[HN Gopher] Inkdown is an open source Markdown reading, editing,...
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Inkdown is an open source Markdown reading, editing, and sharing
tool
Author : oidar
Score : 64 points
Date : 2024-06-14 22:27 UTC (1 days ago)
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(TXT) w3m dump (github.com)
| rekabis wrote:
| This isn't another Electron app, is it?
| tonetegeatinst wrote:
| I pray not....everything seems to be an electron webapp. I hate
| it so much....its hard to convey how much.
|
| Perhaps its the fact I hate what the modern web has mutated
| into....or I see stuff like discord as prime examples of why to
| avoid webapps.
| chii wrote:
| if it wasn't an electron app, they would not have the ease
| with which they could integrate libraries such as that
| mermaid diagramming tool.
|
| Electron is fine tbh, even if it eats memory and harddisk
| space. Provided the app is written efficiently, and doesn't
| stutter or lag.
| d_tr wrote:
| I use VS Code because it's a great editor... but it eats a
| few hundred MiB of RAM and it doesn't start _instantly_...
| On a machine with 32 GiB or RAM, 8 CPU cores and a fast
| NVMe drive. The main window is a glorified notepad. How
| will it fare on, say, an SBC?
|
| Electron might have certain advantages compared to
| alternatives, but this is more of a result of decades of a
| crappy attitude towards software development. We should not
| be content with something like this.
| rchaud wrote:
| Is there an alternative to Electron that allows a program
| to be compiled for multiple OSes without having to
| maintain separate codebases for each?
| philglau wrote:
| Qt
| waldrews wrote:
| Ironically, .Net has several.
| theturtletalks wrote:
| Tauri seems to address the issues with Electron and works
| cross platform. It's still early though and doesn't have
| feature parity with Electron yet.
| freedomben wrote:
| Java has offered this for a very long time. (Swing, SWT,
| Java FX)
| neonsunset wrote:
| https://www.avaloniaui.net/ and http://platform.uno/
| srid wrote:
| There's also Tauri which https://dioxuslabs.com/ uses.
| thephyber wrote:
| From src/index.ts:
|
| ``` import {app, BrowserWindow, dialog, globalShortcut,
| ipcMain, nativeTheme, screen, shell, Menu, MenuItem} from
| 'electron' import {electronApp, is, optimizer} from '@electron-
| toolkit/utils' ```
| freedomben wrote:
| I just don't get this attitude when it comes to open source
| apps given away for free.
|
| Is Electron bloated? Yes. Is it ridiculously heavy? Yes. Is it
| dog slow? Absolutely. Do I die inside when I see it used? Yes,
| I do.
|
| Why then do I think Electron is a good thing that I'm glad we
| have? Because when it comes to open source (aka _volunteer
| work_ ), people use what they know, and nowadays most people
| are web developers. If not for Electron, people wouldn't use
| GTK, Qt, or Java, they'd be doing something else with their
| time and these tools wouldn't exist.
|
| Now that said, while I use several open source electron apps, I
| would never pay for one. If you want me to buy your software,
| use something native. Exception being that if you are a web app
| such as Slack, Discord, etc, then I give you a pass on Electron
| _as long as you 're maintaing your web app_.
| jimbobthrowawy wrote:
| Is it inkdown or bluestone? Looks like the repo is in the middle
| of a rename or something.
|
| Cool concept.
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