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What are the non-native parts?

• madeofpalk 5y ago
  Now we’ve got to get into what "native" even means, defining it in a way that include Sublime Text but excludes VS Code
  • mythz 5y ago
    Using a web renderer disqualifies it from being "native".
    • madeofpalk 5y ago
      Sublime Text doesn't use native UI frameworks either, it rolls it own UI toolkit. Seems just as native (not at all) as web.
      • antifa 5y ago
        Is there a term for less layers of VMs? It seems to be leagues more native than vscode because it is compiled for OSX instead of a webview.
  • speedgoose 5y ago
    Obviously Python is much much more native than JavaScript.
    • madeofpalk 5y ago
      I don't think that's obvious (or true, imho) at all.
      • speedgoose 5y ago
        No it’s not true, it was sarcasm.
• dkjaudyeqooe 5y ago
  It renders text using OpenGL instead of using the various Mac text rendering APIs. https://www.sublimetext.com/docs/gpu_rendering.html https://www.sublimetext.com/docs/gpu_rendering.html Also it doesn't really have a user interface outside the text editor. For example, it doesn't use native dialog boxes. It does use native menus though.
  • vmsp 5y ago
    Is this true? I thought that the UI was in OpenGL but that text rendering was done using the native platform APIs. I.e. CoreText