Author Archives: Grant Gayed

Announcing Orion 15

Posted on June 30, 2017 by Grant Gayed

We are pleased to announce the fifteenth release of Orion, “Your IDE in the Cloud”. You can run it now at OrionHub or download the server to run your own instance. Once again, thank you to all committers and contributors … Continue reading →

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What’s new in Orion’s Markdown editor

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Grant Gayed

We want Orion’s Markdown editor to be the most useful and enjoyable one that’s out there. Here’s what’s improved recently: Content assist No more need to refer back to the markdown syntax on Daring Fireball, just invoke the Orion editor’s … Continue reading →

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Orion’s new Help system

Posted on December 1, 2014 by Grant Gayed

As was described in the Orion 7.0 release announcement, the Orion Help system has finally gotten the re-write it has long needed. Beyond eliminating our last use of JSPs, the new Help now features: A more integrated look A new … Continue reading →

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Orion’s new Markdown editor

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Grant Gayed

Markdown has emerged as a popular authoring format for on-line documentation. The recently released Orion 6.0 includes a new split-pane Markdown editor that previews your generated HTML document as you type. You can try it out now, along with the … Continue reading →

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Orion 5.0: Syntax Styling Revisited

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Grant Gayed

The orion.edit.highlighter service gives plug-ins a way of contributing syntax stylings for arbitrary languages. Prior to Orion 5.0 these stylings were defined as either TextMate grammars or CodeMirror modes. While both of these styling approaches are well-established and have their … Continue reading →

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Orion 2.0: What’s New for Shell page plug-ins

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Grant Gayed

The Orion 1.0 Shell page provided a basic mechanism for plugging custom commands into a shared command line environment.  Shell page enhancements for Orion 2.0 have focused on formalizing new parameter types that provide access to files in the Orion … Continue reading →

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The Orion Shell: Not your father’s TTY

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Grant Gayed

A new addition in the Orion 0.5 release is its Console page, which provides a command-line interface (CLI) for interacting with Orion.  Note that as of the Orion 1.0 release this page has been renamed to the “Shell” page in … Continue reading →

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