Introducing Google Cloud Shell’s new code editor
Not criticizing the project, genuinely curious:<p>It&#x27;s great that browsers can achieve more functionality previously exclusive to native applications, but anytime a code editor written in JavaScript to be run in a browser is announced, I wonder one thing: why don&#x27;t we try to come up with a client&#x2F;server protocol that would allow you to use your local editor, which is already fully customized to your needs? Is the idea that the files being edited are remote and therefore the only thing that would make sense is improving extensions like &quot;It&#x27; All Text!&quot; or wasavi?<p>It ought to be enough if one can trigger opening a buffer in a local editor, which accesses a local webserver provided by your browser, backed by the textarea, and having a means of updating the textarea on save via a POST issued from, say, Emacs to Firefox&#x27;s textarea-httpd.