Hiring volunters!

[sipi]

Hi all,

As you may have seen it, the vscode-org-mode extension has been on standby for some time now. Indeed, original maintainers don't have much time left to devote to it which is very understandable, that's life.
Also, I have few time currently, so I'm trying to bring it back to life. However, I need some helps especially to review "push requests" but also to manage issues or even writing some bugfix and why not write new features…

If anyone's interested, let me know. His or Her help will be welcome… :)

For information, I personally have no experience with vscode extension development, I am learning as I go. I am also not a javascript expert (nor typescript). But, I'm a 5-years software engineer with experience in Java, project management and software architecture. I am a passionate programmer and so I have tested lot of langages (C/C++, Python, Ruby, Perl, Kotlin, Rust…) for pleasure. Oh, I almost forgot. I'm a GNU/Linux enthusiast and I stayed for a while on Emacs of course.

I hope to read you soon,
6π

ps: sorry if my English is not always perfect. I'm from Montpellier in France and I always had bad grades in English in school :)

[sipi]

@KyrychukD @AdrieanKhisbe @rpeshkov @chaseadamsio @zacherybohon @aboukirev @nbessi

[dmytrokyrychuk]

Hello @sipi. I am mostly working with Python, but occasionally I contribute to some Atom and now to VS Code extensions that I use myself. I'd be happy to contribute to this extension in my spare time too.

[AdrieanKhisbe]

Hello @sipi.
I work daily with JavaScript ans have Aldo worked on some vscode extensions (porting some of my emacs lib).
I would be happy to provide some help with thé maintenance,and why not new features.
:)

[rpeshkov]

Hi @sipi, on my daily basis I work with C#, TypeScript+Angular and Go. Also worked on a couple of VSCode extensions, one of which is highly inspired by org-mode from emacs and helps editing tables like in emacs: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=RomanPeshkov.vscode-text-tables. Didn't work lately on that extension because of child birth, but hope to return back to evening coding sessions soon. Will be really glad to provide help with developing org-mode extension for VSCode.

[aboukirev]

I've implemented rudimentary org-mode to mostly track checklists with summaries. I know it's lacking. I did not convert tabs to spaces, which could result into incorrect calculation of nesting level. Propagating up and down levels on toggle is also tricky.
I could look into checklists but will have to do it proper this time, stick to org-mode specs.

[bwl]

Thanks for taking this on @sipi
Seems first order of business would be getting the published extension up to date. ( #107 )
I've run the develop branch locally and the folding alone is a great upgrade.
Do you have control of the publish token?

Thanks again.

[sipi]

Hi all,
thanks for your involvement…

@bwl did you try #112, I would like to integrate this pull requests before publishing a new version (I hope it will be done soon). I does not have control on the publish token at the moment but I am in contact with @ajtoo. Are you interesting to manage this part the work, publishing new versions on the Marketplace?

@aboukirev if you can look to propose an implementation of the checklists #72 ? it will be very nice…

@rpeshkov your extension is very nice, it will be a good thing if we can declare it as dependency of the org-mode extension (like dependencies in the "Java Extension Pack"). Can you look at this?

@AdrieanKhisbe Are you interested in reviewing my #112 pull request ? I am interested in any additional point of view.

This is my email : clement at 6pi dot fr
Can you send me an email? So we will can have some discussions about how we organize ourselves…

Feel free from any investment, if there is something you like, just say it, do it…

thanks to all of you

[sipi]

@AdrieanKhisbe can you send me your email by email ? clement at 6pi dot fr

[AdrieanKhisbe]

I started yesterday, but stoped in the middle.
Doing this right now :)

[NateLehman]

Hi, I'd like to get involved :)

[sipi]

@NateLehman It's happening here: https://github.com/vscode-org-mode/vscode-org-mode and here: https://gitter.im/vscode-org-mode/Lobby

[rpeshkov]

@sipi, maybe we should ask @ajtoo about putting a warning in the readme that this repository is no longer maintained and provide a link to the new one?

