Re: Jade, a new package for JavaScript development

[joakim]

Nicolas Petton <address@hidden> writes:

> Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:
>
> Hi Richard,
>
>> Could you explain what that means?  Which "tools"?  What jobs would one try
>> to do in this way?
>
> I mean the ability to connect to and interact with a running JavaScript
> process.  Currently Jade has support for:
>
> - a REPL connected to a JavaScript runtime, with code completion;
> - an object inspector, with the ability to dive, go back, etc;
> - scratch buffers for JavaScript evaluation;
> - a stepping debugger, with stack frame locals inspection.

Would it be possible to somehow use the embedded webkit browser in Emacs 25?

>
>> If this matures, can you arrange to put it into GNU ELPA
>> and a GNU repository?
>
> Of course.
>
>> Could you move it to Gitlab please?
>
> I'm considering it.  I know GitHub is not the most ethical choice, but
> it certainly is convenient.
>
>> Which browsers does it support?  I hope it supports at least one
>> free browser, because encouraging people to use nonfree browsers
>> works directly against the GNU Project.
>
> It supports Chromium (I never use Google Chrome, but Jade does support
> it), and NodeJS.  Both are free software.
>
> The Firefox backend is missing, but as Firefox is my main web browser, I
> will add a backend for it ASAP.
>
> Cheers,
> Nico
>

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Joakim Verona