Sublime Text 2 Build 2139 Released • Hacker News Board

Re: Sublime Text 2 Build 2139 Released

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Post by emehrkay » Wed, Nov 02, 2011, 2:42 PM UTC

seanb wrote: post #30

emehrkay wrote: post #27

For some reason on OS X Lion (Sublime v. 2136 & 2139) tabs do not show up for me unless I go to the bottom right and click Spaces: 4> Convert Tabs to spaces. Then only the current window's tab is shown. This is smooth and runs pretty fast, but back to text mate for me, I need to see the tabs, see what I have open. Textmate has a nasty 'refresh project on focus' situation that kills working over a network (remate2 fix…

I'm not on Lion, but even on Snow Leopard, Sublime will only show a tab for a file if you double click the file in the sidebar, or edit the file (which Convert Tabs to Spaces is doing). Though there might be a Lion specific issue aside from this.

Oh that works. I do not like that, even though I understand the logic behind it. Maybe there is a way to make single click file show the tab

Re: Sublime Text 2 Build 2139 Released

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Post by ConstantineXVI » Wed, Nov 02, 2011, 2:49 PM UTC

emehrkay wrote: post #31

seanb wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not on Lion, but even on Snow Leopard, Sublime will only show a tab for a file if you double click the file in the sidebar, or edit the file (which Convert Tabs to Spaces is doing). Though there might be a Lion specific issue aside from this.

Oh that works. I do not like that, even though I understand the logic behind it. Maybe there is a way to make single click file show the tab

The tab will also open if you start editing the file.

Re: Sublime Text 2 Build 2139 Released

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Post by bionicbrian » Wed, Nov 02, 2011, 2:52 PM UTC

Sweet! It gets better and better.

The sidebar keyboard navigation is a big one for me that's been missing. And the folding arrows will help. I don't know why you'd want them to fade but nice that it's up to you.

Re: Sublime Text 2 Build 2139 Released

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Post by mrud » Wed, Nov 02, 2011, 2:57 PM UTC

vrde wrote: post #16

mrud wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

VIM supports editing remote files via scp and ftp. Just use {scp,ftp,http}://$host/$path to open a remote file though http support is read-only afaik.

Yep, you are right, but imho the fastest way to have read-write support is to use sshfs. Anyway thank you for pointing it out.

I think the direct way with scp URIs is faster in regard to the setup time as you don't have to setup fuse and fiddle with permissions.

I must admit i don't use it regularly (but i use tramp mode quite often) but you can browse remote directories, change between hosts without mounting a directory first or open files not lying in the current mountpoint. The only major drawback is if you don't use ssh keys or use programs which don't support gvfs/kio

Re: Sublime Text 2 Build 2139 Released

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Post by nobleach » Wed, Nov 02, 2011, 3:00 PM UTC

xutopia wrote: post #20

I take heed when so many people are fans of something but after trying it out I feel like I'm missing out on what makes this editor so awesome. Can someone explain to me why this is better than Textmate, MacVim or UltraEdit?

It runs on other platforms. "e" always felt like a hack to me on windows. I use Linux and it runs PERFECTLY. I was a Textmate lover and it feels great to have an editor that can use Mate's plugins and themes AND extend the possibilities.

Re: Sublime Text 2 Build 2139 Released

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Post by patrickod » Wed, Nov 02, 2011, 3:02 PM UTC

jkmcf wrote: post #17

X4 wrote: post #7

Why is this news worth getting published for every update?

If anyone is like me, they try it out, decided it isn't ready for daily usage, and then forget about it. This replaces "Check for Updates" :-)

It's not really newsworthy though. I could see a release being posted to HN if it contained a huge new feature set but from what I can see this is just normal update ?

Re: Sublime Text 2 Build 2139 Released

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Post by emehrkay » Wed, Nov 02, 2011, 3:06 PM UTC

ConstantineXVI wrote: post #32

emehrkay wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh that works. I do not like that, even though I understand the logic behind it. Maybe there is a way to make single click file show the tab

The tab will also open if you start editing the file.

Sometimes I open files just for reference. Textmate/BBEdit: single click = new tab/new open document

Re: Sublime Text 2 Build 2139 Released

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Post by po » Wed, Nov 02, 2011, 3:37 PM UTC

hemancuso wrote: post #24

ableal wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For one, the mini-map feature. I believe it was fairly unique a few years ago, don't know if it still is.

mini-map should be turned off by default. What a kitschy "feature"

hmm. I use Sublime Text 2 every day and I don't think it's kitschy at all. I can't even imagine why you would put the word feature in quotes. It's one of my favorite features even after using it for months.

It's like having all of the benefits of a scrollbar with the addition of getting an overview of the file you're working on. When I need to scroll to a specific location in a file, my eyes flick over to the minimap and I know where I am in the file. It's subtle and unobtrusive when I don't need it so I barely notice it otherwise. I think it's a better feature than code folding and something I think all editors should offer.

Anyway, to each their own. You can turn it off.

Re: Sublime Text 2 Build 2139 Released

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Post by frou_dh » Wed, Nov 02, 2011, 3:41 PM UTC

patrickod wrote: post #36

jkmcf wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If anyone is like me, they try it out, decided it isn't ready for daily usage, and then forget about it. This replaces "Check for Updates" :-)

It's not really newsworthy though. I could see a release being posted to HN if it contained a huge new feature set but from what I can see this is just normal update ?

I upvote Sublime because its mindshare deserves to catch up with TextMate / BBEdit.

Re: Sublime Text 2 Build 2139 Released

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Post by grayrest » Wed, Nov 02, 2011, 3:57 PM UTC

xutopia wrote: post #20

I take heed when so many people are fans of something but after trying it out I feel like I'm missing out on what makes this editor so awesome. Can someone explain to me why this is better than Textmate, MacVim or UltraEdit?

As a Vimmer, I'm in the slow process of transitioning. I actually write plugins for the languages I use and the API in Sublime is actually really great. The main thing holding me up from daily use is that the bugs in Vintage make me crazy and I don't want to spend the time to fix them myself. Hopefully the transition to github for the mode will get it stabilized faster.