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Re: I still like Sublime Text

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Post by laserbeam » Wed, Jan 29, 2025, 2:47 PM UTC

blibble wrote: post #214

laserbeam wrote: post #179

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is there any chance we'd see a Sublime Debug? Loved Sublime Text and Sublime Merge. The main thing I'm missing in my life is a really good and fast cross platform UI for a LOT of debugger backends. (I tend to works with a lot of programming languages, and CLI debuggers are really clunky to use).

I have found this plugin works surprisingly well https://packagecontrol.io/packages/Debugger

Cool, but git integration in the editor was also cool until SublimeHQ decided to spin out a dedicated client for it.

The only debugger I'm happy with right now (in terms of performance/features) is RemedyBG, but it's windows only and compiled languages only. In general, I mostly live with painfully slow debugging in VSCode.

I would really love to see RemedyBG's dedicated debugging UI/UX approach refined by some group like SublimeHQ. A group who knows how to turn the UX up to 11.

Re: I still like Sublime Text

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Post by wvlia5 » Wed, Jan 29, 2025, 2:51 PM UTC

I implemented the Python Debugger plugin for ST

Re: I still like Sublime Text

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Post by 8ig8 » Wed, Jan 29, 2025, 2:51 PM UTC

TeeMassive wrote: post #289

ben-schaaf wrote: post #81

Sublime Text developer here, thank you for all the praise! I'm looking forward to what we can accomplish this year. If you have any questions I'd be happy to answer.

Suggestion: implement a vimtutor: subltutor

There's this...

https://sublimetutor.com

But for v3.

Re: I still like Sublime Text

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Post by ptico » Wed, Jan 29, 2025, 2:51 PM UTC

js2 wrote: post #16

Maybe it's time I migrated off TextMate.

Tried few times, nothing beats TextMate ergonomics. It's just a small things like the cursor will be in a place where it should be after autocompletions or closing brackets will align where they belongs to, but it makes huge difference for me

Re: I still like Sublime Text

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Post by markus_zhang » Wed, Jan 29, 2025, 2:53 PM UTC

ben-schaaf wrote: post #81

Sublime Text developer here, thank you for all the praise! I'm looking forward to what we can accomplish this year. If you have any questions I'd be happy to answer.

Thank you! Can you share some technical details of the product, if not against the contract you signed?

I'm mostly interested in UI so would love to know how is the custom UI code structured?

Would also be very nice if you could talk a bit about interesting text editor programming/challenges you encountered.

Thanks for the product.

Re: I still like Sublime Text

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Post by kgermino » Wed, Jan 29, 2025, 2:54 PM UTC

HatchedLake721 wrote: post #303

dartos wrote: post #293

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> sane built-ins such as a terminal. It’s all preference. I think it’s insane that people use the terminal in their editors.

Why is it insane? Along with a terminal, I also use a database editor inside my code editor. That’s the point behind an IDE - integrated developer environment.

But Sublime isn't an IDE, it's just a text editor. The line is blurry (especially with how VS Code is used these days) but I have ST running next to IntelliJ all day, they serve different roles.

Re: I still like Sublime Text

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Post by SketchySeaBeast » Wed, Jan 29, 2025, 2:55 PM UTC

dartos wrote: post #293

calini wrote: post #288

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi! I was a Sublime Text fan throughout University, and I would have loved to continue using it. Unfortunately for me Sublime lacks too many necessities, and that forced me off Sublime and onto the much slower VSCode. I really wish Sublime would develop a more solid plugin system and have some sane built-ins such as a terminal.

> sane built-ins such as a terminal. It’s all preference. I think it’s insane that people use the terminal in their editors.

You don't like quickly accessing the terminal? The biggest draw for me is that VSCode can easily attaches to terminal processes, so I can launch a debugging session with custom arguments with a simple "CTRL+~" and a "npm run foo".

Re: I still like Sublime Text

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jan 29, 2025, 2:55 PM UTC

girvo wrote: post #93

abraxas wrote: post #17

I guess your love is not unlike my long ago passion for CodeWright. It was such a flexible beast with perfect support for BRIEF bindings and an infinitely configurable user interface. Alas, the world preferred the simplicity of Visual Studio or JBuilder and the best programmer's editor for Windows slowly but surely withered away. I'm not planning on repeating the mistake of learning a complex environment only to see…

Similar to my love of KomodoEdit/IDE. Being built on XUL was fascinating to me as a Firefox die hard, web tech powered the UI which made it easy to hack on, and I still reckon it was the best most advanced editor for PHP at the time.

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Re: I still like Sublime Text

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Post by mezod » Wed, Jan 29, 2025, 2:59 PM UTC

Yesterday, I got laughed at for "still" using ST. Today, HN delivers.

Re: I still like Sublime Text

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Post by hit8run » Wed, Jan 29, 2025, 3:00 PM UTC

I use Sublime everyday and pay for it for more than 10 years. It’s hands down the best piece of proprietary software I ever bought. I heavily customize Sublime and supercharge it with a few high quality plugins. I also contribute to the ecosystem. To another 10 sublime years.