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RustConf 2016 - A Modern Editor Built in Rust by Raph Levien

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C, C++, Rust, Go & systems languagesTesting, debugging & developer toolsSoftware performance & optimization

What it is

Raph Levien presents Xi editor at RustConf 2016, a high-performance text editor built in Rust. The talk goes into technical details, building polished GUI apps, and running a community-focused open source project.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN lists it among good resources on building text editors and as a recommended lunch-and-learn talk.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2018

What HN commenters said

  1. “There's a talk about it, too, if interested”

    Talk about the Xi editor

    MildlySerious, 2016-10 · Recommendation · in “Lime Text – Open Source Sublime Text alternative (2014)”

  2. “So far I've found and enjoyed reading/watching the resources below”

    Resource on building text editors

    bonquesha99, 2016-10 · Recommendation · in “Buttery Smooth Emacs”

  3. “RustConf 2016 - A Modern Editor Built in Rust by Raph Levien”

    Listed among recommended lunch-and-learn videos

    kartD, 2017-09 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Recommended (recent) videos for a Lunch and Learn”

  4. “the author lays out the details here”

    Xi editor's immutable text structure and Rust's suitability

    steveklabnik, 2018-04 · Recommendation · in “Immutable.rs: immutable data structures for Rust”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: xi editor, rust, text editors, raph levien, gui

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