[gchp]

Another part of it which I didn't mention is that I've always wanted to build a text editor, they've always intrigued me. So this was me scratching the itch if you like. I also used it as an opportunity to learn rust, which I really like, incidentally.

To answer your question, I actually hadn't found one that suited me, fully. There are many that I like, but non which did it for me. It sounds a bit weird, but it needs to feel right, which none of then did for me. So that's why I started it. It seems others are interested in it too which is cool!

[kzrdude]

I was curious if you could describe the specific frustrations, and which of these you can fix.

[gchp]

Right, here goes...

- ability to handle large files without freezing or without a noticible drop in performance

- make all aspects of the editor scriptable. Emacs does this well, but I really don't like elisp. It will also be possible to script it in a number of languages, not limited to a single one.

- fast, like really fast. My Emacs config takes ten seconds to load, using IDEs takes much more than that to open. I want to make use of modern processor capabilities and minimise load time. Also to parallelise as much of the editing functionality as possible, so the user is never blocked by a task or operation.

- cross platform, easily installable. Some editors do this well, others don't. With iota you'll be able yo just download a binary and run it. No installation process, no dependencies. Same process to install on all machines.

I guess those are the main ones. Am on mobile right now so its hard to give more detail at the moment. I'll try update the motivations part of the readme with information like this today.