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Primrose
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capnmidnight / Primrose

Primrose

A syntax-highlighting text editors that renders to an HTML5 Canvas

3Distinct people
5Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
535GitHub stars
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What it is

A syntax-highlighting text editors that renders to an HTML5 Canvas

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Where it is used

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What people are saying

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:56:07 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year5 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2015-01-04 01:49:41 UTC to 2020-07-01 23:04:32 UTC.

01232015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments20152016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments20172018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2020

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20152015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC303
20162016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202

What Hacker News says

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There is code if you go to packages/webxr. I only have code for the browser (functional but needs perf improvments) and terminal (should be done in a few weeks). Oh dude, thank you, I was aware of your project 6ish months ago (there's only like 3-4 canvas text editors so I try to follow them all, most are abandoned though) but what you're doing now fits perfectly with what I'm looking for. Thank you, I'll make sure to use it in v0.1. I couldn't get the webgl demo working though. https://github.com/capnmidnight/Primrose/blob/master/demo3d.... returns a 404. But my long term goal is to actually 3d render the text completely using SDF or MSDF techniques.
In Holographic optics for thin and lightweight virtual reality
Primrose is a text editor for use in WebGL/WebVR contexts. I want to make live-programmable environments and create new user experiences that require VR, rather than adapting 2D UX to the stereo display. Having a text editor run in a texture is a necessary tool to start. I've demoed just the editor before, but this is the first time I've been able to demonstrate an environment constructed on the fly, using the editor. You can find the source code here: https://github.com/capnmidnight/Primrose/
In Show HN: Live-programmable voxel landscape in WebVR

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