Show HN: Ecode – A minimalist and fast open-source code editor

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3 years ago

Hi HN! I've been working on a code editor and I think that it's mature enough to catch some interest. It's using a custom GPU accelerated GUI written in C++. Currently implements some interesting features: LSP, terminal, auto-completion, linters, formatters, custom keybindings, plugins and more. It's a hobby project but still intends to be an alternative to other popular code editors like Sublime, Kate, Lapce, Lite XL (and takes inspiration from them).

The project was born as a playground for the GUI I'm developing (eepp GUI) and is advanced enough to currently be my main code editor, but it's a work in progress, and many features are still pending. Some minor hints on how to use it:

Folders are used as project (and .gitignore is used to ignore files)

The wheel icon on the top-right has all the options you need (Ctrl/Cmd + M to show).

Some keybidings to navigate any project (navigation is keyboard driven):

Ctrl/Cmd + K = Locate Files

Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + F = Global Search

Ctrl/Cmd + Number (Go to tab #)

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