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Broadcast UI over localhost:port #267

Open beasteers opened 4 years ago

beasteers commented 4 years ago

One thing I find annoying about Kite is that it's in a separate window which makes it difficult when working in full-screen Atom windows. I understand why that is the case (because you support so many editors and custom dev work for each editor would be laborious).

But seeing as Kite is built using web UI, would it be possible to broadcast the kite window over a local port? Then you could open a browser panel in any editor that has web viewing capabilities and point it to localhost:KITE_PORT. That could be a compromise between integrated editor behavior and not having to do any custom editor stuff.

Unless this is already possible?

metalogical commented 4 years ago

This isn't currently possible, as we make use of Electron-specific APIs within the Copilot, which aren't available in regular web environments.

This is something we've considered doing. Thanks for making an issue. I can't say exactly when this work will be prioritized, but it's definitely a good idea.

beasteers commented 4 years ago

Ah I see, that's a bummer. No worries, thanks for the response!