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Ask HN: Sublime Text vs. Notepad++ which do you prefer? Why the hype for Sublime?

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Re: Ask HN: Sublime Text vs. Notepad++ which do you prefer? Why the hype for Sublime?

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Post by Lordarminius »

saluki wrote: post #7

I used to be a notepad++ user. Sublime is way faster to use and better all around and saves me tons of time(money) over using notepad++. As far as the nag screen, I endured it for a while but I make money using sublime and enjoy using it want it to stay around so I purchased a license. If the cost seems high, add the cost in to your next fixed cost project, typically clients aren't going to decline a proposal +/- $10…

> A great way to get better higher paying projects is to learn Rails...

Any pointers for someone looking for a remote gig ?

Re: Ask HN: Sublime Text vs. Notepad++ which do you prefer? Why the hype for Sublime?

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Post by imauld »

anzoxe wrote: post #10

I've been using vscode for the past year at least. Can someone describe the benefits of sublime over vscode or even atom(I find atom to be a lot slower than vscode)? So many people swear by sublime so I assume there must be something I'm missing. At the same time I love the simplicity of adding plugins in vscode, and sharing settings through a git gist is great as well.

Native (Sublime) vs Electron (Atom, VS Code)

Sublime is just so much more responsive than it's Electron counterparts. They all have tradeoffs so if the increased resource usage for Code and Atom isn't issue for you then you may not see the need for Sublime. Additionally if you prefer the the ease of use of the plugins in Atom/Code, configuring them with the GUI, compared to the editing of JSON files to configure Sublime plugins might seem a bit annoying.

I used Atom for a while because it "just worked" but I switched to Sublime on a cheaper, low powered laptop and the difference in resource consumption is very apparent. Almost everything ran smoother while Sublime was open compared to Atom. The plugins were a bit more involved to get working but for that use case it was worth it.

Re: Ask HN: Sublime Text vs. Notepad++ which do you prefer? Why the hype for Sublime?

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Post by adperry »

anzoxe wrote: post #10

I've been using vscode for the past year at least. Can someone describe the benefits of sublime over vscode or even atom(I find atom to be a lot slower than vscode)? So many people swear by sublime so I assume there must be something I'm missing. At the same time I love the simplicity of adding plugins in vscode, and sharing settings through a git gist is great as well.

I just started using vscode a few months ago. I really like it a lot.

Re: Ask HN: Sublime Text vs. Notepad++ which do you prefer? Why the hype for Sublime?

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Post by NetStrikeForce »

I can open 1-2GB files with Sublime. I can't with Notepad++

But most of the time I use Notepad++ for quick notes, dumping clipboard contents, parse logs, ... Pretty much everything except coding (I only do small scripts and the odd tiny utility).

Re: Ask HN: Sublime Text vs. Notepad++ which do you prefer? Why the hype for Sublime?

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Post by Rjevski »

Sublime is beautiful. I'm sure you can make Notepad++ look the same with tweaking, but Sublime is beautiful by default (and extra color schemes are one click away on Package Control). Also, it's cross-platform which is important given that I'm on a Mac.
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