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I started out with vi and then Vim. When TextMate came out, I became an avid user. I liked how easily I could customize it but then it seemed kind-of abandonw
by Zelphyr 6y ago
I started out with vi and then Vim. When TextMate came out, I became an avid user. I liked how easily I could customize it but then it seemed kind-of abandonware (could be just my own perception) so I moved on to Sublime Text. I played around with others during that time including Visual Studio Code.
All of the editors I've used are great and I don't knock them at all. About two years ago, however, I realized how much I love Vim. It is also easily customizable but most importantly, I just plain feel really productive with it.
- nickelcitymario 6y agoI loved TextMate. But I think the facts speak for themselves now... - their site is now little more than a vanilla bootstrap theme - their News section hasn't been updated since 2014 - the blog appears to be miscellaneous developer notes that may or may not even be related to TextMate ...I'd agree with the sentiment that development appears to be dead. That said, I think Sublime is as worthy a spiritual successor as any. (It also may be the biggest reason for TextMate's demise.)
- levifig 6y agoFWIW, Textmate itself gets pretty frequent updates (latest one was on Feb 25th). It has also been open-sourced[1]. [1] https://github.com/textmate/textmate https://github.com/textmate/textmate
- nickelcitymario 6y agoI had no idea... I was basing my conclusion on the TextMate site, and both of these facts are kinda buried. Gonna have to give TM another go sometime soon.