Ask HN: Rate my idea - Eclipse plugin for cloud-stored code snippets
website - we have a website front-end and a database - all hosted on Google AppEngine, this looks pretty much like most code snippet websites out there, except that users may submit enhanced versions to the same snippet on a page, in addition to commenting on it.
use from IDE - we have have the ability to search for snippets directly from Eclipse. The auto-completition feature built into eclipse wasn't as extendable as we thought so we went for opening a popup on CTRL+Shift+~ (adjustable) - this would allow a full text search in snippet names/descriptions - then it would list them showing the most voted/used version of the snippet (much like the autocompletition box shown on CTRL+Space). On selecting one (Enter, dbl-click) you get the snippet inserted at your cursor, while the imports are automatically added (only supported in Java files).
submit from IDE - if you select text in your editor and you hit the same shortcut (CTRL+Shift+~) you get into a form to submit that to the cloud.
business model - free accounts to submit stuff to public domain, payed accounts to keep stuff in your private space on the cloud, with the option to share it with your co-workers.
So what do you think? Would you be a user of this?