icedman / ashlar-text

This app is a simple SublimeText replacement. It uses the textmate parser. And reuses some visual studio code extensions.

native

This is not electron based like atom, vscode, brackets. It uses native qt/c++. At its bare state, it is lightning fast compared to these editors. It does however uses webkit as its scripting engine - with the aim to easily for atom/vscode plugins to ashlar.

features

• syntax highlighting
• keybindings
• scripting
• webkit inspector
• themes
• search
• minimap
• multi-cursor
• completions
• ui: panel (search dialog)
• ui: statusbar
• smooth-scroll
• auto-close
• auto-indent
• bracket matching
• bracket folding
• ui: fuzzy file search

extras

• animated sidebar

needs improvement

• extension support
• ui: fuzzy command palette (use property command title/nls)
• ui: menu (somewhat working)
• auto complete (QCompleter doesn't always work as expected - not fuzzy)
• ui improve flatlist (currently limited to 20 items)
• bracket pairing

todo

• preview mode
• file search, fuzzy search
• file system watch (on rename)
• git gutter
• ui: dialog
• package management
• terminal
• qprocess extension

needs refactoring

• commands
• editor/tmedit code
• everything

issues

• re-render minimap on resize window

wish list

• atom or vscode extensions compatibility - possible at all?
• provide wrapper/proxy for atom/vscode modules

progress screenshots