Atom 1.9 and 1.10 beta
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Atom 1.9 and 1.10 beta
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Re: Atom 1.9 and 1.10 beta
#2Blog post about the release:
http://blog.atom.io/2016/08/01/atom-1-9-and-1-10-beta.html
"The following is a summary of improvements we have been testing on our beta channel and that are finally landing in Atom 1.9.0. :rocket:
- Display Layers, which are going to bring speed improvements as well as new features like free-form folds (via the Fold Selection command) and an improved soft-wrapping algorithm.
- Electron Upgrade (v0.37.8), which features many performance improvements and enables efficient ligatures rendering on all the platforms.
- Drag and Drop Layout Management, that provides a very intuitive way for organizing the workspace.
- Enhanced Reliability When Saving Files, which minimizes the risk of losing files when a hard crash occurs.
- Shell Commands Compatibility On Windows, that makes the atom command compatible with both Cygwin and Msys."
Re: Atom 1.9 and 1.10 beta
#3> Electron upgraded to v0.37.8
The official website of electron [1] says that the current version is 1.3.1
Can someone explain why atom uses a 3 months old version ? [2]
[2] https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v0.37.8
Re: Atom 1.9 and 1.10 beta
#4> Electron upgraded to v0.37.8 The official website of electron [1] says that the current version is 1.3.1 Can someone explain why atom uses a 3 months old version ? [2] [1] http://electron.atom.io [2] https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v0.37.8
Found some info on this:
> 0.37.8 is actually a 1.0.1 version of Atom so it's not THAT old. The only difference between 0.37.8 and 1.0.0 release is the remove of deprecated API that were not flagged as such in 0.37.8 release. Reason why Atom only incrementally updates electron is to minimize application breakage due to Atom project's size. [0]
> We decide to update to a new version of Electron when there is an enhancement or bug fix that version would enable that would benefit Atom users. Because updating to a new version of Electron is non-trivial, sometimes we skip versions until there is a clear benefit that justifies the cost. [1]
[0] https://github.com/atom/atom/issues/11967#issuecomment-22550...
[1] https://github.com/atom/design-decisions/blob/master/electro...
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#5Drag and drop layout management is really a nice addition, you can have the same result on any text editor but doing a drag and drop feels natural.
Atom is still taking too much time to start compared to Sublime but I now use it for everything except large files, the overall UX is better and new features are added regularly.
Re: Atom 1.9 and 1.10 beta
#6Each time there's an Atom release announcement, I check if they've finally fixed AltGr.
They didn't. Most non-US keyboard layouts are still broken.
Re: Atom 1.9 and 1.10 beta
#7I have participated a bit in the Atom.io open source repository, but now I am back to Sublime. It's so fast and reliable compared to Atom.io.
Re: Atom 1.9 and 1.10 beta
#8I have participated a bit in the Atom.io open source repository, but now I am back to Sublime. It's so fast and reliable compared to Atom.io.
What about VSCode? It feels less laggy than Atom, at least for me.
Re: Atom 1.9 and 1.10 beta
#9Atom would be way cooler if it was a projection editor like projectured.org. Or was available online.
Re: Atom 1.9 and 1.10 beta
#10I have participated a bit in the Atom.io open source repository, but now I am back to Sublime. It's so fast and reliable compared to Atom.io.
What about VSCode? It feels less laggy than Atom, at least for me.
It is, but it is still ~40ms input latency compared to <1ms latency for good editors written in C++ or, serious efforts in Java (see Intellij Zero Latency Mode )