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It'll support windows/linux/mac

by ibdknox 15y ago

pluies_public 15y ago
Thanks for the quick reply ibdknox! It might be useful to include it on the kickstarter page too?
danielpal 15y ago
This is too much. I've never seen an editor that runs well on the 3 of them. If you had said Mac or just Linux, I could believe you. I am really interested, but I am afraid of this becoming vaporware.
- mds101 15y ago
  You should try out Sublime Text. I have used it on all three platforms and it works pretty much the same on all of them.
  - teejae 15y ago
    Agreed. One reason I use it is BECAUSE it runs the same across all platforms, and is the slickest editor on all of them. I do development in multiple OS/environments daily.
- moondev 15y ago
  http://www.sublimetext.com http://www.sublimetext.com
- esmevane 15y ago
  Are you saying that Sublime Text doesn't run well on Windows? I know it runs just fine on Mac and Linux.
  - sirclueless 15y ago
    Well, Sublime Text 1.x was only for Windows and was unique for rendering with DirectX, so one would hope it runs just fine there.
  - lordlicorice 15y ago
    Chiming in that it works wonderfully on Windows, although I had some problems with font rendering being ugly. Maybe it's just that I don't use ClearType, but I had to change some of the font options to get a result I'm happy with. "font_face": "droid sans mono", "font_options": [ "subpixel_antialias" ],
    - esmevane 15y ago
      Ah, okay. I was about to say originally that it is entirely cross-platform, then I realized there was some qualitative language in the parent post and wondered if maybe the Windows flavor was just flawed somehow. Thanks!
- frio 15y ago
  Ignoring the usual "vim", "emacs" etc., do try Sublime Text 2, if all you're after is an editor. So far it's proved unfailingly excellent for me :). FWIW Chris stated in a previous post that Lighttable would be built on embedding CodeMirror, which, being web-based, should make creating cross-platform builds much easier.
  - politician 15y ago
    Hear, hear on ST2. I don't have to do anything more than let people see me use it before they switch.
  - kami8845 15y ago
    I've been using Emacs for months both on Linux and Windows and it runs much smoother on Linux, its' intended habitat.
  - lordlicorice 15y ago
    It's not just an editor. I use it for Python development. There's a plugin that uses Rope to give you completion, go to function definition, etc: https://github.com/JulianEberius/SublimeRope https://github.com/JulianEberius/SublimeRope
- phob 15y ago
  Vim and Emacs seem to work fine if you have Gnu's win32 tools.
- angrycoder 15y ago
  Vim, emacs, sublime, Komodo, gedit, jedit... And that is just off the top of my head.
- getsat 15y ago
  >implying cross-platform gui toolkits don't exist

It'll support windows/linux/mac

by ibdknox 15y ago

It'll support windows/linux/mac

pluies_public 15y ago

Thanks for the quick reply ibdknox! It might be useful to include it on the kickstarter page too?

danielpal 15y ago

This is too much. I've never seen an editor that runs well on the 3 of them. If you had said Mac or just Linux, I could believe you. I am really interested, but I am afraid of this becoming vaporware.

mds101 15y ago
You should try out Sublime Text. I have used it on all three platforms and it works pretty much the same on all of them.
- teejae 15y ago
  Agreed. One reason I use it is BECAUSE it runs the same across all platforms, and is the slickest editor on all of them. I do development in multiple OS/environments daily.
moondev 15y ago
http://www.sublimetext.com http://www.sublimetext.com
esmevane 15y ago
Are you saying that Sublime Text doesn't run well on Windows? I know it runs just fine on Mac and Linux.
- sirclueless 15y ago
  Well, Sublime Text 1.x was only for Windows and was unique for rendering with DirectX, so one would hope it runs just fine there.
- lordlicorice 15y ago
  Chiming in that it works wonderfully on Windows, although I had some problems with font rendering being ugly. Maybe it's just that I don't use ClearType, but I had to change some of the font options to get a result I'm happy with. "font_face": "droid sans mono", "font_options": [ "subpixel_antialias" ],
  - esmevane 15y ago
    Ah, okay. I was about to say originally that it is entirely cross-platform, then I realized there was some qualitative language in the parent post and wondered if maybe the Windows flavor was just flawed somehow. Thanks!
frio 15y ago
Ignoring the usual "vim", "emacs" etc., do try Sublime Text 2, if all you're after is an editor. So far it's proved unfailingly excellent for me :). FWIW Chris stated in a previous post that Lighttable would be built on embedding CodeMirror, which, being web-based, should make creating cross-platform builds much easier.
- politician 15y ago
  Hear, hear on ST2. I don't have to do anything more than let people see me use it before they switch.
- kami8845 15y ago
  I've been using Emacs for months both on Linux and Windows and it runs much smoother on Linux, its' intended habitat.
- lordlicorice 15y ago
  It's not just an editor. I use it for Python development. There's a plugin that uses Rope to give you completion, go to function definition, etc: https://github.com/JulianEberius/SublimeRope https://github.com/JulianEberius/SublimeRope
phob 15y ago
Vim and Emacs seem to work fine if you have Gnu's win32 tools.
angrycoder 15y ago
Vim, emacs, sublime, Komodo, gedit, jedit... And that is just off the top of my head.
getsat 15y ago
>implying cross-platform gui toolkits don't exist