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limetext / lime

Open source API-compatible alternative to the text editor Sublime Text
http://limetext.github.io
BSD 2-Clause "Simplified" License
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Is lime text dead ? #554

Closed gbersac closed 9 years ago

gbersac commented 9 years ago

I feel like it is an awesome project ! Sublime text is not evolving anymore and atom is too slow. We need a total open source sublime text like lime text ! But no commit since april. Is it dead ?

bredov commented 9 years ago

As it is pointed out in README, this repo now turned to be a "meta-repo" and actual development is done in separate repos

For the backend, please see limetext/lime-backend.

There are also three frontends currently in development: limetext/lime-qml, limetext/lime-termbox, and limetext/lime-html.

gbersac commented 9 years ago

The link in the website "View our roadmap" button still link to this repo. Still 17 day without any change...but still better, for sure. I am still worried about the developpement of this project, but still better.

Carry on guys, this is a great and usefull project !

zoli commented 9 years ago

@gbersac Its not dead and as an open source project it relies on the spare time of contributors.

gbersac commented 9 years ago

Great to know ! I understand that finding time to code must be difficult. Carry on !

quarnster commented 9 years ago

It's not dead, just moving slowly. It'd move faster if more people helped out hint hint ;)

gbersac commented 9 years ago

I really considered contributing to limetext because it is an interesting project. The problem is : go. Not that it is a bad language, it is not, but I just don't like it. Very subjective.

And I am 100% focused on rust. Sorry and good luck. I'm still interested in this project. I'll may create a rust plugin for lime ^^

PSeitz commented 8 years ago

I think go could be a problem since there is very limited number of developers available. With C++ e.g. most could start right away developing.

grindhold commented 8 years ago

@PSeitz I doubt that there are that few go-developers. I see the problem in lime's vast dependency hell. IMHO Go programs and libraries are meant to form their own independent eco-system. Dragging in dependencies from the C/C++-world is complicating enough. In this special case it's even Qt. Qt itself is its own ecosystem with everything from basic datatypes to a UI-library. In a perfect world, Go would have a de-facto standard UI-toolkit and limetext would use that. Just my two cents.

alecmev commented 8 years ago

Last commit in limetext org was made to lime-backend over 3 months ago. Not good =/