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Sublime does keyboard macros that make my life easier which VSC and its add-on don't have. Now if Sublime had a option to delete trailing whitespace every time I hit return, I could return to my PFE days of macro productivity. When I start doing coding and text manipulation again, it looks like it will be Sublime I purchase.
Sublime has the settings: `trim_trailing_white_space_on_save` and `ensure_newline_at_eof_on_save`, I found these very satisfactory. But there's almost certainly a ST extension for your particular taste.
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I'm curious why you don't want to rely on non-free software for your work. Usually paying for something helps it not to die, like limetext, for example. For my work, I'd rather pay for something I rely on to increase the likelihood of it staying alive and keeping up with the work I need to do.
Exactly. It's amazing how people still don't want to pay for software.
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Exactly. It's amazing how people still don't want to pay for software.
It's not that we don't want to pay for software, and I don't think that's what OP meant when he used the word "nonfree". It's just that we need the four freedoms in case the software takes a sudden turn in a direction we don't like. Now you're going to ask: How is it possible to support the four freedoms and still charge for the software? And my answer is: I have no idea, and I don't care. It's not my job to come up…
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> I've been very active on the forum, Discord, IRC and the Packages repo on GitHub. I don't think the stereotype of Sublime HQ being radio silent holds true any longer. Yeah, it's the blog posts/tweets stuff that might be needed. Because most devs don't bother checking the forums (much less irc). In fact, and this is 100% true, I just spoke to a guy in the next office asked him enthusiastically "did you get the new S…
Your co-worker is technically correct, the last release of ST was version 2 in Sept 2016.
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#67I tried the new beta: it kinda breaks fonts in old themes (I use spacegray) but the new Adaptive theme looks pretty (I wish I could reduce tab bar height, though).
Also enjoyed switching UI and syntax themes via palette.
Overall looks great but for now I'll stick to ST3 stable release.
My #1 feature request is Sidebar API, you know, for version control integration.
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#68If Sublime only had definite release! It's wonderful GUI editor! I stopped using it years ago when I switched to Vim and Emacs, but if it gets released I will buy it for sure, at least to have it on my work machine. I like editing text in it, everything is so smooth and well looking, and it doesn't feel bloated. And I just hate all those Electron based editors, no matter how much incrementally they get better from mo…
On the contrary, I still miss the speed of ST but the price-vs-feature ratio on VSC is too high for me to ignore anymore. No way the boss will shell out $70 per license if/when ST3 is ever released (now that half our team has dropped it anyway). Guess what you said about not relying on "public opinion" includes your own.
Re: Sublime Text 3 dev build 3128 released
#69If Sublime only had definite release! It's wonderful GUI editor! I stopped using it years ago when I switched to Vim and Emacs, but if it gets released I will buy it for sure, at least to have it on my work machine. I like editing text in it, everything is so smooth and well looking, and it doesn't feel bloated. And I just hate all those Electron based editors, no matter how much incrementally they get better from mo…
Release or not release is just a name. You shouldn't let that be a factor. In my experience it is absolutely stable and as bug free as software can be. However, I'm not sure how well maintained it is. I fear all the time that the author, jps, has quit, but then every few months he has a development sprint and releases a new version. I'd rather have it permanently called "beta" but a minor update every month, than one…
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Sublime has the settings: `trim_trailing_white_space_on_save` and `ensure_newline_at_eof_on_save`, I found these very satisfactory. But there's almost certainly a ST extension for your particular taste.
I actually want it to trigger on each line when hitting return. It really helps with macros you can write when text munging. I didn't spend as much time as I would have liked looking at each editor but a command-key that deletes all ending whitspace on a line would also be acceptable.
I usually have ST and vim open at the same time myself.