[AdrieanKhisbe]

@rpeshkov If @ajtoo answer to that, the best would be to transfer the repo to the organisation.
Don't you think?
cc @sipi

[rpeshkov]

@AdrieanKhisbe totally agree

[sipi]

@AdrieanKhisbe, @rpeshkov yes, I agree
@ajtoo ?

[ajtoo]

Hi guys,

I apologize for the lagging reply. I was recently on vacation while this discussion happened. You guys are welcome to lead maintenance/development and I would be more than happy to provide any support needed. @sipi has my email. All that was discussed sounds great and I will look into transferring this repo to the organization you all have created.

In order for the transfer to go forward, I need the other instance on the organization deleted (due to conflicting names)

I admire all the initiative and outpouring of support for this extension and I am honored to be able to help usher this extension/repo into its next stage of life.

Thanks,
Amos

[AdrieanKhisbe]

Hey @ajtoo,
Thanks a lot for your answer!

I just moved the repository under another name: https://github.com/vscode-org-mode/vscode-org-mode-fork, so this one can be moved under the vscode-org-mode organisation.

Best regards,
Adrien

[sipi]

Hi @ajtoo, I'm happy to read you, don't apologize you are allowed to be unavailable ;) hence I created an organization to work on the project but I think it's not a bad thing in any case.
Do you want to be a member (active or not) of the new "vscode-org-mode" organization ?

[tecosaur]

@sipi I'm so happy to hear this is going on!!!

Me and VS Code extensions

I've only just started getting involved with the extensions I am particularly fond of. I've yet to make any what I would call 'proper' code contributions. I have mainly focused on improving UX and other QOL related things (snippets, shortcuts, badgering people to do something etc.).
I've got experience with python and javascript, however, I am not currently familiar with the vs code API (why I haven't made 'proper' code contributions to extensions yet).

Me and this extension

Anyway I'd be keen on getting involved in this next phase. Whether it be simply me spouting my opinions on features, or perhaps at some point me actually coding up new features. Long story short I'd be interested in becoming a meber of your organisation 😁.

Question

When will this be published to the workshop? I can't wait to get my hands on some of the new features…

Edit: Needed more exclamation marks.

[sipi]

Hi @tecosaur,
I have invited you to join the vscode-org-mode organization.

When you say workshop, do you mean vscode marketplace ?

[tecosaur]

Thanks 🙂 and – ahhh yes, indeed I do.

[sipi]

So, I have no answer for the moment. I think we will try to merge some push requests before and we will release when it will ready. You can install the extension from the source in the meantime.

[sipi]

🎉 released 🎉 on a new publisher to reflect our new organization: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vscode-org-mode.org-mode

😄 @tecosaur @AdrieanKhisbe @ajtoo @dmytrokyrychuk @rpeshkov @aboukirev @NateLehman @bwl 😄

🔥 We are always hiring volunters…
discussion here: https://gitter.im/vscode-org-mode/Lobby

[bwl]

Congratulations Sipi - what a great milestone to hit

[jckdn]

I noticed some really useful features are not documented, like code blocks.
Any chance we could get some updated docs/wiki? Or if someone can provide a list of features not currently documented, I can try to document them.

Also on a related note, what is the purpose of the org.code command? It just seems to wrap the selected text with ~ characters.

[sipi]

I have no list of currently not documented features but I can give you rights to edit the wiki to document those you have in mind.
Regarding, org.code command is related to Org markup rules to emphase text which represents a code snippet (the text should be display with a specific color when between ~ in VSCode with the org-mode extension but it depends of your theme).

[tmsteen]

Still looking for help?

[sipi]

Yes, any help is welcome.

[mrkeuz]

Hi @sipi I'm Java developer too. :) Loved org-mode + vscode. Will be glad to help you with testing or something else. Just let me know how I can help you.
Many thanks for your initiative!