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Why are they even making a code editor? Seems like effort that could go towards more fruitful endeavors.

Shank 10y ago
Agreed. I run Sublime on macOS and Windows, and it runs on Linux, so I see zero reason to migrate to another editor. Surely they're all using something other than their editor for developing it, right? Weird use of resources.
- barbs 10y ago
  From the post: > But you might be surprised to know that most of the development of elementary OS itself is done from within Scratch.
- tajen 10y ago
  SublimeText is not open-source. But there are probably other good editors on Ubuntu – Why not reusing them.
  - yoz-y 10y ago
    Consistency. Most large DEs have their own text editors (Kate, mousepad, Geany?) why not one for Partheon ?
    - saghm 10y ago
      I literally don't know anyone who actually uses their DE-specific editor, though
      - uabstraction 10y ago
        They're like the BMW turn signals of the free software world. If you spend more than a couple hours a day editing, you use Vim and Emacs.
      - yoz-y 10y ago
        When I was using KDE I edited scripts and whatnot using Kate. Much later I have upgraded to Vim/Evil but having a good experience out of the box is fine. I also use mousepad in virtual xfce machines quite a lot.
  - rovr138 10y ago
    Does it have to be? The people this seems to be aimed at are not people looking for open source. They're looking for a replacement for OS X because of issues with the new hardware. I, for example, develop on OSX or Linux using open source frameworks using jetbrain products like PhpStorm, Pycharm, Datagrip...
    - aptwebapps 10y ago
      I think for most people invested in OS enough to work on a distro (or whatever you call Elementary) it does, yes.
      - uabstraction 10y ago
        A free software enthusiast might not reach for Sublime as their first choice, but if its what you're used to, and you paid for it, and you like it, I don't see any reason to abandon it other than trying to be a hipster. Surely you've got enough things to figure out during the transition where learning a new editor is just an extra unneccessary step.
        aptwebapps 10y ago
        I wasn't saying that people who use Sublime won't continue to do so if they switch to a free OS, I was saying that it's not at all surprising that people invested enough in free software to put the OS together would choose a free editor.
        ajmurmann 10y ago
        I think those people are a minority overall and the fact that we keep investing effort to make those vocal few happy is what keeps Linux on the desktop from reaching a larger audience. Normal people don't care if they can get the source code or not. They might care if it's free in beer, but certainly not that they can look at code they won't understand.
        10y ago
tracker1 10y ago
Given how well VS Code, Sublime and many others work, I'm pretty surprised as well. I only glossed over the article (which mentions electron), I'd think they'd just re-skin Atom or VS Code and use one of them for their editor.
jablan 10y ago
They are merely chroming gtksourceview - the same engine used in, for example, GNOME's (and Ubuntu's) default editor gedit.

Shank 10y ago

Agreed. I run Sublime on macOS and Windows, and it runs on Linux, so I see zero reason to migrate to another editor. Surely they're all using something other than their editor for developing it, right? Weird use of resources.

barbs 10y ago
From the post: > But you might be surprised to know that most of the development of elementary OS itself is done from within Scratch.
tajen 10y ago
SublimeText is not open-source. But there are probably other good editors on Ubuntu – Why not reusing them.
- yoz-y 10y ago
  Consistency. Most large DEs have their own text editors (Kate, mousepad, Geany?) why not one for Partheon ?
  - saghm 10y ago
    I literally don't know anyone who actually uses their DE-specific editor, though
    - uabstraction 10y ago
      They're like the BMW turn signals of the free software world. If you spend more than a couple hours a day editing, you use Vim and Emacs.
    - yoz-y 10y ago
      When I was using KDE I edited scripts and whatnot using Kate. Much later I have upgraded to Vim/Evil but having a good experience out of the box is fine. I also use mousepad in virtual xfce machines quite a lot.
- rovr138 10y ago
  Does it have to be? The people this seems to be aimed at are not people looking for open source. They're looking for a replacement for OS X because of issues with the new hardware. I, for example, develop on OSX or Linux using open source frameworks using jetbrain products like PhpStorm, Pycharm, Datagrip...
  - aptwebapps 10y ago
    I think for most people invested in OS enough to work on a distro (or whatever you call Elementary) it does, yes.
    - uabstraction 10y ago
      A free software enthusiast might not reach for Sublime as their first choice, but if its what you're used to, and you paid for it, and you like it, I don't see any reason to abandon it other than trying to be a hipster. Surely you've got enough things to figure out during the transition where learning a new editor is just an extra unneccessary step.
      - aptwebapps 10y ago
        I wasn't saying that people who use Sublime won't continue to do so if they switch to a free OS, I was saying that it's not at all surprising that people invested enough in free software to put the OS together would choose a free editor.
        ajmurmann 10y ago
        I think those people are a minority overall and the fact that we keep investing effort to make those vocal few happy is what keeps Linux on the desktop from reaching a larger audience. Normal people don't care if they can get the source code or not. They might care if it's free in beer, but certainly not that they can look at code they won't understand.
        10y ago

tracker1 10y ago

Given how well VS Code, Sublime and many others work, I'm pretty surprised as well. I only glossed over the article (which mentions electron), I'd think they'd just re-skin Atom or VS Code and use one of them for their editor.

jablan 10y ago

They are merely chroming gtksourceview - the same engine used in, for example, GNOME's (and Ubuntu's) default editor gedit.