Lite
Dev tools
text editor
SHOW HN2020
607points
256comments
#27of 3,028 in 2020
Top 1%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
21 positive, 48 neutral or asking, 9 mixed, 19 critical, out of 97 comments about the project. Thread score +0.06.
Design: 6 for, 7 againstExecution: 3 for, 9 againstPerformance: 4 for, 2 againstIdea: 5 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Fast and snappy, performs well on large logs
From 3 comments
It feels snappier then sublime! Is there any limitation in the plugin system?
iamcreasy on HNIts looking pretty impressive, especially for such a new project. Since you said it was fast, it got my huge log file test (1GiB of binary with lots of utf-8 text). It performed…
Skunkleton on HNWas a bit skeptical, but this is surprisingly fast & lite & supports multi-tab + tree view + syntax highlighting in a 1mb download. I've not seen any of the reported issues with…
mythz on HN
Clean dark default theme and crisp look
From 2 comments
Was a bit skeptical, but this is surprisingly fast & lite & supports multi-tab + tree view + syntax highlighting in a 1mb download. I've not seen any of the reported issues with…
mythz on HNI have to mention, I do love how this looks! I'd be looking in using it as my daily driver for quick / short text edits and maybe small projects! Since I really like the looks of…
taigi100 on HN
Small footprint for a multi-tab editor with tree view
From 1 comment
Was a bit skeptical, but this is surprisingly fast & lite & supports multi-tab + tree view + syntax highlighting in a 1mb download. I've not seen any of the reported issues with…
mythz on HN
Objections
Font rendering looks blurry or not crisp on some platforms
From 2 comments
Looking at the screenshot in full size [1], it looks really cool but the text is visibly blurry (look at the = signs for example). Text rendering is hard, and especially for a…
joan_kode on HNVery impressive. Font Rendering does not seem to be as crisp as needed for a text editor. (on Windows at least) I know Sublime is using DirectWrite to render fonts on Win32, this…
stephc_int13 on HN
Slow to open very large files and uses more memory than lightweight alternatives
From 2 comments
Firstly, let me say that I'm in no way hating on Lite, these are just some fact-based observations. Thought I'd give this a quick try on my Windows machines, where my liteweight…
GordonS on HNIt seems a lot faster than most. But what it still doesn’t replace is my favorite editor EmEditor [0] (Windows only). Like every alternative I’ve checked out, Lite blocks for a…
Semaphor on HN
Lacks features such as file open dialog and LSP support
From 2 comments
Firstly, let me say that I'm in no way hating on Lite, these are just some fact-based observations. Thought I'd give this a quick try on my Windows machines, where my liteweight…
GordonS on HNLooks like a nice start, kind of confusing interface though. Needs an open folder command.
russdpale on HN
Requests
Language server (LSP) support
From 3 comments
What is the most feature-full modern text editor for the console, with syntax highlighting?
unixhero on HNDoes it support LSP?
nerdponx on HNLooks interesting. Hope plugins make it more wonderful to make it useful for many languages like Python, Go etc. Right now I am stuck with VSCode and PyCharm.
pknerd on HN
Vim keybindings or neovim backend
From 2 comments
Looks nice. But upon starting it up I lost all windows decorations (KDE), had to restart my session and lost the things I was working on in my terminals. How can launching an app…
johnchristopher on HNBeautiful. Would love to see this front a headless nvim.
ludsan on HN
User documentation
From 1 comment
Very nice; some basic user's documentation would be helpful.
Koshkin on HN
Plugin support for more languages
From 1 comment
Looks interesting. Hope plugins make it more wonderful to make it useful for many languages like Python, Go etc. Right now I am stuck with VSCode and PyCharm.
pknerd on HN
Questions
Why build another editor and how does it compare to existing ones
From 2 comments
Since there are a lot of text editors, I'd like to see more detail on the motivations for yet another one. How does this compare to the current top-five open source editors?
rfeague on HNWhats the advantage of Lite over Vi or Emacs?
fergie on HN
Does it respect keyboard layout on Linux
From 1 comment
A previous comment (I can't seem to find it) said that it didn't respect keyboard layout on Linux. Is this true?
fouric on HN
What data structure holds the text
From 1 comment
Could you share what data structure you use to keep the text in? I'm curious how text editors work, since you need fast inserts anywhere, is the text a linked list?
snissn on HN
Alternatives named
Textadept
From 1 comment
If you are interested in small Lua-based text editors, I advise you to take a look at Textadept: https://foicica.com/textadept/ . Specifically as to minimalism: "Relentlessly…
akavel on HN
Howl
From 1 comment
See also howl, written in lua/moonscript and damn fast. Both of these seem to have a bit more of a community than textadept (and no dependency on scite). I used textadept for a…
urlwolf on HN
Notepad3
From 1 comment
Firstly, let me say that I'm in no way hating on Lite, these are just some fact-based observations. Thought I'd give this a quick try on my Windows machines, where my liteweight…
GordonS on HN
Kate
From 1 comment
Typing latency as measured by typometer is quite high on kwin (no compositing). Both kate and Howl do much better. And pycharm. Great start, but it's not defeating vscode in the…
urlwolf on HN
EmEditor
From 1 comment
It seems a lot faster than most. But what it still doesn’t replace is my favorite editor EmEditor [0] (Windows only). Like every alternative I’ve checked out, Lite blocks for a…
Semaphor on HN