Ask HN: Node.js text editor source code

10 points by fingerprinter 12y ago ↗ HN

Atom was just released (sorta, no code for the core), LightTable is our there (but code is ClojureScript) and it seems there are quite a few browser based Node/JS editors.

What I was hoping to find is some source to a cross platform Node/V8/Chromium based editor for learning purposes. I can't seem to find any code via google/github/bitbucket and was wondering if someone might be able to point me in the right direction.

In case it matters, I wanted to learn a bit more about node for applications and possibly write novel writing software (ala Scrivener) in this manner. I am writing my first novel and find the options outside Scrivener to be pretty lacking. And to make it worse, Scrivener is only available on Ubuntu via Wine, which ideal for me.

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filipedeschamps 12y ago ↗

Brackets.io http://brackets.io/

malandrew 12y ago ↗

Not node.js specific really, but the Ace editor and CodeMirror are both JavaScript-based code editing tools that work in the browser and would be embeddable in more feature rich editor.

jmorgan84 12y ago ↗

I am using Cloud9 https://c9.io for Node.js and they are the people behind Ace which is the editor that cloud 9 uses. You can check out Ace on GitHub here: https://github.com/ajaxorg/ace/ or here http://ace.c9.io/