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Worked with a bunch of them, always come back to Sublime Text for performance and multi-cursor support.

by hartator 8y ago

brink 8y ago
Emacs has multi-cursor support. http://emacsrocks.com/e13.html http://emacsrocks.com/e13.html
- hartator 8y ago
  Is that native?
  - BeetleB 8y ago
    No, but why would that be a concern? If you're going to use Emacs as your environment, it's best to learn how to install additional packages, as you'll get a lot more functionality that way. If you're using Sublime or VSCode, I'm sure you'll one day install plugins for it as well.
    - PascLeRasc 8y ago
      At least for me, sometimes I have to work on servers where I don't have sudo privileges, so I usually can't install plugins.
      - BeetleB 8y ago
        You don't need sudo privileges to install packages for Emacs. They reside in the user's directory.
  - donedealomg 8y ago
    It's emacs. That should answer it.
  - brink 8y ago
    It isn't, and it's better because of that. All "advanced" features should be a plugin so you can pick your favorites. This way, if someone comes up with a better multi-cursor system, there's no politics involved about which multi-cursor system to come to a global consensus on. Just switch your personal config over to the new plugin and get on with your life.
    - hartator 8y ago
      Hum. The things is it's probably breaking other features and other plugins then. Try Sublime one once. It's like night and day. Everything works as if you were in single cursor mode.
      - brink 8y ago
        I used sublime for about a month and couldn't get used to it. Maybe I'm just too indoctrinated into Emacs. :)
disconcision 8y ago
Are sublime multi-cursors different from code multi-cursors?
- hartator 8y ago
  It's a first class citizen in Sublime. There is no lag or weirdness when you are using them.
  - audiolion 8y ago
    the largest difference I see is that vscode lightly highlights every match making it hard to see which cursors are selected. sublime is so clear
rjpr 8y ago
Can't really speak to performance comparisons, but VS Code has has multi-cursor support for a while now.

Worked with a bunch of them, always come back to Sublime Text for performance and multi-cursor support.

brink 8y ago

Emacs has multi-cursor support. http://emacsrocks.com/e13.html http://emacsrocks.com/e13.html

hartator 8y ago
Is that native?
- BeetleB 8y ago
  No, but why would that be a concern? If you're going to use Emacs as your environment, it's best to learn how to install additional packages, as you'll get a lot more functionality that way. If you're using Sublime or VSCode, I'm sure you'll one day install plugins for it as well.
  - PascLeRasc 8y ago
    At least for me, sometimes I have to work on servers where I don't have sudo privileges, so I usually can't install plugins.
    - BeetleB 8y ago
      You don't need sudo privileges to install packages for Emacs. They reside in the user's directory.
- donedealomg 8y ago
  It's emacs. That should answer it.
- brink 8y ago
  It isn't, and it's better because of that. All "advanced" features should be a plugin so you can pick your favorites. This way, if someone comes up with a better multi-cursor system, there's no politics involved about which multi-cursor system to come to a global consensus on. Just switch your personal config over to the new plugin and get on with your life.
  - hartator 8y ago
    Hum. The things is it's probably breaking other features and other plugins then. Try Sublime one once. It's like night and day. Everything works as if you were in single cursor mode.
    - brink 8y ago
      I used sublime for about a month and couldn't get used to it. Maybe I'm just too indoctrinated into Emacs. :)

disconcision 8y ago

Are sublime multi-cursors different from code multi-cursors?

hartator 8y ago
It's a first class citizen in Sublime. There is no lag or weirdness when you are using them.
- audiolion 8y ago
  the largest difference I see is that vscode lightly highlights every match making it hard to see which cursors are selected. sublime is so clear

rjpr 8y ago

Can't really speak to performance comparisons, but VS Code has has multi-cursor support for a while now.