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Re: Sublime Text 2.0 Released

#31

Post by leeoniya » Tue, Jun 26, 2012, 2:09 PM UTC

i really hoped that he would get a fix in for customizable/better matching brackets indicators before release :( those underlines are just impossible to see, and the alternative plugins that do this are not as good as SynWeb component-based editors or NP++ (scintilla)

http://sublimetext.userecho.com/topic/19331-better-or-custom...

Re: Sublime Text 2.0 Released

#32

Post by jskinner » Tue, Jun 26, 2012, 2:13 PM UTC

obituary_latte wrote: post #26

As a Textmate'r, I have to say using ST for the last few months has been a pleasure. There is one thing that ST doesn't do as well though: pasting blocks of code while retaining the formatting/indentation. i.e. if I copy a loop and try and paste it into another function/whatever and the cursor isn't on the same column, the indentation gets messed up. It's a minor quibble and far from a deal-breaker, but it is a bit o…

It sounds like Paste and Indent is what you're after: Command+Shift+V, or some users prefer to just bind this to Command+V, a la TextMate.

Re: Sublime Text 2.0 Released

#33

Post by UnoriginalGuy » Tue, Jun 26, 2012, 2:13 PM UTC

I just tried Sublime 2 and I must admit I don't "get it." It seems like a basic editor with several features which Notepad++ already had.

Specifically for programming I cannot see why you would use this as opposed to something like Visual Studio with its context aware auto-complete (massive productivity increase).

But then again I also don't get why someone would use Vim or Emacs when you have GUI based tools available (even freely). Even for non-Windows programming Eclipse exists and has a decent (if slow) context aware auto-complete for many languages.

The only justification I've ever heard for people's continued use of tools like this boil down to either "I know the shortcut keys" or "I don't have to use the mouse."

Which to me is odd within its self as very little of my programming efficiency is lost mousing around, and a lot more lost having to jump around code blocks because auto-complete didn't magically know what an object's members were...

Re: Sublime Text 2.0 Released

#34

Post by davidwparker » Tue, Jun 26, 2012, 2:13 PM UTC

Question: I'm an Emacs user, and haven't checked out ST or ST2. Is it comparable in terms of flexibility++?

Re: Sublime Text 2.0 Released

#35

Post by binarydreams » Tue, Jun 26, 2012, 2:15 PM UTC

been using it for the past few months, simply amazing and joyful. props for the great work!

Re: Sublime Text 2.0 Released

#36

Post by obituary_latte » Tue, Jun 26, 2012, 2:16 PM UTC

jskinner wrote: post #32

obituary_latte wrote: post #26

As a Textmate'r, I have to say using ST for the last few months has been a pleasure. There is one thing that ST doesn't do as well though: pasting blocks of code while retaining the formatting/indentation. i.e. if I copy a loop and try and paste it into another function/whatever and the cursor isn't on the same column, the indentation gets messed up. It's a minor quibble and far from a deal-breaker, but it is a bit o…

It sounds like Paste and Indent is what you're after: Command+Shift+V, or some users prefer to just bind this to Command+V, a la TextMate.

I love you

edit: if anyone is curious,

Preferences > Key Bindings > Default [edit: should use User as noted below]

ctrl+f paste, and change

    { "keys": ["super+v"], "command": "paste" },
    { "keys": ["super+shift+v"], "command": "paste_and_indent" },

to

    { "keys": ["super+shift+v"], "command": "paste" },
    { "keys": ["super+v"], "command": "paste_and_indent" },

Re: Sublime Text 2.0 Released

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Post by kaffeinecoma » Tue, Jun 26, 2012, 2:16 PM UTC

As an Intellij user (and Emacs way before that) I'm trying to give this a chance, but I see no way to click-navigate through source code. Am I missing something? I tried installing SublimeCodeIntel, and that lets me (occasionally) navigate to symbols in the current file. But I don't seem to be able to click through to symbols defined in other files/classes. Am I missing something fundamental, or is this strictly the domain of the IDEs?

Re: Sublime Text 2.0 Released

#38

Post by btown » Tue, Jun 26, 2012, 2:17 PM UTC

ConstantineXVI wrote: post #4

I've reverted back to Vim (not really ST2's fault, just that it doesn't run in a terminal and I've gotten addicted to split-panes in iTerm), but ST2's a solid editor. Definitely worth your $60. PS: If it got even a basic terminal... EDIT2: ST2 does have split panes, I just can't run a terminal in them.

A basic terminal is 100% feasible under the plugin API... see http://www.sublimetext.com/docs/2/api_reference.html#sublime... ... although to capture keystrokes, you'd need to bind a keystroke to every single key with every single combination of modifiers.

EDIT: Some insane person seems to have done this: https://github.com/wuub/SublimePTY

Re: Sublime Text 2.0 Released

#39

Post by brittohalloran » Tue, Jun 26, 2012, 2:19 PM UTC

Can I just say I love the pricing model. It's paid software, with an unenforced 'trial period'. Relying on coders who use a text editor all day and appreciate good software and want to compensate someone for their good software. +1 humans.

Re: Sublime Text 2.0 Released

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Post by enterneo » Tue, Jun 26, 2012, 2:22 PM UTC

ConstantineXVI wrote: post #4

I've reverted back to Vim (not really ST2's fault, just that it doesn't run in a terminal and I've gotten addicted to split-panes in iTerm), but ST2's a solid editor. Definitely worth your $60. PS: If it got even a basic terminal... EDIT2: ST2 does have split panes, I just can't run a terminal in them.

if you switch to tmux, then you can have term-agnostic split panes