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Re: Sublime Text 3.0

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Post by benbristow » Wed, Sep 13, 2017, 1:38 PM UTC

tuananh wrote: post #20

$80 for something we make a living on is very reasonable.

Not when Atom is pretty much the exact same thing but open-source and free.

Re: Sublime Text 3.0

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Post by typon » Wed, Sep 13, 2017, 1:39 PM UTC

peteretep wrote: post #26

Linux finally has a decent text editor!

Vim has been on Linux for years now

Re: Sublime Text 3.0

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Post by samueloph » Wed, Sep 13, 2017, 1:40 PM UTC

imagine living in a world where a good software like sublime text was free software...

i know i know, to monetize selling free software is impossible (when people say they're monetizing selling free software they're actually selling services related to that free software, not the software itself), but one can dream...

edit-> some people are confusing the term "free software", i'd like to clarify that i mean free as in free speech, not free as in free beer.

Re: Sublime Text 3.0

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Post by vijaybritto » Wed, Sep 13, 2017, 1:40 PM UTC

I was wondering in the afternoon about when the next sublime would be released and what it would contain. Flabbergasted to see it trending no 1 in HN!!

Re: Sublime Text 3.0

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Post by corobo » Wed, Sep 13, 2017, 1:40 PM UTC

satysin wrote: post #21

microtonal wrote: post #14

In my experience, the beta had been stellar for ages. But now I can finally drop the money on them ;). Purchased the upgrade license at and incredibly modest price of $30.

Just checked and my upgrade cost is only $11 which I can't really argue with ;)

Mine was $0. Honestly thought I'd purchased it before the cutoff date, I can't even remember what I used to use so definitely worth the original price.

Re: Sublime Text 3.0

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Post by shouldgowork » Wed, Sep 13, 2017, 1:41 PM UTC

roystonvassey wrote: post #30

As someone who greatly under-utilizes Sublime, I'm still amazed at the ease with which it handles crazy, large files. I never even notice it until someone remarks on how I'm able to open a ~20 Mb file without hassle.

But it's not that great at several GB :(

Re: Sublime Text 3.0

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Post by awestroke » Wed, Sep 13, 2017, 1:42 PM UTC

peteretep wrote: post #26

Linux finally has a decent text editor!

How about vim, emacs, vscode, atom, even sublime 3 beta?

Re: Sublime Text 3.0

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Post by arielserafini » Wed, Sep 13, 2017, 1:42 PM UTC

benbristow wrote: post #31

tuananh wrote: post #20

$80 for something we make a living on is very reasonable.

Not when Atom is pretty much the exact same thing but open-source and free.

the exact same thing, slowed down to a crawl.

Re: Sublime Text 3.0

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Post by reificator » Wed, Sep 13, 2017, 1:43 PM UTC

eptakilo wrote: post #10

I primarily use VSCode as my editor but I used Sublime back in the days. I haven't touched it in a while. How do these two editors compare lately?

I'm in the same boat, though I find it unlikely that I would go back to Sublime at this point.

VSCode is free, (mostly) MIT, has a unified debugger, great git support, integrated terminal emulator, and a nice healthy extension community.

Sublime is cheap for how often you'll use it, but not free. It's proprietary. Git support even with paid plugins is lacking, especially compared to VS Code.

I'm glad I bought Sublime when I did, but I'm also glad I found VSCode when I did. If there's a choice between FOSS and proprietary, and the FOSS project already works better, the proprietary option is unlikely to make a comeback for me.

Re: Sublime Text 3.0

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Post by samoright » Wed, Sep 13, 2017, 1:43 PM UTC

samueloph wrote: post #33

imagine living in a world where a good software like sublime text was free software... i know i know, to monetize selling free software is impossible (when people say they're monetizing selling free software they're actually selling services related to that free software, not the software itself), but one can dream... edit-> some people are confusing the term "free software", i'd like to clarify that i mean free as i…

There is no need to imagine. Emacs, Vim, Atom, Notepad++, etc. are all free software.