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I never used Atom, but I suspect all of us not within the orbit of VS Code that use any of the other not quite IDE text editors can appreciate that sometimes wi
by maegul 4y ago
I never used Atom, but I suspect all of us not within the orbit of VS Code that use any of the other not quite IDE text editors can appreciate that sometimes with text editors it's not the one you use but how you use it.
Getting to know it well and how to customise, configure and extend it to your liking, without it becoming too onerous, can be a valuable relationship to have with such a fundamental tool in our trade ... valuable enough that sometimes it's worth retaining over the better features the new tool might have to offer. So good on Atom users and I wish them luck!
On VS Code, I can appreciate moving on to the better tool, but something about bringing a platform war dynamic to the text editor feels a bit too off for my liking. It's apparently open, but I'm really not clear on how much and what the consequences of that are. For instance, the python LSP pyright is the open version of the proprietary pylance ... what's the difference? I find it bothersome that I'd have to work that out.