Ask HN: Looking for a Programable Text Editor
I’m not sure if this exists, but I’m curious what would be the closest thing available to an “Event based programmable text editor”.
Imagine this scenario:
- Every monday at 10, the editor, would inject a checklist into your work log with some weekly checks you do at work.
- Some of the checks are manual, some have inputs to accept extra data
- Some are automated because you wrote a snippet of code for doing such check
- On save, convert to json and send to someone via email
- Every time you do this, you need to do a followup around 2days later with the person that received the checklist. They will provide a paragraph with some feedback that you need to save. To do so, your editor, already injected a form into your work log for doing so.
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[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzA2YODtgK4
[2] https://github.com/doomemacs/doomemacs
Starting with Doom Emacs would go a long way, and was what really helped me get started. Of course, it helped that I was familiar with Vim.
For time based events, you have the `run-at-time` function.
For snippets, I'd look at YASnippet[0] as they're really easy to create and you're granted a significant amount of control. Nothing you wrote sounds outside the scope of what it can provide.
On save is easy, just use `after-save-hook`. Emails is easy, too, though you will need SMTP or something.
Followup email may require custom code however Emacs 29 has SQLite support so you may be able to utilise that?
0: https://joaotavora.github.io/yasnippet/
It can be programmed using its filesystem (9p) interface, and extended by adding plumber(4) rules.
A demo by Russ Cox: https://youtu.be/dP1xVpMPn8M