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Why keep 100 ST2 tabs open when like you've said it's so fast to just cmd-p to pull up the file you need, open or not (unless you have a very large number of fi
by blacksmith_tb 15y ago
Why keep 100 ST2 tabs open when like you've said it's so fast to just cmd-p to pull up the file you need, open or not (unless you have a very large number of files with the same name)? I summon and dismiss files like crazy, but I generally only keep a few things open at any time.
- georgemcbay 15y agoPersonally I like to keep many files open so that I have undo buffers for them in case I change my mind. This is a subjective thing and I know there are other ways to solve the same issue (keeping versioned files ala Dropbox, etc), but easy undo of recent-but-not-too-recent changes is the #1 reason I tend to keep tons of files open when editing projects.
- kstrauser 15y agoLet me flip that around: why not have all the most recent files you've worked on open at once? It's easy to navigate through them, you get to keep undo history, and you can always close them later if you get overwhelmed. There's not a huge advantage to keeping them around but the penalty for doing so is trivial, so I default to not closing tabs unless I specifically need to.