Toast IDE Gets Markdown Spell Checking

graypegg•about 1 hour ago

https://github.com/paradise-runner/toast/issues/37

    > dream mode???
    > I don't even know what this means yet? but I like the thought of it

Heheh, that got a laugh out of me. I feel like you'd probably get a better response on HN if you used Show HN instead, since I don't think this is anything beyond a hobby project at the moment?

dividedcomet•42 minutes ago

I’ve displayed it on ShowHN but it didn’t get much traction, so I’m just posting the iterative updates as I add what I think are meaningful features. It is a hobby project! But I personally use it at work every day and have uninstalled my main IDEs to try and figure out pain points.

edit: I’m elated by the laugh! Little whimsy in software never hurt anyone

ssivark•about 2 hours ago

Every once in a while I see some feature like app XYZ getting dark mode or spell check pop up on the HN front page. I don't understand why. These are absolutely basic features ever since the turn of the millennium, so why are these being announced/launched like some big deal?

dividedcomet•40 minutes ago

I’d wager that it’s more about the use of the LSP and general interest in the project? You’re right that it is table stakes for a lot of editors and I’m probably behind in adding it in mine. But now it’s there and I hope it indicates if folks want to use the editor and want features added that the project is active and adding features on a decent cadence (for a new dad of 2 lol)

edit: also I’m just posting it because I think it’s a meaningful improvement. I don’t think I’ve said that it’s now ready to replace vscode or vim now

Y-bar•about 2 hours ago

Am I missing something here? Why is this considered a noteworthy feature when my operating system has provided this API enabled by default for all text and document views for over twenty years now? (https://leopard-adc.pepas.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual...)

dividedcomet•37 minutes ago

Maybe the implementation or the program that is adding it in? Or maybe the grammar freaks are out in force ;)

Toast IDE Gets Markdown Spell Checking

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