docker-atom-editor

Overview

Install and run the Atom editor from within a Docker container.

Building the image

Clone this repository, change into the source directory and run:

docker build . -t atom

Running Atom

docker run -d -v /tmp/.X11-unix/:/tmp/.X11-unix/ \
-v /dev/shm:/dev/shm \
-v ${HOME}/.atom:/home/atom/.atom \
-e DISPLAY \
jamesnetherton/docker-atom-editor

Note that -v /dev/shm:/dev/shm may be optional and can be replaced by --shm-size="<number><unit>".