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Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by Xavdidtheshadow »

woodruffw wrote: post #42
bigyikes wrote: post #16

I was a Sublime user, then Atom, and now I’m a VS Code user. In 2021, what reasons are there to use Sublime over VS Code? Performance is the only one that comes to mind, but there are surely others... right?

I've tried to make the switch from Sublime to VS Code a few times, and a few things consistently hang me up: * Performance, like you mentioned. I've very used to opening hundreds of megabytes of line-delimited data in my editor; anything that can't keep up with that immediately ruins my "tempo." * I don't really understand how to customize VS Code's UI. It has a lot of little toolbars and widget panels that I don't w…

> VS Code's default bindings are just different enough

FWIW, there's a ST keymap extension for VSCode: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscod...

That's the first thing I installed when I switched (years ago now) and it made the process surprisingly seamless.

Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by mokus »

chipotle_coyote wrote: post #63
liquidise wrote: post #41

Happy to see Sublime still enjoying major version releases; i say this as a religious Textmate 2 user. Monocultures are rarely good for innovation and these projects monetizing in a sustainable way is a tide that raises all boats. Also, a few comments here are asking versions of "What does Sublime have that $MY_EDITOR doesn't?" For many the answer is simply "experience". The idea of swapping off of TM2 for me is daun…

> How feature-rich an editor is should be less important than how feature-complete your understanding/usage is. As someone who's in BBEdit five days a week, I definitely understand this. :)

It still doesn’t suck?

Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by yugene »

ben-schaaf wrote: post #60

Hello 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.

Congratulations on the release!

Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by forrestthewoods »

ben-schaaf wrote: post #60

Hello 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.

Congrats on the release!

I was an avid user (and paying customer!) of ST1 and ST2. Somewhere along the way I switched to VS Code. Why should I use ST4 over VS Code today?

Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by amatecha »

dawnerd wrote: post #69
SavantIdiot wrote: post #40

I 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 don't want to take any thunder away from Sublime but VSCode basically opens instantly on M1.

I mean... I would hope pretty much anything opens ~instantly on the most absolute cutting edge custom-designed SoC from one of the richest companies in the world. hahah ;)

Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by asiachick »

SavantIdiot wrote: post #40

I 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 don't get really get this "quickly" thing. I just checked, on my 2014 MBP my VSCode takes I tested "Visual Studio". It takes ~10-12 seconds. For some reason VSC code fits within my threshold of "fast enough I don't feel like I had to wait at all" where as visual studio feels like I'm waiting. I guess your threshold is lower than mine though.

Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by nindalf »

skavi wrote: post #79
dawnerd wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't want to take any thunder away from Sublime but VSCode basically opens instantly on M1.

You almost definitely speak the truth, but that kind of attitude towards performance is why so many apps are so awful to use now. Especially if you can’t afford the newest Mac.

The one I’m using is $1000. That’s a bit pricey, but strikes me as reasonable value for money. Especially since this is the best performing laptop I’ve ever used.

I get what you’re saying though. Many folks might only have budgets in the range of $500-800. With any luck, other manufacturers get their shit together.

Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by spiderice »

gentleman11 wrote: post #120
mknapper1 wrote: post #44

I really wish that Sublime would add an integrated terminal panel. None of the packages I’ve tried that do add a terminal view, work the way the way I want them to. It’s really the one feature that’s holding me back from even trying to switch away from VS Code.

I prefer having my terminals separate from my editor, personally

Agreed. Set up your terminal to automatically come to the front with a keyboard shortcut. To me this seems better than having it built in to the editor in every way.

Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by visarga »

mknapper1 wrote: post #44

I really wish that Sublime would add an integrated terminal panel. None of the packages I’ve tried that do add a terminal view, work the way the way I want them to. It’s really the one feature that’s holding me back from even trying to switch away from VS Code.

The whole set of Remote Development extensions is a game changer. You can be remote and it feels like being local with the terminal, debugger, files and language server.

It's especially useful when your laptop is running a different OS than Linux which is often the target.

I just hate the overly zealous autocomplete that fixes good words into bad words and forces me to hit Esc every time.

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