Vim Interface

[andyl]

The WebUI for GitHub issues is slow.

Feature request: build a Vim interface to IORA, so that we can do issue management in Vim, locally on the terminal.

[GeorgLink]

I don't understand this issue, maybe because I'm not a Vim user. I guess, I need more background here.

[andyl]

This is ultra-low priority, but would be handy and would be a way to show the utility of IORA.

The idea here would be make an issue-tracker look and feel like a CSV file, editable in VIM, one line per issue. Long descriptions and comments could be editable in an associated file, or just omitted.

I use a vim-based task tracker, inspired by "Getting Things Done" and Emacs Org Mode. Super lightweight and fast. Some other text-based comparables include: TaskWarrior and FluxDash.

One thing to note is that IORA defines not just read methods but also write methods (update status, add/edit comment). If someone were to implement a text-based IORA wrapper, it would handle any tracker type supported by IORA, and be able to intermingle issues across multiple repos and tracker types.

A text-based wrapper wouldn't have to be VIM. It could also be a very basic command-line interface, or EMACS.

Final note: for the trader exercise, I created a Web-based IORA wrapper called ytrack. It was quick and dirty - took a couple hours to write, but proved to be useful for development and testing.