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E text editor version 2 released

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Re: E text editor version 2 released

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I'm really interested in seeing what the "vim inspired command-mode" is all about. Anyone know where I can see a screencast?

(Having said that, I seriously doubt anyone can pry me from my Sublime Text. Multiple-cursor editing is just a much better model for editing than anything I've ever seen before or since).

Re: E text editor version 2 released

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I'm really interested in seeing what the "vim inspired command-mode" is all about. Anyone know where I can see a screencast? (Having said that, I seriously doubt anyone can pry me from my Sublime Text. Multiple-cursor editing is just a much better model for editing than anything I've ever seen before or since).

Watch the screencast. This editor also has multiple-cursor editing.

Re: E text editor version 2 released

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I'm really interested in seeing what the "vim inspired command-mode" is all about. Anyone know where I can see a screencast? (Having said that, I seriously doubt anyone can pry me from my Sublime Text. Multiple-cursor editing is just a much better model for editing than anything I've ever seen before or since).

Watch the screencast. This editor also has multiple-cursor editing.

As far as I see, it isn't "true" multiple-cursor editing like Sublime has. At least as far as I could tell from the video.

The difference being, in true multi-cursor selections, you actually have several cursors which behave like cursors. So, for example, you can do "ctrl+right", and all the cursors move forward one word. Even if all the words are a different length, the cursors behave correctly.

This seems like a small deal but is actually huge. I'm planning to write up a post about it some day, but I'd encourage anyone interested to check out Sublime Text's multiple editing if you have some time.

Re: E text editor version 2 released

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Watch the screencast. This editor also has multiple-cursor editing.

As far as I see, it isn't "true" multiple-cursor editing like Sublime has. At least as far as I could tell from the video. The difference being, in true multi-cursor selections, you actually have several cursors which behave like cursors . So, for example, you can do "ctrl+right", and all the cursors move forward one word. Even if all the words are a different length, the cursors behave correctly. This seems like a s…

I'd have to check E if it has this feature or not. I must say that I enjoy using it in Sublime very much. Quite frankly, multiple-cursors feature is a deal breaker for me. I'll consider switching to E if it get's SFTP support so I can remove WinSCP from my workflow.

Re: E text editor version 2 released

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I'm really interested in seeing what the "vim inspired command-mode" is all about. Anyone know where I can see a screencast? (Having said that, I seriously doubt anyone can pry me from my Sublime Text. Multiple-cursor editing is just a much better model for editing than anything I've ever seen before or since).

Watch the screencast. This editor also has multiple-cursor editing.

Which screen-cast are you referring to? The one on the front page is the old e.
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