Atom 1.0

#1

Post by mrbogle » Thu, Jun 25, 2015, 2:53 PM UTC

Atom 1.0
blog.atom.io

Re: Atom 1.0

#2

Post by jscheel » Thu, Jun 25, 2015, 3:03 PM UTC

I still haven't given Atom a go. Is it worth switching from ST3?

Re: Atom 1.0

#3

Post by LoSboccacc » Thu, Jun 25, 2015, 3:03 PM UTC

what's up with name reuse these days. atom (the syndication format) may be on the verge of becoming obsolete, but it's also forgotten and irrelevant already to warrant a name reuse?

Re: Atom 1.0

#4

Post by sneak » Thu, Jun 25, 2015, 3:05 PM UTC

I had initially dismissed the whole thing as folly as JavaScript is really stupid, but I had someone install Atom the other day and came to learn that it is really quite an impressively great editor these days.

The ease of finding and installing themes and plugins is unparalleled.

Considering trying it for a week or two as my daily driver (with vim mode, of course.)

Re: Atom 1.0

#5

Post by facepalm » Thu, Jun 25, 2015, 3:07 PM UTC

What is it?

Re: Atom 1.0

#6

Post by engi_nerd » Thu, Jun 25, 2015, 3:07 PM UTC

Is it still limited to only editing files < 2 Megabytes? For most people that is not a showstopper, but it may be for some.

Re: Atom 1.0

#7

Post by jszymborski » Thu, Jun 25, 2015, 3:09 PM UTC

jscheel wrote: post #2

I still haven't given Atom a go. Is it worth switching from ST3?

I prefer Atom, although I never was quite a ST3 super-user.

The speed issues are all but gone imho (start-up is a bit slow, but I have it open almost all the time so I hardly notice).

The main reason I switched was because Atom is FOSS, and that always bothered me about ST3. It's also very easy to hack on, which is nice as well.

Re: Atom 1.0

#8

Post by hitlin37 » Thu, Jun 25, 2015, 3:09 PM UTC

i have been using it for 3-4 months now and its getting there each month. Sometimes the plugins fail but this could be because of the rapid development cycle of atom. On the positive side, its a good text editor, easy interaction, plugin install super easy. A downside is that its not easy on your ram though. Consumes more than what vim would do. But overall, if you need a modern editor, this is the way forward.

Re: Atom 1.0

#9

Post by romanovcode » Thu, Jun 25, 2015, 3:10 PM UTC

engi_nerd wrote: post #6

Is it still limited to only editing files < 2 Megabytes? For most people that is not a showstopper, but it may be for some.

No, recent patch increased the limit to blazing 4 MEGABYTES!

Re: Atom 1.0

#10

Post by kbody » Thu, Jun 25, 2015, 3:10 PM UTC

LoSboccacc wrote: post #3

what's up with name reuse these days. atom (the syndication format) may be on the verge of becoming obsolete, but it's also forgotten and irrelevant already to warrant a name reuse?

It's not really a big deal on this case.

But either case, there are so many things, unless you are competing or there is a big player with such name, I think it's fine. Also, in these cases you usually say Atom editor or Atom feed.