Archive for the ‘Bespin’ Category
Mozilla Skywriter has been merged into Ace
The Mozilla Skywriter project (formerly Bespin) is a Mozilla Labs experiment to explore ideas around “coding in the cloud”. We’re happy to announce that the project has found a new, permanent home as part of the Ajax.org Cloud9 Editor (Ace) and Cloud9 IDE projects. Read on to hear more about the transition and what we’ve [...]
Bespin 0.9a2 released; Skywriter update
Bespin 0.9a2 offers fixes and a couple of features for users of Bespin Embedded and the Bookmarklet. In this post, I’ll also talk about what’s happening in the Skywriter transition. The most important change in Bespin 0.9a2 (download it now) is that it restores compatibility with Chrome. Chrome 6 included a change that broke a [...]
Bespin is now Mozilla Skywriter, moves to GitHub
Today, we’re announcing that the Mozilla Labs project codenamed “Bespin” is now called Mozilla Skywriter. It remains a Labs experiment to see how great coding in the browser can be by making a powerful, customizable HTML5 text editor. We’re also announcing a move to GitHub.
Bespin Plugin Gallery is now live!
Head over to the new Bespin Plugin Gallery to find plugins for Bespin and share the ones you’ve created.
Tutorial: Adding to Bespin’s GUI
In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to add on to Bespin’s graphical user interface with a new, custom component.
Introducing the Bespin Bookmarklet
The new Bespin Bookmarklet lets you use the Bespin editor to edit code or other text on any page with a textarea.
Tutorial: Manipulating Text Through Commands
In this tutorial, we’ll be creating new commands that allow Bespin to work with Markdown formatted text.
Bespin 0.9a1 released: multiple Bespins, code completion
Bespin 0.9a1 features multiple Bespin instances, the start of code completion, simpler packaging and a curious new version number.
Bespin 0.8: Less and More
Bespin 0.8, codenamed “Cheviot”, is the biggest (and smallest!) Bespin release since Bespin 0.5. Released on June 21st, 2010, Bespin 0.8 is the most important release since Bespin 0.5 introduced the “Embedded” packaging last November. We’ve got a bunch of new features and infrastructure, and new plans for the Bespin server. Read on to find [...]
Bespin 0.7.3 released: usability improvements, docs and fixes
The Bespin team has just released Bespin 0.7.3, a minor update to the Bespin server and Bespin Embedded packages. We’ve made a whole bunch of improvements since the release of 0.7.2.
