What's more hackable- Atom or VSCode?

Posted by aks2161989 on Sunday February 13, 2022 @03:43AM
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Which text editor is more hackable - Atom or VSCode?

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Re:What's more hackable- Atom or VSCode? by funnym0nk3y on Sunday February 13, 2022 @04:08AM (#30320413)

It seems that vscode has won the race. I think atom fell out of favor a few years ago.

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Re:What's more hackable- Atom or VSCode? by throwawaybutwhy on Sunday February 13, 2022 @05:23AM (#30320740)

Frame challenge - neither, use Emacs for hackability.

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Re:What's more hackable- Atom or VSCode? by beardyw on Sunday February 13, 2022 @04:04AM (#30320400)

What do you mean by hackable? Configurable? Extendible? Modifiable?

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Re:What's more hackable- Atom or VSCode? by aks2161989 on Sunday February 13, 2022 @12:37PM (#30323596)

All of these. Basically which of these editors gives more power to the users to change the editor?

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Re:What's more hackable- Atom or VSCode? by wardley3000 on Sunday February 13, 2022 @04:48AM (#30320591)

Yes you need to define what you mean by ‘hackable’

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Re:What's more hackable- Atom or VSCode? by aks2161989 on Sunday February 13, 2022 @12:40PM (#30323626)

I mean to ask basically which of these editors gives more power to the users to change the editor?

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