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Re: Sublime Text 2: Public Alpha Released

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I got passed the libpng error by installing libpng12 from AUR. Now when I run ./sublime_text I get these errors: http://pastebin.com/NYWSaPSe It's strange because running "python PackageSetup.py" doesn't produce the same errors. My PYTHONHOME and PYTHONPATH are both correct. Using python 2.7.1 on arch.

I've just released an updated version of Sublime Text 2 that should address the Python issues, at least.

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Re: Sublime Text 2: Public Alpha Released

#142
post #84

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I got passed the libpng error by installing libpng12 from AUR. Now when I run ./sublime_text I get these errors: http://pastebin.com/NYWSaPSe It's strange because running "python PackageSetup.py" doesn't produce the same errors. My PYTHONHOME and PYTHONPATH are both correct. Using python 2.7.1 on arch.

I've just released an updated version of Sublime Text 2 that should address the Python issues, at least.

It's working, thanks!

Re: Sublime Text 2: Public Alpha Released

#143
I downloaded this and tried it out, and it's definitely pretty. I just can't come up with any situation where I'd actually use it to write code.

Try pulling up a source file. Any file, any language. Type in the name of one of your objects, then a period, then hit CTRL+SPACE. What comes up? A list of strings that contain your object name, picked by matching text from the source.

Really? In 2011??? Why are people still using text editors that autocomplete based on text? Why are people still getting excited about them?

Editors have been background compiling and autocompleting based on context for over 10 years now. If you write code for a living, you should be using one. It will make your life easier by an order of magnitude.

I think we've moved past the point where we need to treat code as if it were simply text. Unfortunately for this cool editor, it doesn't really have a place in my world today.

Re: Sublime Text 2: Public Alpha Released

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I'd never heard of it either I use TextMate usually just having a quick look, for an Alpha, it's surprisingly polished: * Initial theme is great * Undo isn't character based * Split screen/pane * Top-right there is a cool preview of the document * Cmd-R gives you quick access to methods in the current file * Everything seems very quick & snappy and for the most part looks good especially for a cross-platform app. On…

Every emacs and vi user here just went down your checklist and said to themselves "I can do that" (okay, I'll cede the "initial theme" point) Seriously folks, just learn one of those two, there is nothing new under the sun when it comes to text editors.

Except for the mouse and the graphical user interface

Re: Sublime Text 2: Public Alpha Released

#145

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Every emacs and vi user here just went down your checklist and said to themselves "I can do that" (okay, I'll cede the "initial theme" point) Seriously folks, just learn one of those two, there is nothing new under the sun when it comes to text editors.

Except for the mouse and the graphical user interface

Where did you get that idea?

Re: Sublime Text 2: Public Alpha Released

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Do you really print your code? "Too bad because it looked awesome!" You will not use it because of the CMD+P problem!?

You missed the point. The fact that CMD-P doesn't do what it's supposed to do was a big warning to me. One of the best things on a Mac is that every application uses standard keyboard shortcuts. For example, CMD-, always opens preferences. I believe that anybody who doesn't follow these conventions is doing it wrong. If the application doesn't print, CMD+P shouldn't do anything in my opinion.

I believe you meant

   CMD ,

Re: Sublime Text 2: Public Alpha Released

#148

I am using it on Ubuntu 10.10, looks amazing, is there any way to add syntax highlighting for other languages (Go in my case)

It's generally just a matter of getting your hands on a .tmLanguage file (the same format as TextMate), and putting it somewhere in your packages directory (~/.Sublime Text 2/Packages/ on Linux). The top Go.tmLanguage reported by Google appears to be a work in progress though, I'll see if I can get something sorted for the next version - I'd like to have Go support out of the box.

> ~/.Sublime Text 2/

It's a shame they've not heard about $XDG_CONFIG_HOME (http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-l...)

Re: Sublime Text 2: Public Alpha Released

#149
post #79

As the author of Sublime Text, I'd just like to say thanks for all the kind comments here, it's heartwarming to see so many positive comments.

Hi, very cool editor, currently I'm thinking about making it my default editor instead of TextMate. However there are few issues: * The default theme looks too dark (at least on OSX). It's hard to see which tab is active atm. Simple gray would be better (like in Chrome). * Cannot change between tabs with Cmd-number. * If the file is long and minimap is bigger than the height of the screen, clicking on it does not tak…

It looks like the 20110129 update adds Cmd-number functionality for switching between tabs on OS X.
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