Can I create a distribution of Atom?

[detman]

Hi there,

Just installed many great packages of Atom for writing Python numpy stuff, and I wonder whether it is kosher that I could create a “distribution” of Atom integrated with all of my favorable plgs, so that my friends and colleagues can download my distribution of Atom to use it for Python numpy.

Thanks.

[DamnedScholar]

Not only is it kosher, but there are three such distributions that you should look at to guide yourself in setting up yours: Nuclide by some developers at Facebook who wanted an environment tailored to their needs and React, PlatformIO for embedded systems developers and electronics hobbyists, and Juno for Julia users.

[detman]

Wow, terrific! Thank you so much! Love Atom!

[charginghawk]

I’m not sure what process the above distributions used to build off Atom, but one way to create a “distribution” in the sense of bundling your favorite plugins, would be to create an Atom package that lists the plugins you want as dependencies, using atom-package-deps. See:

https://www.npmjs.com/package/atom-package-deps

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