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Leo Editor

www.leoeditor.com Software & code Software projects Software engineering Candidate

Resurfaced independently across 4 calendar years, with breakout response in 2 of them.

submissions
4
submitters
4
observed span
2014–2022
peak thread · 108 comments
257 pts
latest 20+ return · 2021-09-26
144 pts

Submission timeline

2007–2026

One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.

First comments on top threads

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I've used Leo extensively for one large project, several smaller ones and all the DD work for 8 years until 1/1/2017. It's a very good and well thought out program, it's a bit like a cross between emacs org mode and python programming environment (rather than lisp) geared towards literate programming but very useful for other kinds of applications. I'd love to see a 'Google docs' style multi-user version of it, that would be an awesome tool, especially if it…

The problem I had with Leo was that it tried to be so many things. On another page, their site calls it: - A fully-featured IDE, with many features inspired by Emacs. - An outliner. Everything in Leo is an outline. - A data manager, data manager and personal information manager. - A powerful scripting environment. - A tool for organizing and studying computer code. It claims to be for programmers, authors, and web designers, but I couldn't figure out…

I use Leo every day. It's a great little editor, very stable and with a ton of handy features. Outlines are a fantastic tool to keep track of the state of a complex project. My .leo files are what keeps me sane when I'm in the middle of a project with a few hundred documents and need to compile a report. I like it that it's local instead of some online service (there are plenty of those, but I would…

The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.

Breakout years
2

100+ points or 50+ comments

Total points
469

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Total comments
195

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Every submission

DateTitle as submittedByPointsComments
2014-06-04Leo editor – “a revolutionary step in the right direction for programming”scapbi6648
2018-08-15Leo EditorFirst breakout · Best threadtype0257108
2021-09-26Leo EditorLatest 20+ point returnsatvikpendem14439
2022-05-08Leo – cross-platform PIM, IDE, and outlinergjvc20