Re:Canvas is a new way to write and code with ChatGPT
by autoconfig on Friday October 04, 2024 @08:17AM
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Aider operates on your file tree / repo and edits and creates files in place. So it at least lessens the copy / paste drastically. This is a very different experience than using chatgpt or Claude on web. Still not ideal UX compared to having it in the IDE though to be clear.
Re:Canvas is a new way to write and code with ChatGPT
by JackC on Friday October 04, 2024 @08:00AM
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What I'm trying right now is two IDEs -- PyCharm for navigating around and static analysis stuff, Cursor for "how do I do this" or "please do this for me." Cursor (VSCode?) lets you choose Jetbrains keyboard shortcuts during setup and is relatively resource light so it's not too bad.
Re:Canvas is a new way to write and code with ChatGPT
by nuancebydefault on Friday October 04, 2024 @07:58AM
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As i understand things you...
- want to use your particular ide which does not have the llm plugin.
- don't want to use any of several ide's that support several llm's using a picker.
- don't want to use copy/paste to a web browser or other tool
- don't want to use 2 ide's at the same time if 1 of them is not your favorite
I would settle for the 3rd or 4th option, both work very well for me.
My project has well over half a million lines of code. I'm using an IDE (in my case Qt Creator) for a reason. I'd love to get help from an LLM but CLI or external browser windows just aren't the way. The overhead of copy/paste and lack of context is a deal breaker unfortunately.
In case I'm missing something, please let me know. I'm always happy to learn.