Light Table 0.7.2 Next Generation Code Editor


Light Table code editor

I discovered Light Table 0.7.1 yesterday, a new code editor (even if the first public version was released in 2012) and this morning, Light Table 0.7.2 has been released to fix some menus issues. Light Table is cross-platform (Windows, Linux and OS X) and open source (Light Table @ github).

Light Table has a neat interface and can have several tabs opened at the same time like in this example where I displayed 5 files (really cool with my BenQ BL3200PT):


Light Table code editor

The cool thing with Light Table is that it seems to use OpenGL for displaying code. There are some OpenGL ES libraries in Light Table folder and when you resize the main window, how to say… there is a small but visible delay like in many OpenGL apps. Or maybe the GL ES libs are only there for WebGL rendering in Light Table.

Here is a presentation of Light Table:



Light Table changelog:

##0.7.2

* FIX: Behavior ordering issue that caused plugin weirdness and menus disappearing (ibdknox)
* FIX: allow single arity logs (one-more-minute)
* FIX: changelog additions (cldwalker)

##0.7.1

* FIX: styling issues in the searcher
* FIX: roll back to an older version of node-webkit as a result of freezing issues when compiling certain plugins
* FIX: Give the auto-close keymap behavior a description: `Editor: auto-close parens/brackets/quotes/pairs`

##0.7.0

* CHANGED: Enter doesn't select a completion by default anymore, just tab. Add `[:editor.keys.hinting.active "-enter" [:passthrough]]` to your keymap get it back.
* CHANGED: parens are not auto-closed by default anymore, add `[:app :lt.objs.settings/pair-keymap-diffs]` to your behaviors to get it back.
* CHANGED: Move to the MIT License (one-more-minute)
* CHANGED: Remove plugin server and use Github as the plugin-metadata repository (ibdknox)
* CHANGED: New flat syntax for behaviors and keymaps that allows much better copying and pasting
* CHANGED: Move all Light Table websites to Github pages
* FIX: Linux run script portability (gruns)
* FIX: Fix CodeMirror search failing with RegExp (blandinw)
* FIX: Better websocket-based eval (ibdknox)
* FIX: Allow custom colors for rainbow parens (Victor Cottin)
* FIX: download via https (dkinzer)
* FIX: editor conversion in the editor API (one-more-minute)
* FIX: Note hotkeys for OSX (gekkoe)
* FIX: Jump stack fixes (cldwalker)
* FIX: diff ordering was slightly wrong (ibdknox)
* FIX: prevent errors without lines from throwing (ibdknox)
* FIX: show notifications for errors without editor locations (ibdknox)
* FIX: emacs find fixes (joshuafcole)
* FIX: fix connector failing to connect (mortalapeman)
* FIX: use menu behaviors for all menus (ibdknox)
* FIX: search no longer randomly searches on keyup/keydown (ibdknox)
* FIX: prevent tab labels from leaking (ibdknox)
* FIX: remove unused/non-existent behaviors (cldwalker)
* FIX: remove all CLJS compiler warnings (brabadu cldwalker joshuafcole)
* FIX: fix Haxe extension (cldwalker)
* FIX: prevent the same folder/file from being added to the workspace twice (brabadu)
* FIX: fix regexp replace (ibdknox)
* FIX: lots of error reporting fixes (ibdknox cldwalker)
* FIX: much better completion/helper interaction for behaviors and commands
* README FIX: tons of readme updates (cldwalker)
* ADDED: You can now open multiple copies of a single file (cldwalker)
* ADDED: duplicate file action to workspace menu (seancaffery)
* ADDED: when wrapping with parens, select the result (one-more-minute)
* ADDED: copy exception menu item for inline exceptions (joshuafcole)
* ADDED: copy support for the console (joshuafcole)
* ADDED: menu for inline results (mortalapeman)
* ADDED: show plugins directory in about tab (cldwalker)
* ADDED: allow command shortcutting (ibdknox)
* ADDED: `File: Open another view of current file` command
* ADDED: indent-level aware backspace (one-more-minute)
* ADDED: user plugin (cldwalker)
* ADDED: `Settings: User script` command (cldwalker)
* ADDED: Allow folding at a location (ndr-qef)
* ADDED: auto convert old behaviors/keymaps to the flat syntax (cldwalker)
* UPDATED: CodeMirror
* UPDATED: Latest node-webkit