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Re: Show HN: Sublime Merge – A Git client from the makers of Sublime Text

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Post by codethief »

n42 wrote: post #247
1st1 wrote: post #231

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Jon, if you're looking for ideas what to work on next, please consider creating an email client. With fast UI & search, tree view for emails, proper support of plain text emails etc.

This is one of those things that I didn't know I needed. An email client made for power users with the speed, simplicity and flexibility of Sublime Text (and now Merge) would be the end of all of my email woes. I would pay a lot of money for this.

I know that, in terms of UI, this is not precisely the SublimeText equivalent of an email client but have you taken a look at notmuch[0]?

It basically operates on your local Maildir which you can keep in sync with your mail server by using a tool like OfflineIMAP[1].

[0] https://notmuchmail.org/

[1] http://www.offlineimap.org/

Re: Show HN: Sublime Merge – A Git client from the makers of Sublime Text

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Post by mistersquid »

Scottopherson wrote: post #222

I've been using Tower but I may switch to this since Tower switched to a subscription model and I'm a fan of Sublime Text.

Like sibling commenter, I'm right with you because I am dubious of Tower's pay-to-play subscription model.

Sublime Merge implements cash cow subscription (paid license works in perpetuity and grants updates for a specified time period). [0] This is more acceptable for those concerned about losing access to tools due to an expired license.

Cash cow licensing provides a good balance between the developer and user where the developer has strong incentive to actually improve the product and the user the power to decide if paying for an updated version is worth it.

With pay-to-pay, one's tools are effectively held hostage regardless of the value of available updates.

[0] https://medium.com/@drewmccormack/a-cash-cow-is-on-the-agend...

Re: Show HN: Sublime Merge – A Git client from the makers of Sublime Text

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Post by flipgimble »

jskinner wrote: post #2

Hi HN - Jon Skinner here, I made Sublime Text and Sublime Merge, alongside the rest of the Sublime HQ programming team - Will, Dylan and Benjamin. Let me know if you have any questions! Edit: there's also the announcement blog post, at https://www.sublimetext.com/blog/articles/sublime-merge

The one killer feature I'm hoping some GUI client implements is the ability to seamlessly search and filter branches by just typing the way most IDE's implement search for symbols or files. I work on large active projects that use git flow and inevitably there are dozens of branches. Sourcetree in particular is slow and painful in this scenario and I would love to replace it.

Sublime Merge is looking very responsive and cleanly organized. Great job!

Re: Show HN: Sublime Merge – A Git client from the makers of Sublime Text

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Post by interknot »

vmsp wrote: post #15
jskinner wrote: post #2

Hi HN - Jon Skinner here, I made Sublime Text and Sublime Merge, alongside the rest of the Sublime HQ programming team - Will, Dylan and Benjamin. Let me know if you have any questions! Edit: there's also the announcement blog post, at https://www.sublimetext.com/blog/articles/sublime-merge

Jon, it's impressive how you deliver incredibly performant cross-platform UIs. You really should consider talking about your development and custom widget toolkit. Great job on Sublime Merge.

Emphatically agreed. I've wanted to hear about this for years.

Re: Show HN: Sublime Merge – A Git client from the makers of Sublime Text

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Post by davidcollantes »

jskinner wrote: post #2

Hi HN - Jon Skinner here, I made Sublime Text and Sublime Merge, alongside the rest of the Sublime HQ programming team - Will, Dylan and Benjamin. Let me know if you have any questions! Edit: there's also the announcement blog post, at https://www.sublimetext.com/blog/articles/sublime-merge

Would you consider adding both products (Sublime Text and Merge) in a bundle, say, at a lesser price?

Re: Show HN: Sublime Merge – A Git client from the makers of Sublime Text

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Post by vitosans »

_lbaq wrote: post #161
Aldo_MX wrote: post #21

No dark theme in the tryout version, that's evil. I love Sublime Text and I believe that Sublime Merge will surely do an exceptional job, but I love my eyes even more, so I'll pass this time.

If you pay for it you get the dark theme, which is reasonable, people have bills to pay.

make it demoware until paid, don't hold dark theme ransom I didn't even give it a shot once I saw that I deleted it.

Re: Show HN: Sublime Merge – A Git client from the makers of Sublime Text

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Post by nkkollaw »

jskinner wrote: post #2

Hi HN - Jon Skinner here, I made Sublime Text and Sublime Merge, alongside the rest of the Sublime HQ programming team - Will, Dylan and Benjamin. Let me know if you have any questions! Edit: there's also the announcement blog post, at https://www.sublimetext.com/blog/articles/sublime-merge

Why no love for hidpi monitors?

Re: Show HN: Sublime Merge – A Git client from the makers of Sublime Text

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Post by bytematic »

n42 wrote: post #247
1st1 wrote: post #231

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Jon, if you're looking for ideas what to work on next, please consider creating an email client. With fast UI & search, tree view for emails, proper support of plain text emails etc.

This is one of those things that I didn't know I needed. An email client made for power users with the speed, simplicity and flexibility of Sublime Text (and now Merge) would be the end of all of my email woes. I would pay a lot of money for this.

Have you tried mailspring?
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