[HN Gopher] Tine Text Editor
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       Tine Text Editor
        
       Author : bwidlar
       Score  : 87 points
       Date   : 2024-05-10 06:43 UTC (16 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (github.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (github.com)
        
       | globalnode wrote:
       | Great job, and written in your own custom language as well! Did
       | you use piece tables by any chance as a data structure? And did
       | you have any reference for how to write a text editor or did you
       | just invent it all yourself?
        
       | Koshkin wrote:
       | > _The main goal of this editor is to keep the focus on the text
       | editing and not be distracted too much by buttons, tabs, menus,
       | and animations... I used Emacs a lot._
       | 
       | I am sure emacs can be easily configured not to have too many
       | animations. Even on Windows.
        
         | bagol wrote:
         | Well. Most terminal based editor works like that.
        
         | pama wrote:
         | The full quote was not related to visual distraction (3 lines
         | of config remove it all in Emacs) but rather:
         | 
         | > I used Emacs a lot so my Ctrl key is remapped to CapsLock. I
         | think such Control key position is way better and ergonomic, so
         | consider do the same.
        
           | Koshkin wrote:
           | > _3 lines of config remove it all in Emacs_
           | 
           | Exactly. (Knowing emacs does not keep me, either, from
           | wanting to write a text editor of my own, no matter what "the
           | main goal" of that might be.)
        
       | hakanderyal wrote:
       | I love passion projects!
       | 
       | A complete text editor, written in a language that is also by the
       | same person. This requires dedication. Who cares if it's
       | maintainable by others or if it's a worthwhile effort, its aim is
       | clearly stated as self use.
       | 
       | If anybody wants to see how it looks, there is a screenshot at
       | the language repo.
       | https://raw.githubusercontent.com/travisdoor/bl/master/logo/...
        
         | bwidlar wrote:
         | video:
         | 
         | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE9m_v0OPqE
        
           | acegopher wrote:
           | Thanks for the link. I don't like videos tagged as "made for
           | children" because videos tagged that way aren't able to be
           | put in a playlist or "watch later" queues. That's a YouTube
           | thing, but YouTube doesn't provide any additional views or
           | promotion to have it tagged that way for educational videos
           | like this. In fact, it likely will get less.
        
       | sqeaky wrote:
       | Why are there static libraries committed in the modules folder?
       | That doesn't seem very open source. Also what is the license of
       | this I see the legal thing but it looks like a bunch of font
       | licenses. I didn't look too carefully maybe I just miss details.
        
         | Etheryte wrote:
         | Nowhere does it say it's open source? Just because a project is
         | on Github doesn't mean it's open source software.
        
       | DocFeind wrote:
       | this is sweet, ty for going opensource.
        
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