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> Atom is slow, VS Code is appreciably worse Honestly this isn't possible. VSC had better perf than Atom 4 years ago[1]. I say this as a long-time Sublime user
by fastball 6y ago
> Atom is slow, VS Code is appreciably worse
Honestly this isn't possible. VSC had better perf than Atom 4 years ago[1]. I say this as a long-time Sublime user, which is best-in-class[2] when it comes to perf.
> I've loved being able to hack it to look and feel exactly as I want
What is not customizable in VSC? When I first started using VSC, I installed an extension that made all my keybindings exactly as they were in Sublime, then I installed extensions to make it look almost exactly as my Sublime setup had looked (just took installing a UI theme and a color scheme).
If you want buttery smooth, Sublime is where to go. Native doesn't compete with Sublime's low-level text rendering.
But seriously there must be something wrong with your setup if VSC is lacking in perf and Atom wasn't.
[1] https://blog.xinhong.me/post/sublime-text-vs-vscode-vs-atom-performance-dec-2016/ https://blog.xinhong.me/post/sublime-text-vs-vscode-vs-atom-...
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mZOzyzlsww&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mZOzyzlsww&feature=youtu.be
- Aeolun 6y agoSince they wrote their own text rendering engine, maybe it does compete with Sublime?
- mantap 6y agoThey didn't write their own text rendering engine AFAIK, they wrote their own layout manager. The layout manager determines where the lines go. I'm sure they are still using Core Text to render.
- spiralganglion 6y agoI didn't mean to suggest that VSC was slower than Atom — only that it wasn't meaningfully faster. The fact that the typing latency felt equivalent (ie. not native), and that I couldn't visually customize VSC to my liking (despite spending days trying) turned me off it.