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Re: Sublime Text 3.0

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Post by ythn »

lvoudour wrote: post #136

Sublime is probably the first GUI text editor that left me satisfied. Everything else over the years was either non-portable, slow or lacking features. After two months of use I just had to buy it, it's worth the price. - It's fast and responsive, can handle large files and personally I've never seen it leaking memory or crashing - Love the goto anything and command palette, brilliant - Text editing is great and can…

I prefer VSCode if the hardware can handle it, but otherwise Sublime is my goto. If Sublime ever had as good Git support as VSCode I would permanently switch back to Sublime

Re: Sublime Text 3.0

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Post by sclangdon »

Nvorzula wrote: post #60

I took a dive away from Sublime Text over to Atom a few years ago because I was starting up some contract work, didn't want to pay for a copy, and didn't want to continue doing the hokey thing of using a friend's license for work purposes. So I got use to Atom just fine, plus the UI is nice. I mean, Atom is nice. The package management is all there and frequent updates are great, but...I don't write JS/HTML/CSS/PHP.…

I'm always bemused by software developers who are unwilling to pay for software. Especially software they actually use.

If software developers don't value software, there is something very wrong with our industry.

Re: Sublime Text 3.0

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Post by lunixbochs »

theHazardMan wrote: post #27
AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #24

Bar none, my favorite editor. I try to use Vim only sometimes to make sure I keep those commands in shape, but Sublime remains for hardcore work. It breaks my heart that it's closed source. I do wonder sometimes how much the app makes and/or how much someone would have to pay the developer to open source it.

There is "VIntage Mode" for ST, but unfortunately it's not entirely accurate and also doesn't support some commands. VSCode's VIM plugin is more complete.

Self-plug: https://github.com/lunixbochs/actualvim uses NeoVIM to give you every Vim command/motion in Sublime, and some of the Vim UI (waiting on Sublime/Neovim changes for the rest). VSCodeVim is using it as a reference to drive part of their roadmap.

Re: Sublime Text 3.0

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Post by konart »

jrochkind1 wrote: post #91

What with being in beta for so long, I expected the actual 3.0 to be much like the (last beta) that I had been using. But there are significant changes to the UI, that I'll have to get used to or figure out how to customize (or wait for plugins to customize). What's with the "/ " 'icon' next to many files? I'm not sure what it's supposed to indicate. As you can see in the screenshot in the announcement, some files ha…

>But there are significant changes to the UI, that I'll have to get used to

Just use the theme you prefer, nobody forces the default one on you, right?

Re: Sublime Text 3.0

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Post by marsrover »

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 downloaded Sublime 3 to try it out, just now. The first thing I did was install Vintageous. I hit `{` and the cursor didn't move.

I love Sublime and used it for many years. It's fast, it looks good, and it's a great editor. It's hard to find an extension ecosystem like VSCode, though. I doubt I'll be returning to Sublime.

Re: Sublime Text 3.0

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Post by kahlonel »

I've been a loyal user of Sublime until a few years ago when I switched to Vim. Still have this beauty in my computer because of how happily it handles large files <3

Re: Sublime Text 3.0

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Post by reimertz »

These news was a good reminder that I still used the trial version of the app. I somehow managed to getting used to all those "on-save reminder" you'd get every now and then.

Just bought it.

Re: Sublime Text 3.0

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Post by rootlocus »

hellofunk wrote: post #95
rootlocus wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did you just write 3 paragraphs of Atom review on the sublime 3.0 release announcement?

So what if he did? Any article and discussion about a code editor is going to inevitably inspire conversation and comparisons with other editors.

The discussion sparked by it revolves around "don't be cheap" and "try visual studio code". Just like every other discussion about Atom, Sublime or Visual Studio Code.

Re: Sublime Text 3.0

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Post by Nvorzula »

Nvorzula wrote: post #60

I took a dive away from Sublime Text over to Atom a few years ago because I was starting up some contract work, didn't want to pay for a copy, and didn't want to continue doing the hokey thing of using a friend's license for work purposes. So I got use to Atom just fine, plus the UI is nice. I mean, Atom is nice. The package management is all there and frequent updates are great, but...I don't write JS/HTML/CSS/PHP.…

A lot of people are commenting on how cheapskate I was. Absolutely! I was still in undergraduate and this was my first contracting gig. I am older, wiser, and ahem richer now. =)

Re: Sublime Text 3.0

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Post by satysin »

mstade wrote: post #70

I honestly can't believe I'm saying this, but: can you please enable me to buy a new license for 4.0 even though it may not even be on the road map yet? Or switch to / enable a subscriber model which is paid yearly and gives access to all upgrades? I rely so much on sublime for my day to day work and I fear the $80 or whatever I paid for it whenever ago is too cheap for the amount of value I'm getting out of it, and…

I would also like if the developer would agree to release the source code under a FLOSS license should he find working on Sublime Text is no longer worthwhile for him (could be financial but could also just be because he has lost interest in developing it, etc).
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