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Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by forgotmypw17 »

mxcrossr wrote: post #133
perryizgr8 wrote: post #89

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I live in India, and I find the price a bit too high. But that does not mean I will pirate the app. I will use other free alternatives until I can afford the program I want to use. So, asking Sublime to reduce the price to cater to people like me is a valid request, IMO.

Sublime can be downloaded for free though. It just bugs you every few days asking if you would mind paying. That’s my situation now. I’d love to through some cash their way since it’s a great product, but it’s just a bit too steep.

Seems ignorant of currency-free or low-currency lifestyles, barter culture, gift culture, volunteerism, etc.

Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by mackrevinack »

frou_dh wrote: post #325
mackrevinack wrote: post #238

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i begrudgingly use VSCodium at work because they don't have a licence for sublime text and they probably wouldn't buy one if i asked. i swear it takes me twice as long to do things but maybe with time i will get more used to it. one thing i do like about it is how easy it is to create split screen documents just by dragging then to the edge of the screen

ST licensing terms have always allowed you to use your personal license at your dayjob too. "Using a Personal License at Work": https://www.sublimehq.com/sales_faq

dam! thats great. thank you

Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by doodpants »

fouric wrote: post #548
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…

> When I need to open an editor QUICKLY Do you actually ever need to open a new editor ? Why not just start whatever editor you want when you boot up, and then open files in it? You probably don't shut down and start up your web browser every time you want to open a new site, so why would you do the analogue with your text editor?

> Do you actually ever need to open a new editor? Why not just start whatever editor you want when you boot up, and then open files in it?

Speaking only for myself and not the GP: due to a lifelong habit of putting things away when I'm finished with them, I always close windows and quit applications when I'm done using them for my current task.

> You probably don't shut down and start up your web browser every time you want to open a new site

Not literally every time I visit a new site, but yes, I quit my browser every time I'm finished with my current browsing session, even if I might end up launching it again in 10 minutes for a different reason.

Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by samus »

CrazyStat wrote: post #391
bouke wrote: post #376

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I’d say if the file got renamed, the editor should just use the new filename. The name of the file is just metadata, not its identity.

How is the editor supposed to know the new filename?

Every operating system supports subscribing to file and directory changes. That is how the editor can detect there was a change in the first place.

Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by Nicksil »

sbst32 wrote: post #574

The cursor got extremely big (high) and it really bugs me. I don't see a way to change that (yet). Quick screenshot for comparison: https://imgur.com/a/o5v8iVx

Settings:

caret_extra_top

caret_extra_bottom

caret_extra_width

Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by SNosTrAnDbLe »

klmadfejno wrote: post #555
SNosTrAnDbLe wrote: post #150

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Thanks for introducing the multi select feature in text editing. There may have been other editors before which had but Sublime was where I first encountered this and where it felt natural. It has saved me countless keystrokes! I use VS Code now but it has started getting slower and it may be time to go back to sublime!

I use sublime 3 pretty frequently, and am aware of this feature, but haven't experienced a moment where this was useful, or at least, not more useful than just running find-replace (which is fantastic on sublime with its pattern matching and speed and what not btw). How do you use this effectively?

I like the visual feedback with the multi select where I can select all the occurrences of a variable and then change the name at the same time without leaving the editor by just using the shortcut.

For find and replace, I have to leave the editor and go to a different tool window. Also, my regex skills are sometimes lacking when I want to find something on a deadline. I only use find and replace when I have to do the same refactor across files.

Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by ybbond »

Al-Khwarizmi wrote: post #477
kwanbix wrote: post #344

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I tried Sublime text and I really like it. But I have been a user of UltraEdit for many many years (maybe 20?) and I still find it much more natural to use. I found it while looking for an editor to replace Semware's Qedit (DOS). I wonder why UltraEdit has not much love here. I do find Sublime's price much better than UltraEdit.

Another long-time UltraEdit user here. I love it in general, but in particular there's one feature that I can't do without: column mode. I don't understand why other editors haven't copied it (at least to my knowledge. If you know any other that has it, I'd like to know). For those of us that often work with CSV-like formats, it's a real time saver. It's also better behaved for huge files than any other editor I've t…

FWIW Sublime Text do have "multi cursor editing" mode that can do some basic column mode editing.

Add to that vi keybindings to ST, and you can get better and faster "column mode-like" editing.

Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by jfvinueza »

How long does it take to open is not the meaningful metric; what matters is what happens afterwards. And yes, most Electron apps do get sluggish under load: Spotify is alright for adding the first 20 songs; then searching >> adding to playlist takes twice as long; then triple that, and then it's downright unusable. "But 90% of the time it's fine...". Ok, but that didn't used to be the case with mediamonkey on a Pentium III, or did it?

VS Code is perfectly fine if you're being sensible: you're editing a dozen files in a single project. It's not not so fine if you've got 12 files open on three different projects, or you're sharing your screen, or you've never closed the editor for a couple days. It's being built with care, for sure, and yet you do feel the load, you do have to take resources into account, you have to be responsible. Do I need to Invest on higher end machine for the purpose of Editing Text Files? There are times on Emacs when I suddenly realize I've opened a hundred, 150 buffers, simply because I've never felt any load. And Emacs is the heavy one! Sublime was the first editor I used "for real", and it was absolutely awesome. I switched to VS Code for all its shiny features and started to think that yes, it had its sluggish moments, but it simply saved too much time, it was way too efficient to leave. Well, it isn't. Lightweight tools have an steeper curve, but they draw no boundaries for you, they don't hold any usage agenda; they do, in a way, set you free.

Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by gentleman11 »

spiderice wrote: post #159
gentleman11 wrote: post #120

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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.

Guake
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