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Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by e3bc54b2 »

CraftThatBlock wrote: post #6
twelvechairs wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Isnt it just a simple subscription model with a 3 year term?

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.

Jetbrains license works slightly different.

You get a license and access to all updates released for duration. But if your license is not renewed at the end, you lose access to updates in the year/time since you bought the license.

You still keep original version at the time you purchased license for as long as you want, though.

Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by alberth »

It's interesting to see how much more performant Sublime is on Windows & Linux than it is on macOS.

https://www.sublimetext.com/blog/articles/hardware-accelerat...

On a 4k display, to render:

* Windows is 3-7ms

* Linux is 3-17ms

* macOS is 18-30ms Anyone have ideas on the cause the poor performance of macOS relative to Windows or Linux?

Would also be interesting to know how this compares to VS Code, since a large reason why people choose Sublime over VS Code is due to performance.

Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by chipotle_coyote »

liquidise wrote: post #41

Happy to see Sublime still enjoying major version releases; i say this as a religious Textmate 2 user. Monocultures are rarely good for innovation and these projects monetizing in a sustainable way is a tide that raises all boats. Also, a few comments here are asking versions of "What does Sublime have that $MY_EDITOR doesn't?" For many the answer is simply "experience". The idea of swapping off of TM2 for me is daun…

> How feature-rich an editor is should be less important than how feature-complete your understanding/usage is.

As someone who's in BBEdit five days a week, I definitely understand this. :)

Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by brainless »

I used to use Sublime a couple years back, I do not remember having a paid license though. When I had a slower laptop (I ran Arch on an 8GB/i5 4th Gen) I felt the need for a faster editor.

Today, I tried Sublime Text 4. It is definitely faster to launch and overall UI felt more responsive even in a couple clicks. But I could not see how to browse within the components/files (Ctrl+Click usually) in the folder that I opened (TypeScript/Deno project). VS Code does that without much effort. I could not see how to set debug breakpoints on the editor gutter (left).

I have an i5 9th Gen/20GB laptop now and I would still like a faster editor/IDE. I would be happy to take a license too. But getting debugger and project level browsing setup should be really easy and I feel VS Code does this, even if the overall UX is a bit slower. Plus plugins like Prettier, Git viewer and some other tooling.

I will spend some time but if anyone takes some time to figure these out, please share them. We need more editors so that we do not end up having one winner and then the winner starts becoming a slow monster...

Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by alert0 »

asdfasgasdgasdg wrote: post #29
alert0 wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Pretty sure I bought at ST2, been on 3 for a while.

Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by imbnwa »

crazygringo wrote: post #25
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…

Teams is also full of "doing too much" in the GUI too for what its worth. Seems to be modern Microsoft's thing.

Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by hn8788 »

ben-schaaf wrote: post #60

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.

Congratulations on the new release though, it's been my favorite editor for years. Just a heads up, when you upgrade an existing license, the instructions say to click on Help > Enter License, but you have to remove the current license before you can enter a new one.

Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by dawnerd »

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…

I don't want to take any thunder away from Sublime but VSCode basically opens instantly on M1.

Re: Sublime Text 4

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Post by ben-schaaf »

alberth wrote: post #62

It's interesting to see how much more performant Sublime is on Windows & Linux than it is on macOS. https://www.sublimetext.com/blog/articles/hardware-accelerat... On a 4k display, to render: * Windows is 3-7ms * Linux is 3-17ms * macOS is 18-30ms Anyone have ideas on the cause the poor performance of macOS relative to Windows or Linux? Would also be interesting to know how this compares to VS Code, since a large rea…

That table isn't a comparison between operating systems, it's data points to show how OpenGL compares to software rendering. The hardware used for each operating system is vastly different. The macOS benchmarks were run on a 2015 macbook air, whereas the Windows and Linux benchmarks were run on workstation desktops with dedicated graphics cards.
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