(ghosttext.fregante.com) 👻 GhostText — Use your text editor in the browser

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• Use your text editor in the browser

Whenever you're writing more than a little snippet of code anywhere on the web, activate GhostText to open your preferred text editor and enjoy your own development environment.

** Installation

GhostText is a browser extension that connects to your editor via its own extension. Install both extensions and, if necessary, start the GhostText server in the editor's extension.

* Choose your browser

* Choose your text editor

Most editor extensions are authored by third parties. You can create more extensions for your favorite editor! Refer to the protocol document.

** Usage

Once you have installed both browser and editor extensions, you can activate GhostText in the current browser tab by clicking its icon in the toolbar or by using a keyboard shortcut. The editor needs to be launched first.

Notice: in some editors you'll need to run the Enable GhostText command to start the server. Refer to the documentation of each extension. Sublime Text doesn't need this step.

** How it works

GhostText is split in two parts:

1. A HTTP and WebSocket server in the text editor
2. A client in the browser

When you activate GhostText, the browser will try contacting the server in the text editor (at the port specified in the options) and open a WebSocket connection. Every change will be transmitted to the other side. Each side can close the socket (for example by closing the window) and the session will be automatically over.

** Keyboard shortcuts

These are the default shortcuts, they can be customized in Chrome and Firefox, but not yet in Safari.

Windows	ctrl + shift + K
Linux	ctrl + shift + H
Mac	cmd + shift + K

** More

GhostText on GitHub — Troubleshooting

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