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Support for JetBrains Rider, especially on Linux
Idea shared by Peter Shrosbree - 9/17/2018 at 8:26 AM
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Are there any plans to create a cross-platform version of GhostDoc for JetBrains Rider?
 
With the rising popularity of Docker increasingly my work is on Linux, and so I use JetBrains Rider.
GhostDoc is the plugin tool I miss the most. I would pay a good deal for this plugin for JetBrains Rider on Linux. Cross-platform support would be even better.

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Serge B. Replied
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Hi Peter,
 
Thank you for the suggestion but we have no plans for a cross-platform version or Rider support (which requires the cross-platform support as a pre-requisite).
 
Moving cross-platform is a major effort that essentially requires rewriting the product from scratch and replacing all of the third-party UI libraries we use.
 
There is very little interest we see from our users at this point to justify the major investment of that sort.
 
Thanks!
Serge Baranovsky
SubMain Software
(800) 936-2134
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Thanks for the reply.
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Has anything changed on this matter? I think Rider is getting a bit more popular nowadays. GhostDoc is pretty much the only tool I'm missing there.
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Serge B. Replied
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Hi Szymon,

No, sorry, nothing has changed at this point - it is still a great effort to port cross-platform and there is not enough interest to justify a major expense of that size.

Thanks!
Serge Baranovsky
SubMain Software
(800) 936-2134
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I think if you're not going to make it compatible with rider, you should open up the CMD tools to people with Personal Pro subscriptions - because as it stands I cannot use the product I paid for, and there are no plans for you to do anything to help.
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Serge B. Replied
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Hi Brett,

Thank you for the suggestion and for purchasing the Personal license. Your support helps us keep the product going.

Adding CMD support won't help with the Rider integration; it only allows building the end-user docs in the CI/CD scenario.

As I mentioned above, creating a cross-platform version is currently cost-prohibitive due to the low user interest and the disproportionate ratio of paid users to free users.

It feels a bit unfair to say that the VS plugin you purchased two years ago is unusable now that you have migrated from VS to the Rider environment. 

That being said, we are happy to either refund your license purchase or provide you with a complimentary Enterprise license upgrade, whichever works for you.

Thanks!

Serge Baranovsky
SubMain Software
(800) 936-2134

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