use external editor (e.g. neovim) for writing code, hot-reload it in the marimo editor

[konosubakonoakua]

Description

how can I use external editor to write code with hot-reloading in marimo editor?

Suggested solution

reload local file when it is changed

Alternative

No response

Additional context

No response

[akshayka]

Do you want to write notebook code in neovim or library code?

If it's the latter we have that built-in: https://docs.marimo.io/guides/reactivity.html#on-module-change-autoreloading

If it's the former, we have an experimental VSCode plugin but don't have a solution for other editors yet. Perhaps we could get there by starting with marimo's native markdown format (cc @dmadisetti), which is easier to edit in a text editor than our Python format.

[konosubakonoakua]

Ty

[mitchellwestQB]

Hi @akshayka - wanted to check if this is in the current pipeline? In addition to all the clear improvements to jupyternbs, this tool is exactly what I've been looking for to dev with nb's in neovim, but the only blocker from using marimo on a day to day is the need for changes to @app.cell to hot-reload in the running notebook

[dmadisetti]

As is, the "kiosk" mode exists. A vim plugin could replicate the VScode plugin, and manually trigger the editor endpoints

The proposal for "Multiplayer" has a couple other qol improvements regarding implementation: marimo-team/meps#6