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Lapce: Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust
1 points · Open discussionlapce
lapce
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lapce / lapce
lapce
Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust
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52 sourcesLapce: Fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust
3 points · Open discussionhttps://github.com/lapce/lapce is an interesting contender in this space
In OpenVSX, which VSCode forks rely on for extensions, down for 24 hoursYes, the xi repo is discontinued. They recommend the lapce editor as the spiritual successor:
https://github.com/lapce/lapce
In Ropey – A UTF8 text rope for manipulating and editing large textThat's not a Rust issue (not having a prompt to update LSPs). Lapce[1] is also a Rust editor, and it didn't keep downloading JS or stuff without a prompt. You can do what VSCode does, have extensions that ask for update, then update on change (even if using binary is the only solution, which I also doubt). Or if the issue is running LSP, ask if you trust a project folder on project start.
[1]https://github.com/lapce/lapce
In Zed Editor automatically downloads binaries and NPM packages without consentApparently, currently based on width: https://github.com/lapce/lapce/commit/87e0fc06f1862d9124d3fe...
In LapceThey have a download page on their website that will give you a binary. Alternately, you can install it from Flathub[0] or see if they have packages for your distro[1].
[0]: https://flathub.org/apps/dev.lapce.lapce
[1]: https://github.com/lapce/lapce/blob/master/docs/installing-w...
In LapceThey rewrote the UI recently in their own toolkit, Floem [^1], and that broke all scaling under X11 for me (now the UI and fonts are rendered so large that it's unusable). It works fine in Wayland though...
Here's some issues that were filed for this same problem:
- https://github.com/lapce/lapce/issues/2732
- https://github.com/lapce/lapce/issues/2773
- https://github.com/lapce/lapce/issues/2737
[^1]: https://github.com/lapce/floem
In LapcePortable version loaded instantly for me on Windows 10. Remote SSH functionality doesn't work at all unfortunately[1]. Would be nice to try out but I don't do any local dev.
1: https://github.com/lapce/lapce/issues/2985
In LapceThere are plenty of issues like this in Lapce (no support beyond qwerty layout for instance). Just go for Zed instead.
https://github.com/lapce/lapce/issues/945#issuecomment-12853...
In LapceThe list of available Linux packages seems to be here:
https://github.com/lapce/lapce/blob/master/docs/installing-w...
In Lapce: Fast and Powerful Code Editor Written in RustLapce: Fast and Powerful Code Editor Written in Rust
50 points · Open discussionNo, that would be crazy. Ofc I want syntax highlighting. There's a bug in the newest version which removes syntax highlighting. I thought it's more common, so I understand that probably most are not understanding my comment.
https://github.com/lapce/lapce/issues/2747
In Lapce Editor 0.3> Perhaps using WASM via something like https://extism.org/. That would also open it up to building plugins in multiple languages.
https://github.com/lapce/lapce already says,
> Plugins can be written in programming languages that can compile to the WASI format (C, Rust, AssemblyScript)
so it sounds like they did that?
In Lapce Editor 0.3https://github.com/lapce/lapce says,
> Lapce (IPA: /læps/) is written in pure Rust with a UI in Floem. It is designed with Rope Science from the Xi-Editor which makes for lightning-fast computation, and leverages Wgpu for rendering.
So I think it's reasonable to conclude that they did move back.
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