Allow to run VSCode extensions

[ghost]

I am working on VSCode Extension Runtime, a language-agnostic way of running VSCode extensions on other code-editors/IDEs.

Was browsing through GitHub and this project looked like a good candidate for implementing this, since Mac users generally prefer native UIs, but still need something like VSCode for many programming languages. XCode is full of shit, it's a good IDE for certain things but it's heavy.

What do you think? Does this look like a good idea to you?

Of course, this runtime would be entirely optional, maybe opt-in. But it would be a good way of extending Code Edit in a lightweight way, with the native UI, and the ecosystem of VSCode extensions.

Implementing this is not easy to do/maintain.

Does CodeEdit already have some extension system? This would make the task much easier for you to maintain the core of CodeEdit and for me to work separately.

[austincondiff]

We are currently building our Extensions API. Our thought was because the two editors have completely different architectures, running VS Code extensions in CodeEdit would be next to impossible to do. If you want to help us shape our Extensions API and try to get this runtime working, I wouldn't be opposed to it.

[ghost]

Great! Not everything might be doable, but general things like LSP (for code completion), the command palette, dialogs, etc. might work if the Extensions API allows it. One good reference is coc.nvim.

Doing my own research at the moment

[ghost]

Found a youtube video about VSCode LSP that might give you a general idea of what the VSCode API is like. It's 16 minutes long, but it's fun to watch