10000-markdown-files VS Monaco Editor

> why did you decide to make Bangle's interface look like that of VS Code / Monaco[1]? At first I thought this was just VS Code running in the browser.

It is just a personal preference but I find VS code's UI, especially the command palettes (inspired by sublime?).

> By the way, I can't find the "install" button on app.bangle.io that is mentioned in the FAQ.

If you open the app in Chrome (or any chromium browser), you will see a sign to install the app as a PWA (progressive web app) next to the URL.

> On a different note, IMO using Electron for an app is not a bad choice per se. It's just that editors written in web technologies usually suck because they are so slow compared to, say, Vim/Emacs/Sublime

In my opinion going the Electron route is a lot of work for a single developer and you loose the portability of a web application.

> But to be honest CPU load is much more important to me

I think you will be delighted to see that Bangle is pretty performant. I would recommend opening a heavy app like 10000-markdown-files[0] to get a rough idea.

> what's the benefit of using Bangle over Marktext?

I haven't used Marktext, though it looks like a great project. I think the differentiating factor would be:

- Bangle.io is focused more on the overall note taking experience, like backlinks, workspaces, collaboration etc.

- I am planning to allow the ability to add extensions to add more functionality. Being a web app is really conducive for such things.

- It allows you to open multiple tabs, split screen.

[0]: https://github.com/Zettelkasten-Method/10000-markdown-files

I hope you give Bangle.io a shot, there are a bunch of things currently missing, but we will get there <3.

Fyi, if you are ever looking for a fun project you might be able to implement this. The vscode editor source is available as a library https://microsoft.github.io/monaco-editor/

VScode uses the monaco-editor to display all editor screens in vscode including the markdown editor. A simple solution is to use the in built markdown file editor and call it a day.

visual studio is open source: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode

i remember using their monaco editor as well (https://github.com/microsoft/monaco-editor), a really powerful editor & the very same used by VS Code (i think you can even get at the AST for TypeScript, for example, in the browser if you poke around deep enough)

crazy cool stuff, and most definitely OSS!!!

So lets say the project consists of two packages Lib and App in which Lib is a library and App is the frontend app which depends on Lib. Now I want to display a monaco powered code editor in App which has has access to all types of Lib. This means that I have to somehow read the *.d.ts file of Lib as a string to set it as "extra lib" for monaco.

WebView webView = new WebView(); webView.getEngine().load("https://microsoft.github.io/monaco-editor/");

You’ll see a Monaco Editor-powered change editor. The content incoming from the Git repo is on the left, while the current content in Vrite is on the right. You can make changes in the editor on the right - this will ultimately become the result content. Once you’re done, click Resolve. If there are no other conflicts, you should now be able to pull the latest changes.

From googling about it seems that Azure uses monaco editor to make code in repos be colourised and what not. this appears to be the editor library for vscode, so that makes sense.

By referencing the ProseMirror docs, forwarding the editor state back and forth, and adjusting the layout, I managed to integrate Monaco Editor — the web editor extracted from VS Code — together with Prettier (for code formatting) right into the Vrite Editor (I know, that’s a lot of editors in one place 😅).

mozes koristiti gotovi code editor library, https://codemirror.net/ https://microsoft.github.io/monaco-editor/