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Re: Atom

#91

Post by mattyohe » Wed, Feb 26, 2014, 10:21 PM UTC

johnthedebs wrote: post #78

stormbrew wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't see a reason to take that as a given. This uses node, ST uses python. Sublime plugins have a huge amount of power and python is certainly not terrible to work in.

I've been playing with it for a few minutes now, and it's definitely the case that it's easier to tweak. Not because of the underlying language, but because they expose so much of what's available through a GUI. I'm blown away by how cool this is. I'm just really hoping for good Vim keybindings and I will pay good money for this once it's out of beta.

Lots of work to be done in the vim department: https://github.com/atom/vim-mode

Re: Atom

#92

Post by jbeja » Wed, Feb 26, 2014, 10:22 PM UTC

pcmonk wrote: post #81

For me, this might be the killer feature: http://atom.io/packages/vim-mode

That is my only concern, and i hope that doesn't disappoint me :).

Re: Atom

#93

Post by mrbogle » Wed, Feb 26, 2014, 10:22 PM UTC

johnthedebs wrote: post #78

stormbrew wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't see a reason to take that as a given. This uses node, ST uses python. Sublime plugins have a huge amount of power and python is certainly not terrible to work in.

I've been playing with it for a few minutes now, and it's definitely the case that it's easier to tweak. Not because of the underlying language, but because they expose so much of what's available through a GUI. I'm blown away by how cool this is. I'm just really hoping for good Vim keybindings and I will pay good money for this once it's out of beta.

You may have found it already, but there is: https://github.com/atom/vim-mode

Re: Atom

#94

Post by swah » Wed, Feb 26, 2014, 10:24 PM UTC

TinyTimZamboni wrote: post #33

justizin wrote: post #16

So it's light table without Chris Granger, for better or worse..

Light Table is a great project, but it's all in closurescript -.- This is a big obstacle to people wanting to edit/customize/write their own plugins

And this one is all in Coffeescript... so there is still a niche for an editor in Javascript!

Re: Atom

#95

Post by protomyth » Wed, Feb 26, 2014, 10:24 PM UTC

Touche wrote: post #25

teraflop wrote: post #14

No mention of supported platforms, but the documentation refers to keyboard shortcuts like "cmd-shift-P". This isn't Mac-only, is it?

No, just normal developer monoculturalism. Same as showing only Mac screenshots that is common, or showing your website inside a Macbook, etc.

The most common cause of people showing websites inside a Macbook is that the graphic designer is using a Mac and Apple provides some pretty nice high resolution tiffs of all its products.

Re: Atom

#96

Post by ranman » Wed, Feb 26, 2014, 10:24 PM UTC

Can this work at all without an internet connection? Can it work offline?

Re: Atom

#97

Post by mikeevans » Wed, Feb 26, 2014, 10:24 PM UTC

thedaniel wrote: post #44

ecnahc515 wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's built on node-webkit and chromium, which technically works on Windows, OSX and Linux. Do you seriously think they would make an OSX only editor when there's already so many that work on all platforms?

The download is only available for Mac today, but we are working on the Linux and Windows builds.

Any chance for ChromeOS support?

Re: Atom

#98

Post by jasonpeacock » Wed, Feb 26, 2014, 10:25 PM UTC

Can you edit files while offline? Or do you need to be always-connected? (i.e. this is an actual web service)

I couldn't find mention anywhere about offline abilities.

Re: Atom

#99

Post by highpixels » Wed, Feb 26, 2014, 10:25 PM UTC

bashcoder wrote: post #57

hodgesmr wrote: post #12

Apparently this was almost 6 years in the making. https://twitter.com/defunkt/status/438791340222971904

Wow - I didn't even think node.js was that old. It will be interesting to see its genesis. The first git commit for node appears to have been on Feb 16, 2009: commit 9d7895c567e8f38abfff35da1b6d6d6a0a06f9aa Author: Ryan Date: Mon Feb 16 01:02:00 2009 +0100 add dependencies

I'm guessing the Atom project was WAY different back then, and has probably gone through several ground-up re-writes.

Re: Atom

#100

Post by patrickmay » Wed, Feb 26, 2014, 10:25 PM UTC

ahuth wrote: post #56

angersock wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's called vim.

I think he means that we need editors that are powerful AND easy to use. Seems like vim isn't really for someone like me (I haven't studied PhD level computer science and I don't write compilers and/or lisp interpreters in my spare time for fun).

Writing a Lisp interpreter isn't that hard and can be fun!