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Re: Sublime Text 4 (Build 4126)

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Post by nsonha »

yepthatsreality wrote: post #25
tehbeard wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Daily driving to do what type of work exactly? I've been using VS Code for years now, and while it is measurably slower (I still use sublime to handle ad-hoc grepping log files as code just won't handle that, and scrollable, highlighting and multicursor is MUCH better than smacking bash pipes together), the batteries included "It just works" approach of code means I don't really see a reason to head back. Maybe it's…

If my editor is already has batteries installed whether they were included or not, why would I need to switch to VS Code? Because it’s cool? The packages ecosystem is fine and always has been.

It's quite annoying to see people going out of their way to let others know that they do NOT use vscode, js frameworks etc

no one asked

Re: Sublime Text 4 (Build 4126)

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Post by karmakaze »

jokoon wrote: post #68
ben-schaaf wrote: post #38

Developer at Sublime HQ here, pleasant surprise to see this stable build reach the front page :) If you have any questions related to ST or otherwise feel free to ask.

Please fix the issue on code folding being based on indentation and not syntax. People regularly write on this issue and it's still not fixed. That's the only thing that stands between me and buying ST.

I wasn't aware that this is an issue. It seems to me that the existing feature is 'text-based' folding rather than 'code-based'. I wouldn't notice as indentation very closely follows the code block structure in most of the code-bases I edit.

It could be useful to open a feature request for 'code-based' folding, if the existing 'text-based' one is considered to be working as intended. That way we're not fighting over a definition but rather showing demand for a new capability that everyone would agree is absent.

Re: Sublime Text 4 (Build 4126)

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Post by j_crick »

ben-schaaf wrote: post #38

Developer at Sublime HQ here, pleasant surprise to see this stable build reach the front page :) If you have any questions related to ST or otherwise feel free to ask.

In v4 right now the definitions from packages do not expand automatically, and for ruby/rails, if you type “def” and press Tab, it will select whatever Sublime thinks matches better the pattern def*, and to make function wrapper macro work, I have to just type “d”, then press Tab, it will highlight “def”, then I press Tab again, and only then the macro expands.

In v3 I can type “def”, hit Tab and it works right away.

Are you considering adding the option to change auto-compete behavior to what was in version 3?

Re: Sublime Text 4 (Build 4126)

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Post by silicon2401 »

ben-schaaf wrote: post #38

Developer at Sublime HQ here, pleasant surprise to see this stable build reach the front page :) If you have any questions related to ST or otherwise feel free to ask.

I'm a huge fan. I've used sublime pretty much since the beginning of my career (switched over after emacs wrecked my hands a few months in). I've switched over to Intellij for java dev because its built in handling of things like going to definitions (cmd+click on my machine) and being able to swipe back to previous locations in the code, as if I were in a browser. Are these features supported in sublime, and if not, are there plans to add them? These navigation features alone would have me back over to sublime, today.

Re: Sublime Text 4 (Build 4126)

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Post by pjmlp »

heelix wrote: post #36

There is only a handful of software (outside of games) that I'll shell out my own personal funds for. This is one of them. This is one of the few text editors that can handle stupid large files nicely. It 'remembers' what you have open, even if you don't save - so if the IT department does that random patch, you don't lose anything. Syntax highlighting and tool plugins, so it can make for a reasonable light weight co…

Same here, even if I seldom use it. Otherwise all these nice editors will just die, and their authors also have bills to pay.

Re: Sublime Text 4 (Build 4126)

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Post by strzibny »

I have a license because I have a thing for speed and feel of Sublime. There is nothing like it.

I write my Ruby and Elixir code with it, even if I know I get better experience with other tools.

I wrote my book Deployment from Scratch with Sublime as well.

I sometimes evaluate other editors but so far always returned :).

Re: Sublime Text 4 (Build 4126)

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Post by zzyzxd »

I live in command line most of the time, but Sublime Text is always my default editor to open any text files in a GUI file manager on any operating system.

When it notified me about the version 4 license change, I was ready to make the purchase. However, it has been a while since then and, besides the "LICENSE UPGRADE REQUIRED" text on the top right corner, I still can't notice any restriction. The current installation still has my license purchased for v2 applied. I just upgraded to build 4126 today and it worked fine. Am I misunderstanding the licensing terms or is this a bug?

Re: Sublime Text 4 (Build 4126)

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Post by kgarten »

Really Like Sublime Text for cross platform work (especially when I need to edit code under windows). Yet, really love Nova https://nova.app/ for mac, super polished.

Though for day to day, i switched to nvim and neovide (rust frontend). Given that, I guess I spent too much money on text editors ...

Re: Sublime Text 4 (Build 4126)

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Post by rahen »

e-dant wrote: post #6
naltun wrote: post #2

Even though I haven't met a Sublime user in a few years, it still must be popular since it's at v4. Last time I checked, Sublime was still proprietary, which is the reason I had skipped using it. I've heard Sublime has some useful features, though. If it's in their interest, I hope they decide liberate / open their source code. E: misspelling

As of writing there is no disclosure of any particular license on their website for sublime text. I must have overlooked this. While most of my programming is over ssh with vim, I’ve very much enjoyed Sublime on my own systems. Minimalism and unobtrusiveness has been very appealing to me. Free software is more important, though, so perhaps it’s back to vim, then. I wish that the Xi editor was maintained more efficien…

Good, lightweight, OSS text editors for the main platforms:

- Linux: gedit, geany

- macOS: TextMate

- Windows: Notepad++

And the one to rule them all: emacs (also gvim).

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