+1 Embedding neovim would be brilliant.

On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 10:35 PM, 'tfer' via leo-editor <
[email protected]> wrote:

> I looked into this further and, at this time, Edward is right, you can't
> easily mix Python with the JavaScript-based Visual Code.  Paring things
> down and translating into JavaScript is way too ambitious.  There are a few
> projects that are taking aim at allowing browser based technology to be
> coupled to Python, (and other languages), but such stuff is down the line.
>
> As others have mentioned elsewhere, I think the thing to do is give Leo
> the ability to use neovim as an editor alternative.  I'll talk more about
> that in another post.
>
> On Thursday, September 1, 2016 at 8:27:53 PM UTC-4, Edward K. Ream wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 8:18 PM, 'tfer' via leo-editor <
>> [email protected]> 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.
>>> ​
>>>
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>> 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 pan
>>> ​e.
>>>
>>
>> ​This is a big question, and one that has been discussed partially
>> before.  We could probably list dozens of sub-items that might be of
>> interest.
>>
>> I have only a few minutes now, but I'd like to say what I think is the
>> most important message, namely that doing such a thing is
>>
>> 1. A very big project and
>>
>> 2. A project that has the potential to do more harm than good.
>>
>> 3. There may be better alternatives, or not.
>>
>> Point 1 should be obvious to any programmer.  Just picking a reasonable
>> widget set could easily become a full-time job.
>>
>> Point 2 is debatable.  I'm not asserting that it is true, but I would be
>> surprised if it weren't true.
>>
>> Again, this is a huge question.  I would suggest that people think
>> carefully of the consequences.
>>
>> Edward
>>
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