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Re: Atom 1.1 is out

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Post by snurk »

ryannevius wrote: post #15

How are Atom's regex find/replace capabilities? I use Sublime Text's all of the time...and can't imagine using a modern text / code editor without them.

I haven't needed to use regex. I assume it works ... why not?

But Atom's project search / search & replace have a coulple amazing features I have seen before. E.g., the search result updates dynamically as you edit files. Plus, it shows the proposed search/replace in a nicely colored diff output inline in the search results, before performing the replace.

Re: Atom 1.1 is out

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Post by hollerith »

fivesigma wrote: post #47
drdaeman wrote: post #11

I've tried that editor year or so ago, and was disappointed that it ever tried to connect to the network to do all sort of stuff. Don't really remember any details, I think there was some analytics, auto-updates etc etc. I'm certain that it can all be disabled, but is there any ready to use recipe to do so? I mean, I want all the non-network-related software I use to literally never try to do anything network-related…

I don't know why this is being downvoted. Atom automatically downloads updates and also hits a google analytics URL every time you open it. The latter can be prevented if you disable the metrics package but you can't turn off update auto-download. This is unacceptable for what essentially is a text editor.

Unacceptable to you. I'm OK with it -- at least when (like Atom) the code that does the data collecting is open source.

In fact, I'd go so far as to say that using the internet to collect data on usage patterns is a sufficiently powerful technique that if web apps were the only apps able to do it, web apps would probably eventually drive out native apps (and I don't think I would like that).

Re: Atom 1.1 is out

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Post by 0_00_0 »

LegNeato wrote: post #7

If you were seeing Atom Helper take 100% cpu on launch or when viewing packages (especially with Nuclide), it should be fixed. Please comment or file a task if it is not!

I had this same exact problem. If I remember correctly a full delete and reinstall fixed the issue and it's been smooth as butter since.

Re: Atom 1.1 is out

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Post by melling »

snurk wrote: post #50
terda12 wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's pretty much the #1 reason why most people still stick to sublime or other text editors. Atom just can't handle large files. It's a shame really because Atom actually looks great and works well as a point and click text editor. But right now Sublime offers everything Atom offers but built on a C++ engine. In Vim I can just open up a 21mb db dump, do some regex to delete unwanted rows, and be done after a few se…

> right now Sublime offers everything Atom offers but built on a C++ engine. Oh come on now, that's really exagerating.

Not really. C++ will be much faster than JavaScript. Your battery will last a lot longer on your laptop too.

For many tasks JavaScript might be fast enough but as your project grows and you want to fo more complicated tasks, you'll hit a wall with JavaScript.

Re: Atom 1.1 is out

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Post by SlashmanX »

orionblastar wrote: post #36

The title doesn't explain that Atom 1.1 is a beta test and the main page still has Atom 1.0 for download. I went to download and got Atom 1.0, there is a special link to click to get the 1.1 beta test. This may be confusing to people expecting 1.1 but getting 1.0 because they clicked on the wrong link. Microsoft Visual Studio Code is based on Atom, so I expect it will get updated sooner or later as well with these ch…

This is incorrect (possibly updated since you commented). The download link on the main atom.io site will download version 1.1. This is the first release that went through the BETA channel (i.e the beta channel was recently introduced as a way of trying out the latest version) to a stable release.

Although, the header on the blog post does still have "1.0" so it is confusing.

Re: Atom 1.1 is out

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Post by drdaeman »

tetrep wrote: post #14
drdaeman wrote: post #11

I've tried that editor year or so ago, and was disappointed that it ever tried to connect to the network to do all sort of stuff. Don't really remember any details, I think there was some analytics, auto-updates etc etc. I'm certain that it can all be disabled, but is there any ready to use recipe to do so? I mean, I want all the non-network-related software I use to literally never try to do anything network-related…

If you're concerned about applications using network resources, I'd highly recommend an outbound firewall. Not only can you actually guarantee your applications aren't making arbitrary network connections, but you can also use applications that attempt to, and simply block them when they try. Assuming OSX (because Atom), Little Snitch solves this issue quite nicely.

Thanks. I do use outbound firewall. Yet, I don't want to rely on it as a primary means to control network access by local software, because sometimes things break.

I mean, I want local software (esp., FLOSS one) to be configured civilized enough on its own to not do anything I don't want it to do, even when the guardian tools leave them unmonitored.

That's why I've asked if someone possibly already did so and has a configuration preset or something like that.

Re: Atom 1.1 is out

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Post by drdaeman »

hollerith wrote: post #54
fivesigma wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't know why this is being downvoted. Atom automatically downloads updates and also hits a google analytics URL every time you open it. The latter can be prevented if you disable the metrics package but you can't turn off update auto-download. This is unacceptable for what essentially is a text editor.

Unacceptable to you. I'm OK with it -- at least when (like Atom) the code that does the data collecting is open source. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that using the internet to collect data on usage patterns is a sufficiently powerful technique that if web apps were the only apps able to do it, web apps would probably eventually drive out native apps (and I don't think I would like that).

I just wrote that some default settings didn't match my personal preferences and asked if someone has a readily available guide on controlling that behavior.

I suppose, would I've asked if there's a guide on, say, how to make fonts larger everywhere in the UI - it likely wouldn't raise anyone's eyebrow. Don't really see why disabling any non-explicitly-requested outgoing network connectivity is suddenly a controversial question that drove any up or downvotes.

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