ST3 still crashes a lot in Windows. I have at least one crash/day. I have no idea why this is happening.
Sublime Text 3 Public Beta
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Re: Sublime Text 3 Public Beta
#132Earlier quoted context omitted.
A couple of things come to mind. 1. Sublime Text 2 (and also Textmate 1.5) are STILL good editors. And they will continue to be good editors for the foreseeable future. Just like Vim and Emacs. You don't need a newer version every year. Even though Vim and Emacs DO release newer versions, I have no idea what is in the new releases. Why? Because Emacs 22 and Vim 6.3 do well enough. Textmate 1.5 does well enough. Subli…
Actually, Emacs 24 was quite an important release that improved many things. For example, it introduced an integrated package control and lexical binding.
M-x package-list-packages
Re: Sublime Text 3 Public Beta
#133Earlier quoted context omitted.
Excellent points. It would also be nice if my $70 license included free upgrades to future versions. There's just not enough new for me to spend $70 every year for a slightly better text editor. I'll stick with whatever version it is that I have now.
It isn't obvious, but I think the cost to upgrade if you hold an ST2 license will be less than $70. Wish I knew what it was :(
To upgrade will cost $15 or $30, depending on how long ago you bought ST2 when the full ST3 is released.
Source: http://www.sublimetext.com/blog/articles/sublime-text-3-beta
Re: Sublime Text 3 Public Beta
#134Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sublime was able to change it from a "buy once, always use" to paid upgrades. This makes it a more sustainable business model. This is something that TextMate never had.
The trouble is, being rich already is a sustainable business model. If you have a tool where the only developer(s) working on it have made enough money that they don't need to continue running it commercially and have no personal interest in building more than they already have, paid upgrades are no guarantee of anything from a user's point of view. As a counterpoint, as long as the version you already have is useful…
In fairness, for tools you use everyday, you want constant upgrades if only so you can use it on newer hardware when your old rig dies.
Re: Sublime Text 3 Public Beta
#135First "Core feature" for version 3: Speed. I can't recall that I have ever felt that a text editor was "slow".
It's simple, Sublime 2 starts after 2 or 3 seconds, sublime 3 starts in less than a half second, 3 seconds don't seem like a lot, but could you imagine every program you have starting in less than a second? It would be a really different experience.
Re: Sublime Text 3 Public Beta
#136Poor documentation, closed source and an unresponsive developer? Sorry, while the editor has several really nice features, I'm not willing to risk commitment to such a floosy editor.
Re: Sublime Text 3 Public Beta
#137Earlier quoted context omitted.
As someone who uses sublime everyday let's go through that list... Syntax / Code folding - feature for dealing with bad code. Solution: write good code. We don't need additional cruft in the editor slowing it down. Terminal panel (specifically for windows) - Would actually be nice for windows users. I am not one. Probably why the console in sublime is so limited, supporting windows in this regard is terribly difficul…
- Syntax / Code folding i don't use code-folding either, but blaming the users for writing poor code is a pretty shitty excuse not to implement the most requested feature. - Matching HTML/XML tags - Better, or customizable match_brackets style just because something can be done via an extension, doesn't mean that it should be done that way. The most popular extensions, i think, belong in the core. Whether you think a…
>Syntax / Code folding
I was hesitant to add that comment, but it needs to be said. Pushing people into the pit of success is a good thing. Sucks to read 10,000 line files? Stop writing 10,000 line files. I also really like how fast sublime is. Coming from an IDE for about 6 years, this is one of the features I like the most. Code folding is bloat.
>Whether you think any of these points are valid is your personal opinion
I didn't post this under any other assumption. These are all my opinion, as a full time sublime user.
>If he didnt want to take user feedback seriously, then why bother with a prominent feature tracking system?
I would argue that he is taking user feedback seriously. One of the most difficult things to do with any product is to decide what feedback is valuable and what feedback is not. I think sublime is doing a very good job of this.
Re: Sublime Text 3 Public Beta
#138First "Core feature" for version 3: Speed. I can't recall that I have ever felt that a text editor was "slow".
Sublime Text 2 start-up time increased significantly after I installed Haskell support package.
Re: Sublime Text 3 Public Beta
#139Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sublime was able to change it from a "buy once, always use" to paid upgrades. This makes it a more sustainable business model. This is something that TextMate never had.
The trouble is, being rich already is a sustainable business model. If you have a tool where the only developer(s) working on it have made enough money that they don't need to continue running it commercially and have no personal interest in building more than they already have, paid upgrades are no guarantee of anything from a user's point of view. As a counterpoint, as long as the version you already have is useful…
As ST2 will continue to run forever without a purchased license, I doubt anyone is rich.
Re: Sublime Text 3 Public Beta
#140I use Sublime Text every day. I love it. I paid for it. I even develop plugins for it.[1] But I don't recommend it to peers. Why? Because Sublime Text has a low bus factor.[2] 6 years ago, I bought TextMate. Like Sublime Text, I enjoyed using it. Sadly, TextMate became abandonware. The sole developer suffered burnout. Bugs were never fixed. Promised features never showed up. Users wanted to fix these issues themselve…
I'm also a Sublime Text 2 paying customer who doesn't actively recommend the editor, though I find a lot to like about it.
For me, the reason is a bit more day-to-day practical in that I find myself increasingly doing development on Linux systems running on ARM chips and Sublime Text has no support for ARM builds. It is something often asked for in the forums and on the userecho site but is always shot down by the developer.
Editors are an odd case for me as a developer in that I'd rather use an editor I like slightly less that works on every platform I use in a consistent manner than use one that I like more but has limited platform support.