Does Sublime Text 4 have support for WSL2?
There isn't anything specific to WSL2 in Sublime Text. Depending on your use case I've seen people either run the Windows version or the Linux version with WSL.
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#122Earlier quoted context omitted.
> whatever version was supported at the end of the license No. The version you will perpetually have access to is the last version released one year before the expiry of your license. So if you get a one-year license and don't renew it, you only retain access to the version you first bought, not any new ones released during the year.
Ah, my bad. They should fix that.
It's not broken. You're basically buying that version of the software with some benefits for a year; and they make it nice and easy to get the next version with benefits. If you decide to quit, you leave with exactly what you already paid for in the first place. Sure, it's not as nice as the Sublime Text model, but it's a fair, decent, and non-broken model.
In contrast, subscription software expects you to pay in perpetuity so they can take risks with your money instead of their own on new versions and features. Generally nothing is guaranteed to you at all, only access to whatever version of the software is current. No guaranteed support, upgrade times, or anything. And when you leave, you get nothing at all.
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#123I used to do battery life tests with different editors and sublime always win by a huge margin. This release claims both better performance, and also lower power use? How much less power?
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#124I'm blown away by how snappy this is. It always is, but it's even better now. This is really impressive work. I don't think I'm the target audience here. I just spent 30m trying to tune this for a TypeScript project, and I can't seem to easily get eslint, prettier, and a few other tools working. I added the TypeScript language server package, but it doesn't offer any of the effortless reference navigation and refacto…
I've used the following list of packages for eslint, prettier, and TypeScript. It's not as effortless as it should be, but the two LSP packages in particular do give reference navigation that's pretty equivalent to VS Code.
- https://packagecontrol.io/packages/SublimeLinter
- https://packagecontrol.io/packages/SublimeLinter-eslint
- https://packagecontrol.io/packages/JsPrettier
- https://packagecontrol.io/packages/LSP
- https://packagecontrol.io/packages/LSP-typescript
If you're on macos, I also recommend creating a file at ~/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 3/Packages/User/Default (OSX).sublime-mousemap with the following contents -- this adds a cmd+click "go to definition" shortcut that's also equivalent to what VS Code provides. (I guess the path should be "Sublime Text 4" now? but after upgrading, the config at the "Sublime Text 3" path still works for me.)
[ { "button": "button1", "count": 1, "modifiers": ["super"], "press_command": "drag_select", "command": "lsp_symbol_definition" } ]
I've tried to switch to VS Code a few times -- language features (especially TypeScript) tend to work better out-of-the-box but it still isn't close in terms of performance. If you want IDE-like features to "just work" then VS Code is definitely the best choice, but the persistent (albeit sleight) input lag drives me up the wall.
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#125Hello HN, I'm one of the developers at Sublime HQ. We're all very excited about this release. If you have any questions you'd like to ask I'll do my best to answer them.
Vim has Vimtutor; could Sublime have its Sumblimetutor too?
I've been using Sublime for years now and yet I barely use most of its "well known features" and I feel ashamed of myself.
I know there are tutorials out there, but I am a chronic procrastinator and I just can't bring myself to watch them while at home.
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#126I feel bad using VSCode after years of supporting Sublime (by purchasing a license). However the one case where I do use sublime repeatedly? When I need to open an editor QUICKLY. It boots faster than VSCode, and frankly, it finally broke me of my constant habit of VIMming now that I have it on my mac, win and linux boxes. I am eager to try V4, but I'm so deep in VSCode now, I don't know if I can find my way out! I c…
I have VS Code running 99.99% of the time. If it's open then it pretty much loads any file < 50mb instantly for me.
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#127I feel bad using VSCode after years of supporting Sublime (by purchasing a license). However the one case where I do use sublime repeatedly? When I need to open an editor QUICKLY. It boots faster than VSCode, and frankly, it finally broke me of my constant habit of VIMming now that I have it on my mac, win and linux boxes. I am eager to try V4, but I'm so deep in VSCode now, I don't know if I can find my way out! I c…
To me, VSCode competes with IDEs, Sublime competes with text editors. Startup speed accounts for a solid 95% of that distinction. If I need to make a quick edit to a file or write down a temporary (but reasonably persistent) note, the only tools I've tried that let me do that in less than 3 seconds are Sublime, Notepad, and Notepad++. Among those choices, Sublime is the clear winner in overall usefulness and function…
That's an excellent point. There really is a continuum that I overlooked.
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#128Wait, older versions of ST were NOT rendered by GPU?
No, previous versions rendered purely on the CPU. We did use the GPU on macOS to draw to the window itself, but actually rendering the frames was still done on the CPU.
Unless you're doing something graphically intensive you don't need a GPU at lower resolutions. At higher resolutions (or with much slower CPUs) you do need a GPU to keep up though.
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#129Does all of the documentation for sublime text 3 also apply to 4? Is 4 compatible with plugins for 3? Sorry if that's a dumb question, I haven't used sublime text in forever. Hoping to try it out on a flutter project.
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#130Hello HN, I'm one of the developers at Sublime HQ. We're all very excited about this release. If you have any questions you'd like to ask I'll do my best to answer them.
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