>>> >>>>> With kind regards, >>>>> >>>>> Viktor Ransmayr >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 5:18 AM, 'tfer' via leo-editor < >>>>> leo-editor@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> There have been some discussions in the past on what we might do to >>>>>> make Leo more popular. I've recently had some time out in the woods and >>>>>> was hit with a tack that just might do that. >>>>>> >>>>>> If you do anything in the world of JavaScript you're aware of ability >>>>>> to use it and nodejs frameworks to build standalone apps. In fact, there >>>>>> are two popular editors that use that technology, there is Github's Atom, >>>>>> and Microsoft's Visual Code. >>>>>> >>>>>> So here is what I'm proposing, make Leo into a plug-in for Visual >>>>>> Code. We'd need to pare down Leo, dropping the Qt code and using html >>>>>> and >>>>>> JavaScript to build a Outline pane (Note that the file browser pane works >>>>>> as a tree view of directories so we can steal some code from there). >>>>>> There >>>>>> is already support for a log, (shell). The editor pane would just have >>>>>> to >>>>>> be hooked up to the Outline pane and set to the relevant language. It's >>>>>> perfectly possible to use both JavaScript and Python in such an app. >>>>>> >>>>>> We would have the advantage and visibility of latching on to a >>>>>> popular and growing editor, get features for free that would likely never >>>>>> get into Leo and move over to what is becoming the most popular visual >>>>>> toolkit for interface design, one based on Html, CSS, and JavaScript. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "leo-editor" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>> send an email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to leo-editor@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "leo-editor" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to leo-editor@googlegroups.com. >>>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "leo-editor" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to leo-editor@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "leo-editor" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to leo-editor@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "leo-editor" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to leo-editor@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. 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