Can somebody tell me how to run/install the editor? Thanks.
It's in private beta right now.
Atom
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#602Atom team, if you're reading this, I have a big feature request that would make this far, far greater than just another editor. Pair editing. Specifically, having the ability to pair two editors over a network and edit the same set of files. Lots of other editors do this, but here's the key: Each editor keeps its own settings and environment. I'm a vim guy. I can set up my Atom to be vimlike. My buddy, the Emacs (her…
Floobits.
That is to say, https://floobits.com/ appears to already do this.
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#603Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not in this case. If you accidentally `:w! thesis.txt`, persistent undo isn't going to help you.
Clipboard manager. Set to record X selections too. That does it for me. Every bit of text I select is copied to clipboard, just below the value currently held there. In this case I'd have the full content of the docx file as a second item in my clipboard manager list with an email as a first one. I set the size of the clipboard items list to 500, just in case. I couldn't live without some kind of clipboard manager. I…
Seems to me that a clipboard manager as a solution is indicative of how this type of a problem comes up in the first place...
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#604Earlier 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.
Linux +1
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#605Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Sometimes I get so confused that I erase entire files OT, but just this week my wife did something that really got me thinking about how far computers haven't come in terms of usability. I heard her say "O crap" from behind her macbook, and out of habit I came to assist. For some reason unknown to both of us, she had pasted the text of an email into a document called "thesis.docx", and then saved it. The text was c…
Sometimes I am boiling a stew, and while I am preparing another dish on the side, for some unknown reason I put the raw eggs on the stew instead of the fry pan. Pans have been there for centuries, and there is nothing preventing me from throwing stuff in the wrong place, nor undo the eggs in the stew. It's so intolerable, and I feel so ashamed and guilty on behalf of all the pan makers. Not. We are in a field where w…
No, no, no. This is why reasoning by analogy can lead you astray. We have enough control over the world of software that the problem described above should not exist. This control does not exist in the real world, but it does in software.
Re: Atom
#606It could be really great. I wonder if Jon Skinner knew, and said to himself "Welp, I might as well stop with Sublime". However, Sublime is (mostly) blazingly fast. I don't expect this from a node based app, especially in Windows. And: I didn't see it under Features, but Atom definitely needs the command palette from Sublime baked into core. Only if it's core, plugin authors will set their hooks correctly from the beg…
I would pay for a $10 a month subscription/support contract to Sublime if it was Open Sourced... properly where the community can get involved in the development. This coming along scares me that an already tenuous situation around the future of Sublime Text may implode due to this new editor... and it isnt even open source. I'd rather build my own highly customised GUI+CLI macvim/emacs with both python and JS plugin…
before you jump to writing your own text editor from scratch, consider contributing to textadept. it's about half the text editor that sublimetext is, but it's lua based, already exists, and it is totally open source.
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#607Earlier 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.
I think we should start a new line of thought in the development community - linux first. :(
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#608From "The Zen of Programming": ------ Hearing a disturbance, the master programmer went into the novice's cubicle. "Curse these personal computers!" cried the novice in anger, "To make them do anything I must use three or even four editing programs. Sometimes I get so confused that I erase entire files. This is truly intolerable!" The master programmer stared at the novice. "And what would you do to remedy this state…
> Sometimes I get so confused that I erase entire files OT, but just this week my wife did something that really got me thinking about how far computers haven't come in terms of usability. I heard her say "O crap" from behind her macbook, and out of habit I came to assist. For some reason unknown to both of us, she had pasted the text of an email into a document called "thesis.docx", and then saved it. The text was c…
I would like to recommend http://crashplan.com. It is set and forget online backup that keeps versions!
Inexpensive and truly unlimited storage. Windows, OSX, and Linux too!
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#609Earlier quoted context omitted.
Still waiting for someone to correct the GP... "No one is born knowing JS" or "No one was born..."
Looks like timmm isn't a native English speaker, should his command of English be more important than his message? There are languages where "to be born" is one verb and it makes it reasonable to make the mistake and think that in english it would be the same: "to born".
I apologize if i came off as snarky. I was trying every bit not to. I didn't correct it immediately, but when i saw another user correcting, I added my own correction to his comment.
Btw, English isn't my first language either, so please do not see this as "arrogant English speaker wants everyone to speak his language". In fact, my mother tongue is far far different from english (we dont even have a common script!)