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Sublime Text 2 (Build 2111) gets vi key bindings, indent guides

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Re: Sublime Text 2 (Build 2111) gets vi key bindings, indent guides

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Post by jsdalton »

jamesmoss wrote: post #8

Have they sorted out the rubbish file manager yet? When I open a directory I don't need an animation of the contents sliding in from the right. This slows me down. I want to switch to ST2 but there's just too many little things holding me back.

The fly-in animation drives me insane. I feel ridiculous that such a little thing bothers me so much, but every time I've tried to switch from Textmate to ST2 I've gotten hung up on those little details. They hurt my brain, and when I'm using a text editor I want to be 100% focused on my code.

Re: Sublime Text 2 (Build 2111) gets vi key bindings, indent guides

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Post by jskinner »

kristiandupont wrote: post #23

ST looks really promising and I am excited to see where it will go. I still use Code Browser ( http://code-browser.sf.net ) which is oriented around folding. One feature from it that I really miss in other editors is the "Clone Window" function that creates a new tab of the same file, scroll and cursor position. IMO, this beats using bookmarks because you simply close the new tab to go back to where you were.

btw, you can use "File/Clone File" menu item to get a new view into the current file.

Re: Sublime Text 2 (Build 2111) gets vi key bindings, indent guides

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Post by Pheter »

kristiandupont wrote: post #23

ST looks really promising and I am excited to see where it will go. I still use Code Browser ( http://code-browser.sf.net ) which is oriented around folding. One feature from it that I really miss in other editors is the "Clone Window" function that creates a new tab of the same file, scroll and cursor position. IMO, this beats using bookmarks because you simply close the new tab to go back to where you were.

Code Browser has a really interesting approach to organising your code. Does anyone know of any text editors/IDEs that implement code folding in a similar fashion for Mac OS X?

Re: Sublime Text 2 (Build 2111) gets vi key bindings, indent guides

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Post by wbond »

Jon (jskinner) has been doing a great job of continuous releases with a mix of new features and bug fixes. It is easily the best $60 I've ever spent on an editor or IDE.

If you haven’t tried Sublime Text 2 before, I recommend taking it for a whirl. Most developers I've shown it to really like it. Here are some reasons it won me over:

Multiple selections. Select a variable and then press Ctrl+d/Cmd+d a few times. Now type a new variable name. Or, select a few lines and press Ctrl+Shift+l/Cmd+Shift+l. You can now make batch edits to all lines

Goto Anything (Ctrl+p or Cmd+p). Start typing a filename. Type an @ and then start typing a function or method name. Hit escape instead of enter to return to where you were.

It also has a very nice Python API that makes writing plugins fun. http://www.sublimetext.com/docs/2/api_reference.html

There are so many other little things done right that you find once you start digging in.

Re: Sublime Text 2 (Build 2111) gets vi key bindings, indent guides

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Post by wbond »

swah wrote: post #35

Could not download update yet, but I still have a problem with the black tabs. If the tabs matched the project drawer... :)

One cool thing about ST2 is that is it fully theme-able. There is an alternate theme called Soda that has both a light and dark variant. You can grab it with git from https://github.com/buymeasoda/soda-theme or use the package manager I wrote http://wbond.net/sublime_packages/package_control.

Re: Sublime Text 2 (Build 2111) gets vi key bindings, indent guides

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Post by swah »

wbond wrote: post #37
swah wrote: post #35

Could not download update yet, but I still have a problem with the black tabs. If the tabs matched the project drawer... :)

One cool thing about ST2 is that is it fully theme-able. There is an alternate theme called Soda that has both a light and dark variant. You can grab it with git from https://github.com/buymeasoda/soda-theme or use the package manager I wrote http://wbond.net/sublime_packages/package_control .

Thank you very much for that tip, sir. It looks nice side by side with Chrome now. Also, your Project Control is pretty sweet (and its website too).

Re: Sublime Text 2 (Build 2111) gets vi key bindings, indent guides

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Post by kristiandupont »

Pheter wrote: post #34
kristiandupont wrote: post #23

ST looks really promising and I am excited to see where it will go. I still use Code Browser ( http://code-browser.sf.net ) which is oriented around folding. One feature from it that I really miss in other editors is the "Clone Window" function that creates a new tab of the same file, scroll and cursor position. IMO, this beats using bookmarks because you simply close the new tab to go back to where you were.

Code Browser has a really interesting approach to organising your code. Does anyone know of any text editors/IDEs that implement code folding in a similar fashion for Mac OS X?

The source did actually compile on OS X once but he hasn't been keeping it up to date and now I get a segfault. I am considering throwing some hours at it because I really want it on my mac..

Re: Sublime Text 2 (Build 2111) gets vi key bindings, indent guides

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Post by ConstantineXVI »

duck wrote: post #26

I would of checked out ST before, but I was thinking it was an Apple product based on the screenshot the article uses (I went back to the beta announcement and it shows the Apple interface as well). I see on the home page you use Windows screenshots now, but I didn't even think about visiting that page last time. Maybe add some Apple/Linux/Window icons or text on the top somewhere so they show on all your pages? Look…

ST1 was Windows-only. I'm taking a guess that jskinner switched to a Mac before starting/releasing ST2; going by the OSX screenshots and he's listing Apple keybindings (Cmd vs Ctrl) first.
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