I opened Atom once, and did some editing, and it was very nice and I didn't run into any problems. But, it took a long time to start. I've always used vim, with

I opened Atom once, and did some editing, and it was very nice and I didn't run into any problems. But, it took a long time to start. I've always used vim, with occasional forays into trying other stuff (the last serious attempt to use something else was when I was deciding between jEdit or nEdit for the alternative, maybe a decade ago, so it's been a while), and it's really hard to switch to something that takes so long to start. It seems like a small thing, and I've heard the argument of "leave it open all the time", etc. But, that doesn't fit my habitual workflow. I also do a lot of editing remotely (for stuff like system administration, not so much development), and I've never seen a GUI editor that worked nicely on a remote system, particularly with low bandwidth, which I currently have most of the time, now that I'm traveling again. Nonetheless, there's a lot I like about Atom. I just can't break the habit of expecting an editor to start instantly, and I don't see how there's ever gonna be a major reduction in startup time, given its dependencies.