[IPython-dev] Ace versus CodeMirror

[Fernando Perez]

On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 2:43 PM, Brian Granger <ellisonbg at gmail.com> wrote:
> What about
> the third point?  Maybe it is unneeded complexity - because the
> existing CM editors do expand however much they need to.

I think it's unneeded complexity.  They can always fullscreen their
browser and pad the cell with whitespace if they really don't want to
see anything else ;)

Joking aside, I think the benefit is minimal and the cost in code
complexity for us doesn't justify it.

Cheers,

f