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Sublime Text 3 dev build 3128 released

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Re: Sublime Text 3 dev build 3128 released

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Post by notmarkus »

DamnInteresting wrote: post #130
agounaris wrote: post #64

Why people cry about sublime not having a "release" yet. I have faced 0 bugs, seriously 0 and I'm using it for more than 3 years. Its way more performant than the rest "cool" editors and honestly...it just works! Maybe you need a little bit more configuration to make it perfect for you but thats just it.

On Mac, one bug that bites me about once per week is the editor becomes unresponsive. Not the whole application, I can still focus on windows, use the menus, and scroll the text, but the text editor just goes vegetable. The caret disappears, and I am unable to select text, type, paste, etc. Occasionally it returns after 20-30 seconds, but usually I have to restart Sublime. It's still a great application in spite of t…

What editor theme are you using? (Not "color_scheme", but "theme" in the settings.)

The only time I've ever experienced something like you're describing, it was due to some bad math in a 3rd party theme.

Re: Sublime Text 3 dev build 3128 released

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Post by prh8 »

sundvor wrote: post #3

I'm just hoping that ST3 will be marked as final soon, so that Skinner may collect the upgrade fees before VSC has completed its take over of the world (of free editors). As a long time fan, I do get - and admire - the perfectionism, but hopefully there's room for dot releases after the 3.0 final.

You can already purchase a v3 license https://www.sublimetext.com/buy. Unless you are referring to v2 licenses still valid during the beta

Re: Sublime Text 3 dev build 3128 released

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Post by icc97 »

Philipp__ wrote: post #28

If 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…

If you're using Vim / Emacs, people should consider giving an equal amount that you'd pay for a ST licence to Vim / Emacs instead. Even better, if you're a company then pay the equivalent of what Visual Studio costs.

Re: Sublime Text 3 dev build 3128 released

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Post by ino »

Awesome update, I really enjoy the live theme and scheme switching, it's so fast and fluid.

I also appreciate the improved markdown syntax highlighting. This was bugging me slightly.

I like the new icon and I think the shadow could be a bit more pronounced and the grey corners a bit less pointy.

Sublime Text is one of my favourite computer programs ever.

Re: Sublime Text 3 dev build 3128 released

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Post by asaddhamani »

xienze wrote: post #136
news_to_me wrote: post #127

I love Sublime Text. I really dislike heavy IDEs, so for me, it's almost the perfect editor. But... am I the only person who wants a minimal editor like Sublime, plus an inline debugger? Debugging where you edit code is one of those super-features that I really don't understand why people prefer not to have it. Ideally it would be something generic and lightweight, with the ability to extend via plugins. The debuggin…

You're describing VS Code. Now you may not think it's lightweight, but for anyone not toiling away on a turn of the century machine it's plenty fast and has great debugging facilities.

I tried Sublime and VS Code with plugins, but I found the autocomplete to be really subpar compared to JetBrains IDEs, which I use day-to-day for work. Any plugins for JavaScript and Python that would improve that situation?

Re: Sublime Text 3 dev build 3128 released

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Post by icc97 »

wbond wrote: post #7
klum wrote: post #6

The creator of Sublime Text tends to go silent for long periods between stretches of activity, which always makes me wonder about the future of the project. It's a shame, since ST is a well-thought-out editor with great attention to detail, and of course the speed argument (compared to Atom and VS Code), while beaten to death, still holds true. Of course, it's up to the author himself to choose how he communicates, m…

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. We don't, however, make blog posts or tweets saying "we're still working on the next build." However, whenever anyone asks on the forum (twitter, etc) I'll be happy to tell you we are still working on the next build! :-)

Ignoring all the other rather skeptical replies, thanks for all the work you're doing! It's the most beautiful of all the editors I've used and works perfectly across all platforms.

I don't even really see the problem with the demand for new updates. If ST3 stopped now, it's still got an awesome set of plugins and it will remain an awesome editor.

I had one issue with a recent release, that was answered quickly via the Github and dealt with in a day or so. So I can verify that @wbond is true with what he says.

Re: Sublime Text 3 dev build 3128 released

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Post by whalesalad »

I've had very buggy experience with the latest release. I had to roll back to 3124. My sidebar file list was always empty and it just had wacky behavior. It is a dev build, afterall.

That changelog is massive (!!!) but I am very disappointed in the fact that support for font ligatures (Fira Code) continues to get pushed out – https://forum.sublimetext.com/t/support-font-ligatures/17654

Re: Sublime Text 3 dev build 3128 released

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Post by balls187 »

szastupov wrote: post #67

Excited to hear news from Sublime team! I 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.

To clarify, this is not a beta, this is a dev build. The Beta channel is 3126, which has been a rock for me (paid user).

Re: Sublime Text 3 dev build 3128 released

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Post by zero_ »

intoverflow2 wrote: post #81
Philipp__ wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's true. Sublime 3 never felt like "beta" software. But as somebody said below, I am afraid of people quitting and leaving it to die slowly (like TextMate died) and that's the reason why I was hesitate to buy it for so long. Nobody guarantees if the developers drop the ball for some hypothetic reason thing will go open source, even that is not guaranteeing anything (again TextMate's case).

> like TextMate died Textmate is still in development and has a good few releases a year. Last commit was a month ago but I think Allan likes to work a few months then have a few off.

It's still in my dock. It feels great on macOS and it is lightweight.
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