#+title: Readme
* My editor
I don't necessarily think that I can make an editor better than Emacs or Neovim. But I thought it might be fun to try nonetheless. Partially just as an exercise in learning how the whole thing works.
** Things to try
- Ropes
- Generic back-end that works with both gui and tui front-ends.
- Client/server model
- "Everything is a buffer". Make everything you do (or, as much as possible) involve editing a buffer
  - Expose interaction points for various plugins
  - Provide a unified interface for all commands.
** Languages
- I like Rust, and I think it's a good language to write the low-level stuff in.
- That said, I think it's not that good for writing plugins, I would think
- In which case, I think lua/fennel would be a good option.
- I like the idea of as many features as possible simply being plugins that ship with the editor.
- If I'm feeling extra spicy, I could try writing it in Carp.
  - I don't know if it has all the benefits of writing in a lisp due to it being compiled.
- I could also go back to my old love of Haskell.
*** TODO Try out different languages [0/5]
**** TODO Carp
**** TODO Fennel
**** TODO Rust + Lua/fennel bindings
**** TODO Haskell + lua/fennel bindings
**** TODO Unison?