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by schabernakk 4792 days ago
Very impressive demo.

So happy to finally see python support.

What is used for the javascript rendering? I assume since they are using the chrome dev tools they are embedding chromium into Lighttable?
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Historiopode 4792 days ago
I am fairly sure that Light Table is a node-webkit[1] app, so your assumption should be correct.

[1]https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit

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ibdknox 4792 days ago
It is indeed. Chromium + embedded NodeJS written in ClojureScript.

FTW.

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kxs 4791 days ago
It seems to be possible to use the Chrome PDF Viewer. This could be nice for LaTeX development.
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jiaaro 4792 days ago
They've written in the past that the UI is essentially a webview, so I think that's a fair assessment

edit: also, I've successfully nuked the app at least once by evaluating document.write (or similar) in the IDE. heh

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zimbatm 4792 days ago
Hard to tell until they release the source code (which is supposed to happen after the 0.4 release). The whole UI is actually rendered HTML using WebKit or a derivative for sure.
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