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0 pointsWaterluvian4y ago0 comments

Hmm. Not a crazy idea. simplification is appealing to me. But I’m guessing it’s still not really a computer? Can I get iterm2 with bash and vscode and rust?

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Jtsummers4y ago· 3 in thread

> Can I get iterm2 with bash and vscode and rust?

Not really. The best dev experience I have with the iPad is using Blink to mosh into (the mobility mosh offers over SSH is key for me) a server, which lets me run whatever I want on it. But if you're developing GUI applications, it's not really that great.

You can use something like Working Copy for git and Textastic for editing programs on the iPad, but it's not really a proper IDE (even a light IDE) just a syntax aware editor. If I'm not using emacs on the server, I use those for my code editing purposes.

cassianoleal4y ago

You can run VS Code in the browser: https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2021/10/20/vscode-dev

One of their listed use-cases is exactly this:

> Develop on your iPad. You can upload/download files (and even store them in the cloud using the Files app), as well as open repositories remotely with the built-in GitHub Repositories extension.

out_of_protocol4y ago

> For example, the terminal and debugger are not available, which makes sense since you can't compile, run, and debug a Rust or Go application within the browser sandbox

Direct quote

edvinbesic4y ago

Have you found a consistent way to get color schemes working for vim/tmux when running over mosh?

Haven’t tried mosh in a while but this was my biggest gripe, over what is otherwise an amazing mobile experience.

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