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Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by paxys »

contriban wrote: post #34
crazygringo wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

Now that you say it, I also feel that VSCode defaults are wrong. It’s a bunch of small things that feel off.

Yeah, I use VS Code daily but it took me a very long time to set it up in the way I liked. Everything from colors, text/menu sizes, fonts, toolbars to shortcuts and more. I'd say ridiculous customizability is a big benefit of VS Code in that regard.

Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by ben-schaaf »

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?

This is the first sale we've ever done. Thought really it's more of a delayed price increase :)

Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by hn8788 »

emteycz wrote: post #38
babaganoosh89 wrote: post #31

> TypeScript, JSX and TSX Support It doesn't seem like Sublime ships with the Typescript language server by default, not sure if I'd call syntax highlighting as support.

This repo seems to disagree: https://github.com/sublimelsp/LSP-typescript (please correct me if I am wrong, I can't test it now) Perhaps you need to install TypeScript compiler into the project? VSCode bundles that too, ST4 might not.

The language server isn't included, but the syntax is.

Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by CraftThatBlock »

smnrchrds wrote: post #50
CraftThatBlock wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think this implies that after 3 year, you can keep using whatever is the last version you were using. It's basically license to get what you have right + any versions in the next 3 year. JetBrains also has a similar license for yearly subscriptions, where you can keep using whatever version was supported at the end of the license.

> 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.

Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by obdev »

emteycz wrote: post #27
mxcrossr wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

$100 in an hour or two?

Only in a small part of the world.

Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by 101001001001 »

This is the future of software even though sublime text isn’t new. People need to understand that the incentive structure surrounding the development and maintenance of software is as much a part of the software as the code is. Open source doesn’t work for the vast number of cases. When Linus dies, the only real example of a successful open source software project will die with him. Making things free doesn’t make you virtuous.

Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by hn8788 »

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 tried out VS Code after using Sublime for a while, and almost immediately switched back. I may have liked it if I used it more, but VS Code felt comparatively slow, and it seemed like there are a ton of tiny UI elements scattered in every corner, all trying to get your attention about something.

Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by ben-schaaf »

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.

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