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Some of the posts here make me think I should seriously consider making the jump from TextMate to Sublime Text 2. Would anyone care to share some good reasons

Some of the posts here make me think I should seriously consider making the jump from TextMate to Sublime Text 2. Would anyone care to share some good reasons not to make the jump that I should consider?

swah 15y ago
You already paid for Textmate.
- josegonzalez 15y ago
  By that logic, one should never upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7 unless it's a free upgrade.
- gjm11 15y ago
  Sunk cost fallacy. Sublime Text doesn't cost any more for people who have already paid for Textmate than for people who haven't. It doesn't have fewer features, or run slower, or crash more, or look worse, for people who have already paid for Textmate than for people who haven't. The only thing that's different for people who've already paid for Textmate is that they already have Textmate. That might, indeed, make Sublime Text less valuable to them. But the person you're replying to already knows that, and is asking: What reasons might I have for not switching?.
jsdalton 15y ago
I'm going to try it again this a.m., but last time I tried to switch I couldn't do it. It's mostly for ridiculously minor stuff that I have a really hard time getting past. Here's what I noticed in playing with it again for about 3 minutes this a.m.: * Fly in animations. When you expand a folder (down) the folder contents fly in from the right instead of just sliding down. WHY? Mixed design metaphors like this drive me insane. * Harder to distinguish folders from files in sidebar, making it harder to navigate around. * Find in project appears in very slim opening at the bottom of the window. No highlighting of search terms so it's extremely difficult to visually parse. If I find/remember other nitpicks I'll put them here. These are super minor, but for me even the most minor of distractions or frustrations in my text editor can have a big impact on my productivity.
chappi42 15y ago
Sure. It'll hinder your jumping to MacVim. (a former TM user) (PS: there are two very good vim peepcode casts and consider 'http://yehudakatz.com/2010/07/29/everyone-who-tried-to-convince-me-to-use-vim-was-wrong/ http://yehudakatz.com/2010/07/29/everyone-who-tried-to-convi...)

swah 15y ago

You already paid for Textmate.

josegonzalez 15y ago
By that logic, one should never upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7 unless it's a free upgrade.
gjm11 15y ago
Sunk cost fallacy. Sublime Text doesn't cost any more for people who have already paid for Textmate than for people who haven't. It doesn't have fewer features, or run slower, or crash more, or look worse, for people who have already paid for Textmate than for people who haven't. The only thing that's different for people who've already paid for Textmate is that they already have Textmate. That might, indeed, make Sublime Text less valuable to them. But the person you're replying to already knows that, and is asking: What reasons might I have for not switching?.

jsdalton 15y ago

I'm going to try it again this a.m., but last time I tried to switch I couldn't do it. It's mostly for ridiculously minor stuff that I have a really hard time getting past. Here's what I noticed in playing with it again for about 3 minutes this a.m.: * Fly in animations. When you expand a folder (down) the folder contents fly in from the right instead of just sliding down. WHY? Mixed design metaphors like this drive me insane. * Harder to distinguish folders from files in sidebar, making it harder to navigate around. * Find in project appears in very slim opening at the bottom of the window. No highlighting of search terms so it's extremely difficult to visually parse. If I find/remember other nitpicks I'll put them here. These are super minor, but for me even the most minor of distractions or frustrations in my text editor can have a big impact on my productivity.

chappi42 15y ago

Sure. It'll hinder your jumping to MacVim. (a former TM user) (PS: there are two very good vim peepcode casts and consider 'http://yehudakatz.com/2010/07/29/everyone-who-tried-to-convince-me-to-use-vim-was-wrong/ http://yehudakatz.com/2010/07/29/everyone-who-tried-to-convi...)