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a powerful but retro and minimalist IDE

Shown by iogf on Nov 13, 2019. Click the card to turn it over.

143points

45comments

#310of 2,195 in 2019

Top 15%of 2019 by points

How HN took it

DebatedReal support and real criticism

6 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 9 critical, out of 21 comments about the project. Thread score -0.12.

Performance: 5 for, 4 againstIdea: 0 for, 3 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against

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Integrates existing tools as glue code rather than rewriting them
From 1 comment
- What I love about this project is that a lot of it is glue code. It is an integrated development environment because it takes existing tools and integrates them, not rewrites. I…
  nine_k on HN
Plugins written in the core language, avoiding native/scripted mismatch
From 1 comment
- What I love about this project is that a lot of it is glue code. It is an integrated development environment because it takes existing tools and integrates them, not rewrites. I…
  nine_k on HN
Minimal design without a graphical server or embedded browser
From 1 comment
- I think in this context, minimalism doesn't mean "lacking important parts" like a keyboard or mouse produced by apple, but rather, something you can use without a graphical…
  nurettin on HN

Python is too slow for a responsive text editor
From 3 comments
- Python is slow when you leave the comfort of the standard library and start doing a lot of the app logic in pure python. Often it is not a problem, but I can see how it could be…
  bjoli on HN
- I have a very low tolerance for UI lags in my text editor. I'm a vim user, but can't use macvim, since it tends to be laggy, for instance. I find the jetbrains IDEs to be painful…
  jstrong on HN
- lost me at 'python'. if this is still fast in another year I will be amazed.
  jstrong on HN
Another retro IDE is unnecessary; use vim, neovim or emacs
From 1 comment
- Does the world really need another retro "IDE" (especially one written in Python). Just use VIM, NeoVIM, or Emacs.
  jonny383 on HN
Scrollbar looks jarring against the minimalist claim
From 1 comment
- I like the idea. The scrollbar jail bars are pretty jarring with regard to 'minimalist' sensibilities.
  misterdoubt on HN
Name is confusing next to vi and too similar in pronunciation
From 2 comments
- Why would you call it Vy? Doesn’t that seem a little self defeating?
  mattl on HN
- Because `vi` pronounced as "vee eye" (/vi ai/) and I'm assuming `vy` pronounced as "vie" (/vai/) are extremely similar.
  jdmichal on HN

Make it work on PyPy for speed
From 2 comments
- Or just ensure that Vy works on PyPy.
  nerdponx on HN
- It's a long running process, so pypy should do well.
  j88439h84 on HN
Explain why to switch from Emacs
From 1 comment
- I’m an emacs user, but barely know lisp, know python very well, and feel there are some limitations to emacs extensibility (namely wrapping external applications and debugging).…
  Bnshsysjab on HN

Why the snake-with-pipe avatar
From 2 comments
- You may be interested in the significance of the repo's "aggressive militarized snake smoking a pipe" avatar. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Expeditionary_Force#Nickname…
  AndrewOMartin on HN
- I don't understand what could that mean in this context. How do you read it?
  tutuca on HN
Is there a good REPL and variable inspector for Python editing
From 1 comment
- This looks interesting. On editors in general - if I'm working with an interpreted language, what I need from a code editor is: - decent autocomplete and inline documentation -…
  psv1 on HN

Emacs with company-mode and lsp-mode
From 1 comment
- Emacs + company-mode + lsp-mode + pipenv-mode (for virtualenv packages) work great for me. What was your setup and what kind of issues did you have with it?
  m712 on HN
Vim, Neovim, nvi
From 2 comments
- Does the world really need another retro "IDE" (especially one written in Python). Just use VIM, NeoVIM, or Emacs.
  jonny383 on HN
- or use nvi (not nvim) or original vi
  otherflavors on HN
Eclipse with PyDev
From 1 comment
- eclipse + pydev?
  _ZeD_ on HN
Unladen Swallow
From 1 comment
- Yep, it was tried. See: Unladen Swallow - an experimental CPython fork trying to speed up execution by removing some of the least used dynamism. It started 10 years ago and was…
  Asooka on HN