I'm an absolute fool for upgrading my text editor whilst I have two major project deadlines due before Easter, but I like to live dangerously. And it was worth it - the new Adaptive theme looks fantastic!
Sublime Text 3 dev build 3128 released
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Re: Sublime Text 3 dev build 3128 released
#122If Sublime only had definite release! It's wonderful GUI editor! I stopped using it years ago when I switched to Vim and Emacs, but if it gets released I will buy it for sure, at least to have it on my work machine. I like editing text in it, everything is so smooth and well looking, and it doesn't feel bloated. And I just hate all those Electron based editors, no matter how much incrementally they get better from mo…
Release or not release is just a name. You shouldn't let that be a factor. In my experience it is absolutely stable and as bug free as software can be. However, I'm not sure how well maintained it is. I fear all the time that the author, jps, has quit, but then every few months he has a development sprint and releases a new version. I'd rather have it permanently called "beta" but a minor update every month, than one…
> Release or not release is just a name. You shouldn't let that be a factor.
I disagree. The name is the developer's way of telling you whether the software should be considered ready for general use. As long as it's called "beta", I'm not going to second guess the developer's judgement; I'll wait until the release version of ST3 before upgrading from ST2.
Re: Sublime Text 3 dev build 3128 released
#123Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's true. I've been using Sublime for years and I've never had a bug or a crash. It pretty much perfect. And it's blazing fast. I actually even use its fuzzy search to search my harddrive sometimes. Because I haven't found an easy app for Linux that works like Search Everything on Windows.
> I haven't found an easy app for Linux that works like Search Everything on Windows. https://github.com/albertlauncher/albert
Wow this looks really cool! I didn't know it before...
There is another one that i'm using: tracker, but it's less cool.
Re: Sublime Text 3 dev build 3128 released
#124Earlier quoted context omitted.
On the contrary, I still miss the speed of ST but the price-vs-feature ratio on VSC is too high for me to ignore anymore. No way the boss will shell out $70 per license if/when ST3 is ever released (now that half our team has dropped it anyway). Guess what you said about not relying on "public opinion" includes your own.
Yikes, if $70 too high for developer productivity it seems someone isn't doing the right equation when you consider developer salaries cost in lost hours.
I feel the issue isn't the $70 which isn't a big deal (or shouldn't be) but more the point that other editors like VSCode are available now and have the backing of a big company like Microsoft. The biggest criticism of Sublime is that it often feels like it has been abandoned. It goes 6+ months without a peep from the developer. This can make people uneasy.
I prefer Sublime over VSCode, Atom, etc. but at the end of the day VSCode is free and still very good. Perhaps not quite as fast as Sublime but it also offers other features out of the box which Sublime doesn't so there is a trade off. Is Sublime "better" than VSCode to justify $70? That is something that can only be answered on a case by case basis I think.
Re: Sublime Text 3 dev build 3128 released
#125Excited to hear news from Sublime team! I tried the new beta: it kinda breaks fonts in old themes (I use spacegray) but the new Adaptive theme looks pretty (I wish I could reduce tab bar height, though). Also enjoyed switching UI and syntax themes via palette. Overall looks great but for now I'll stick to ST3 stable release. My #1 feature request is Sidebar API, you know, for version control integration.
What do you mean it breaks fonts in old themes? I use Spacegray as well and haven't updated yet. Should I hold off?
It doesn't break fonts completely but uses new default fonts instead of whatever spacegray specifies.
Re: Sublime Text 3 dev build 3128 released
#126Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sublime fans and VSC fans are almost disjoint sets...
You'd be surprised. I'm tempted to go to the VSC side from time to time because of the more polish -- it's the speed that brings me back.
I agree - you can pry sublime text from my cold, dead hands. VSC/Atom/whatever is way too slow for every day use
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#127I love Sublime Text. I really dislike heavy IDEs, so for me, it's almost the perfect editor.
But... am I the only person who wants a minimal editor like Sublime, plus an inline debugger? Debugging where you edit code is one of those super-features that I really don't understand why people prefer not to have it.
Ideally it would be something generic and lightweight, with the ability to extend via plugins. The debugging plugins I've used so far just don't cut it though - if I can't click on a line number to add a breakpoint, it isn't good enough.
Re: Sublime Text 3 dev build 3128 released
#128If Sublime only had definite release! It's wonderful GUI editor! I stopped using it years ago when I switched to Vim and Emacs, but if it gets released I will buy it for sure, at least to have it on my work machine. I like editing text in it, everything is so smooth and well looking, and it doesn't feel bloated. And I just hate all those Electron based editors, no matter how much incrementally they get better from mo…
Release or not release is just a name. You shouldn't let that be a factor. In my experience it is absolutely stable and as bug free as software can be. However, I'm not sure how well maintained it is. I fear all the time that the author, jps, has quit, but then every few months he has a development sprint and releases a new version. I'd rather have it permanently called "beta" but a minor update every month, than one…
Yup, remember Gmail ? It took years to go out of beta, didn't see anyone complain or worried.
Re: Sublime Text 3 dev build 3128 released
#129Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yikes, if $70 too high for developer productivity it seems someone isn't doing the right equation when you consider developer salaries cost in lost hours.
I feel the issue isn't the $70 which isn't a big deal (or shouldn't be) but more the point that other editors like VSCode are available now and have the backing of a big company like Microsoft. The biggest criticism of Sublime is that it often feels like it has been abandoned. It goes 6+ months without a peep from the developer. This can make people uneasy. I prefer Sublime over VSCode, Atom, etc. but at the end of t…
I find this weird. I've been using sublime text for maybe 5 years and it has only crashed once. And it was fault of a plugin, not the editor itself.
Sublime Text has been feature complete (for my liking) for a lot of years now. The only thing I wish it had is an integrated debugger but it's not a deal breaker for me.
I've tried to jump ship to open source alternatives (atom and vscode) but they feel sluggish to me. Most people will be happy with their performance but I've been spoiled by Sublime Text and the slightest delay feels sluggish to me.
Re: Sublime Text 3 dev build 3128 released
#130Why people cry about sublime not having a "release" yet. I have faced 0 bugs, seriously 0 and I'm using it for more than 3 years. Its way more performant than the rest "cool" editors and honestly...it just works! Maybe you need a little bit more configuration to make it perfect for you but thats just it.
On Mac, one bug that bites me about once per week is the editor becomes unresponsive. Not the whole application, I can still focus on windows, use the menus, and scroll the text, but the text editor just goes vegetable. The caret disappears, and I am unable to select text, type, paste, etc. Occasionally it returns after 20-30 seconds, but usually I have to restart Sublime.
It's still a great application in spite of this bug, but it is annoying when it happens.