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I tried to switch from Sublime to VSCode as well, and it's mostly been a disappointment.

by mgaunard 4y ago

baby 4y ago
Really? I did the switch and there’s no way I could go back to ST.
- jonwinstanley 4y ago
  Agreed. I loved Sublime for years but VS Code is now miles ahead in my opinion.
  - cameroncooper 4y ago
    In what ways do you think VS Code is miles ahead? With language server and debug adapter plugins, I find ST to be a very good replacement for VS Code.
    - baby 4y ago
      All the plugins, The synced user configuration, github copilot, git integration (although I do use sublime merge a lot on the side), I used to work on a remote copy also via SSH (and I can't remember what plugin), there's just so much available out of vscode now, I feel like every new months it ships new features while sublime text didn't come up with an update in years.
    - jonwinstanley 4y ago
      For me it is the plugins, themes, icons etc. As soon as there is a plugin you can't live without, there's no way back. I can't remember which one it was for me but when I saw a co-worker using it I had to give VS Code another try. Migrating over is easy too as you can import your shortcuts with "Sublime Text Keymap and Settings Importer"
- robryan 4y ago
  Sublime still feels a bit snappier to me. The ecosystem around it has obviously fallen behind a bit now though.
  - hit8run 4y ago
    Only partially true. The ecosystem has some really awesome plugins: - GitSavvy - Sublime-LSP (plus LSP-Copilot) - Sublime_Debugger - Terminus All these together and you have a keyboard driven ultrafast IDElike experience.
mtkd 4y ago
I'm in the market for a new IDE as Atom is end of life (prev. Sublime) I tried VSCode and went back to Atom -- it still works fine but expecting that won't last Ideally I really need one where I can run bash sessions in tabs alongside code, I don't really use autocomplete and such -- but it needs to handle a lot of open large files with zero lag and instant search
- prmoustache 4y ago
  >Ideally I really need one where I can run bash sessions in tabs alongside code, Wouldn't it easily be solved if people were actually using decent desktop environment or take the time to configure it correctly? I mean it is not complicated to move from ide to terminal if the desktop and shortcuts are well made.
- _thisdot 4y ago
  I switched from Atom to VSCode a while back. Code has better extensions and is faster. Only thing that bothered me is the missing Git view on right side. But now Code lets you have a Primary and Secondary sidebars. I keep Git on right side and File Explorer on left side
- bloopernova 4y ago
  I moved from Atom to VSCode a few years ago. It's a worthy successor, in my opinion. What were your blockers to moving to VSCode? My remaining issue is to be able to css style any element of the UI like I could with Atom. There're plugins that let you monkey patch to get that feature, but updates to VSCode break them.
  - mgaunard 4y ago
    Too many windows, panes, misfeatures I don't want, and it's also quite slow. It's a kitchen sink even before you install any plugins, and yet all the useful functionality requires plugins. All I want is a text editor that can quickly switch to another file, that doesn't make it annoying when the file it had open was changed, that only adds the input that I type to a file and nothing else. Also easy integration with commandline tools (select text, pass that as stdin to a command, replace it with stdout, all done trivially without going through a billion menus and plugins), vertical selection and multi-cursor that doesn't suck, maybe a few other details, are things where it failed to deliver.
skerit 4y ago
All the code I work on is hosted on a separate development server, so I used to use Sublime to edit these files over the network, using NFS. But now I use code-server, which is hosted on the same development server. So everything got a lot faster for me.

I tried to switch from Sublime to VSCode as well, and it's mostly been a disappointment.

baby 4y ago

Really? I did the switch and there’s no way I could go back to ST.

jonwinstanley 4y ago
Agreed. I loved Sublime for years but VS Code is now miles ahead in my opinion.
- cameroncooper 4y ago
  In what ways do you think VS Code is miles ahead? With language server and debug adapter plugins, I find ST to be a very good replacement for VS Code.
  - baby 4y ago
    All the plugins, The synced user configuration, github copilot, git integration (although I do use sublime merge a lot on the side), I used to work on a remote copy also via SSH (and I can't remember what plugin), there's just so much available out of vscode now, I feel like every new months it ships new features while sublime text didn't come up with an update in years.
  - jonwinstanley 4y ago
    For me it is the plugins, themes, icons etc. As soon as there is a plugin you can't live without, there's no way back. I can't remember which one it was for me but when I saw a co-worker using it I had to give VS Code another try. Migrating over is easy too as you can import your shortcuts with "Sublime Text Keymap and Settings Importer"
robryan 4y ago
Sublime still feels a bit snappier to me. The ecosystem around it has obviously fallen behind a bit now though.
- hit8run 4y ago
  Only partially true. The ecosystem has some really awesome plugins: - GitSavvy - Sublime-LSP (plus LSP-Copilot) - Sublime_Debugger - Terminus All these together and you have a keyboard driven ultrafast IDElike experience.

mtkd 4y ago

I'm in the market for a new IDE as Atom is end of life (prev. Sublime) I tried VSCode and went back to Atom -- it still works fine but expecting that won't last Ideally I really need one where I can run bash sessions in tabs alongside code, I don't really use autocomplete and such -- but it needs to handle a lot of open large files with zero lag and instant search

prmoustache 4y ago
>Ideally I really need one where I can run bash sessions in tabs alongside code, Wouldn't it easily be solved if people were actually using decent desktop environment or take the time to configure it correctly? I mean it is not complicated to move from ide to terminal if the desktop and shortcuts are well made.
_thisdot 4y ago
I switched from Atom to VSCode a while back. Code has better extensions and is faster. Only thing that bothered me is the missing Git view on right side. But now Code lets you have a Primary and Secondary sidebars. I keep Git on right side and File Explorer on left side
bloopernova 4y ago
I moved from Atom to VSCode a few years ago. It's a worthy successor, in my opinion. What were your blockers to moving to VSCode? My remaining issue is to be able to css style any element of the UI like I could with Atom. There're plugins that let you monkey patch to get that feature, but updates to VSCode break them.
- mgaunard 4y ago
  Too many windows, panes, misfeatures I don't want, and it's also quite slow. It's a kitchen sink even before you install any plugins, and yet all the useful functionality requires plugins. All I want is a text editor that can quickly switch to another file, that doesn't make it annoying when the file it had open was changed, that only adds the input that I type to a file and nothing else. Also easy integration with commandline tools (select text, pass that as stdin to a command, replace it with stdout, all done trivially without going through a billion menus and plugins), vertical selection and multi-cursor that doesn't suck, maybe a few other details, are things where it failed to deliver.

skerit 4y ago

All the code I work on is hosted on a separate development server, so I used to use Sublime to edit these files over the network, using NFS. But now I use code-server, which is hosted on the same development server. So everything got a lot faster for me.