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Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by sbahr001 » Fri, May 21, 2021, 3:41 AM UTC

babaganoosh89 wrote: post #14

Does anyone still choose Sublime over VS Code? I wonder what plugins I'd miss from a frontend dev perspective.

I sometimes do, sublime is a significantly faster and sometimes that works with my "though" process better than vscode. Pretty much, I use sublime text when I want to do something fast, and vscode when I want maximum compatibility.

Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by alert0 » Fri, May 21, 2021, 3:41 AM UTC

Wowfunhappy wrote: post #2

> Sublime Text license keys are no longer tied to a single major version, instead they are now valid for all updates within 3 years of purchase. After that, you will still have full access to every version of Sublime Text released within the 3 year window. I really love this model.

Wait, does this mean my license from 2014 isn't going strong anymore?

Edit: I've upgraded. I've felt guilty for years for how much mileage I've gotten out of Sublime. It is one of my most used applications.

Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by ddingus » Fri, May 21, 2021, 3:41 AM UTC

Wowfunhappy wrote: post #2

> Sublime Text license keys are no longer tied to a single major version, instead they are now valid for all updates within 3 years of purchase. After that, you will still have full access to every version of Sublime Text released within the 3 year window. I really love this model.

So do I. Makes a ton of sense. I am going to buy a license. This program is worth every penny.

Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by BuyMyBitcoins » Fri, May 21, 2021, 3:43 AM UTC

kelt wrote: post #17

Interesting, they have a limited 10 days offer $99 USD to $80 USD. https://www.sublimehq.com/store/text Was this always the case for new revisions?

If I had to guess it’s because the announcement of the new version drives a large amount of traffic to site and they want to entice people with a sale while the new features are still exciting.

Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by crazygringo » Fri, May 21, 2021, 3:43 AM UTC

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 tried VSCode and Sublime each for a month earlier this year.

I was surprised to find myself deciding on Sublime at the end of it.

It came down to performance but also clutter. Sublime is fast. But also, VSCode just had too many panels and bells and whistles.

And VSCode's defaults were just all wrong. Like trying to autocomplete every other word when I'm typing text in a .txt file -- it's not even code! I couldn't believe how many random options I had to hunt down just to make typing usable and not trying to insert a million things.

Typing in Sublime seems to operate... just how I expect it to.

Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by ddingus » Fri, May 21, 2021, 3:44 AM UTC

mxcrossr wrote: post #19

Wowfunhappy wrote: post #2

> Sublime Text license keys are no longer tied to a single major version, instead they are now valid for all updates within 3 years of purchase. After that, you will still have full access to every version of Sublime Text released within the 3 year window. I really love this model.

I just wish it was a little cheaper. Every time I think about buying a license I realize it’s like 30-40 USD more than I expect and I chicken out

Well, it is not far off a good game and some DLC.

Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by emteycz » Fri, May 21, 2021, 3:44 AM UTC

mxcrossr wrote: post #19

Wowfunhappy wrote: post #2

> Sublime Text license keys are no longer tied to a single major version, instead they are now valid for all updates within 3 years of purchase. After that, you will still have full access to every version of Sublime Text released within the 3 year window. I really love this model.

I just wish it was a little cheaper. Every time I think about buying a license I realize it’s like 30-40 USD more than I expect and I chicken out

It's not really much though... Software engineers make that in an hour or two, that's reasonable price for 3 years of updates of the primary tool... And it's a business expense. And as the sibling comment says, a game costs about the same.

Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by petarb » Fri, May 21, 2021, 3:45 AM UTC

babaganoosh89 wrote: post #14

Does anyone still choose Sublime over VS Code? I wonder what plugins I'd miss from a frontend dev perspective.

I use Sublime for editing and formatting large CSV/JSON files. It’s much faster than VSCode which I find freezes for my use cases.

Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by asdfasgasdgasdg » Fri, May 21, 2021, 3:45 AM UTC

alert0 wrote: post #22

Wowfunhappy wrote: post #2

> Sublime Text license keys are no longer tied to a single major version, instead they are now valid for all updates within 3 years of purchase. After that, you will still have full access to every version of Sublime Text released within the 3 year window. I really love this model.

Wait, does this mean my license from 2014 isn't going strong anymore? Edit: I've upgraded. I've felt guilty for years for how much mileage I've gotten out of Sublime. It is one of my most used applications.

Still going strong for ST2 or 3, whichever you bought.

Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by codeafin » Fri, May 21, 2021, 3:46 AM UTC

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?

With Sublime Text, I enjoy not having to turn off data collection and thinking about if updates enable them again.