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Re: Ask Stack Overflow for Atom

#11

Post by mrwnmonm » Mon, Jun 23, 2014, 2:22 PM UTC

github, we want atom on linux

Re: Ask Stack Overflow for Atom

#12

Post by reubensutton » Mon, Jun 23, 2014, 2:28 PM UTC

mrwnmonm wrote: post #11

github, we want atom on linux

You can compile it for Linux now that it is open-source, I believe people have made binaries too, e.g: http://www.webupd8.org/2014/05/install-atom-text-editor-in-u...

Re: Ask Stack Overflow for Atom

#13

Post by BinaryIdiot » Mon, Jun 23, 2014, 2:29 PM UTC

Dolimiter wrote: post #8

Genuine question. Are people actually using Atom in production projects? I found it unusably slow because it's browser-based; a generation behind Sublime Text in speed.

I am. I was heavily using Sublime but switched over for a trial period to see if I liked it. Overall I'm quite happy with it; it's incredibly snappy for me (almost as snappy as Sublime) but it's start-up time is a bit slower.

So for now I'll probably keep using it but on some larger files it can become slower much quicker than Sublime or others. Fortunately I practically never work with large files so it's not that big of a deal.

Re: Ask Stack Overflow for Atom

#14

Post by notastartup » Mon, Jun 23, 2014, 2:38 PM UTC

Is there a precompiled binary for windows somewhere? Why is it only available for Mac? I think this feature is very useful.

Re: Ask Stack Overflow for Atom

#15

Post by Notre1 » Mon, Jun 23, 2014, 2:47 PM UTC

notastartup wrote: post #14

Is there a precompiled binary for windows somewhere? Why is it only available for Mac? I think this feature is very useful.

You can install it via Chocolatey. If you already have Chocolatey installed, then just run:

  C:\> cinst Atom

http://chocolatey.org/packages/Atom

Re: Ask Stack Overflow for Atom

#16

Post by mariusmg » Mon, Jun 23, 2014, 2:47 PM UTC

Same thing for VisualStudio/Bing

http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/a1166718-a2d9-...

Re: Ask Stack Overflow for Atom

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Post by someguy1233 » Mon, Jun 23, 2014, 2:52 PM UTC

notastartup wrote: post #14

Is there a precompiled binary for windows somewhere? Why is it only available for Mac? I think this feature is very useful.

You can use my builds, http://atom.someguy123.com

They're well tested by a lot of people, and I offer both stable and unstable releases

Re: Ask Stack Overflow for Atom

#18

Post by Timmmmmm » Mon, Jun 23, 2014, 3:05 PM UTC

dgabriel wrote: post #4

This is really neat, and it will probably be very useful to some people, but it sets off some very loud warning bells in my head. Is s/o really for copypasta mining? Sometimes, I guess... but still.

I agree. I mean, I can see it being useful for things that you "know" how to do but just forgot the syntax... But the chances that a random javascript snippet on SO are right seems pretty damn low to me!

Re: Ask Stack Overflow for Atom

#19

Post by andyhmltn » Mon, Jun 23, 2014, 3:09 PM UTC

mrwnmonm wrote: post #11

github, we want atom on linux

If you are comfortable building from source it's already out. I've had it installed for a few months now

Re: Ask Stack Overflow for Atom

#20

Post by Achshar » Mon, Jun 23, 2014, 3:14 PM UTC

thegeomaster wrote: post #7

I think this is less useful than it looks like. When editing code, I'm not browsing StackOverflow or switching to StackOverflow so much that the actual Alt+Tab-ing to the browser window is the bottleneck. And when I do Alt+Tab to the browser window, I usually search Google for what I want to achieve, and yes, most of the times I end up on StackOverflow, but sometimes other sites, most notably Wikipedia, can help me b…

> I'm not browsing StackOverflow or switching to StackOverflow so much that the actual Alt+Tab-ing to the browser window is the bottleneck.

Ever used multiple monitors? I used to have the exact same issue but multiple monitors save so much minimize maximize time.