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

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 HN readers recommended it

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

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Confreaks
Topic
text editor architecture in rust
Format
talk
Level
advanced
HN recommenders in dataset
4
HN mentions in dataset
4
Recommendation years in dataset
2016–2018

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From the original HN conversations

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  • There's a talk about it, too, if interested: [VIDEO] I'm hoping to find the time to get more comfortable with Rust and try to contribute at some point

    MildlySerious on Hacker News · 2016-10
    In Lime Text – Open Source Sublime Text alternative (2014)
  • What are some good resources to learn more about the inner workings of text editors or building one from scratch? So far I've found and enjoyed reading/watching the resources below and would love to learn more. * The Craft of Text Editing: [LINK] * Writing …

    bonquesha99 on Hacker News · 2016-10
    In Buttery Smooth Emacs
  • Little drunk so bear with me :) Rich Hickey: Clojure concurrency[ [LINK] ] Keynote - Rust: confident, productive systems programming by Aaron Turon [ [LINK] ] RustConf 2016 - A Modern Editor Built in Rust by Raph Levien [ [VIDEO] ] Microservices at Netflix Scale: …

    kartD on Hacker News · 2017-09
    In Ask HN: Recommended (recent) videos for a Lunch and Learn

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