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New to this editor, but $70 per license? As an Emacs user, I really don't understand why one should pay $70 for this, which is even not an IDE, while there are

by wbsun 13y ago

New to this editor, but $70 per license? As an Emacs user, I really don't understand why one should pay $70 for this, which is even not an IDE, while there are powerful ones like Emacs and Vim that can do almost everything you can imagine..

Prefinem 13y ago
I use both Vim and Sublime and feel that supporting the developer by paying him, to ensure constant updates isn't really an issue. It may not be an IDE, but it certainly is powerful enough not to matter and a lot more user friendly than Vim
pwthornton 13y ago
If a person were to feel that this made him or her more productive on important work, $70 is hardly anything. Certainly, if you felt that Emacs and Sublime were very similar, just go with the free one, but if you prefer Sublime, $70 isn't much at all. $70 for something that will last you a few years or so isn't much at all for any job or hobby. I have a camera built into my phone, but I still buy dedicated cameras because I get additional use and pleasure out of them. If I didn't, I'd just go with the one that comes with my phone.
jbrooksuk 13y ago
You should try the unlimited trial first, then you'll appreciate the value.
cschmidt 13y ago
The $70 is so insignificant, yet there is always someone who can't see why they would ever pay a cent for their tools. I spend 40 hours a week in an editor, making it around $0.03/hr over a single year. If you like Emacs or vim, then knock yourself out. I'm sure you are very productive. They both have a huge learning curve, and many people don't want that. Using ST or TextMate really feel different from either Emacs and Vim, and I prefer that feel.
bsg75 13y ago
I am reminded of my dark days on Windows where a good editor cost me in 1990's money more that $70: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SlickEdit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SlickEdit
quaffapint 13y ago
Depends upon the user. I tried it for like a week on Windows, but found Notepad++ with some plugins works just the same and is free. Other people rave about it. tomato, tomato.
wodenokoto 13y ago
Let's say an hour of my time is worth $20, which is what I currently make at my student job, so it's pretty fair to call that my going rate. Could I learn to be productive in emacs in 4 hours? I can't. I've tried. SublimeText is like buying one more textbook, but one that I will use extensively in all my courses, unlike most of my books, that get little use in just one course.
ascotan 13y ago
Sublime text is basically textmate with cross platform support. If you've never used textmate, you'll probably not get why it's so neat. There are things that I can do faster in vim (like finding files with Command-T), but overall I find it's the right mix of vim and textmate. I still find the package and snippet system overly complicated, and they still haven't gotten everything right from textmate; but overall a good text editor.
- johncoltrane 13y ago
  I'm absolutely certain I'd have never switched to Vim if ST2 had been available when I was looking for a cross-platform TextMate replacement. TextMate -> ST2 would have been a very easy and quick transition. "Unfortunately", I was already in love with Vim when the first public alpha of ST2 was released and I was seriously underwhelmed when I tried it. Or spoiled, maybe. Anyway, I wouldn't suggest any new programmer to learn Vim and his craft at the same time: Sublime Text is a very fine editor and it's a lot easier to apprehend.
swah 13y ago
I bought it for a Modern Editor to replace Emacs. The editor is solid but there aren't many great plugins/community, like in Emacsland.

by wbsun 13y ago

Prefinem 13y ago

I use both Vim and Sublime and feel that supporting the developer by paying him, to ensure constant updates isn't really an issue. It may not be an IDE, but it certainly is powerful enough not to matter and a lot more user friendly than Vim

pwthornton 13y ago

If a person were to feel that this made him or her more productive on important work, $70 is hardly anything. Certainly, if you felt that Emacs and Sublime were very similar, just go with the free one, but if you prefer Sublime, $70 isn't much at all. $70 for something that will last you a few years or so isn't much at all for any job or hobby. I have a camera built into my phone, but I still buy dedicated cameras because I get additional use and pleasure out of them. If I didn't, I'd just go with the one that comes with my phone.

jbrooksuk 13y ago

You should try the unlimited trial first, then you'll appreciate the value.

cschmidt 13y ago

The $70 is so insignificant, yet there is always someone who can't see why they would ever pay a cent for their tools. I spend 40 hours a week in an editor, making it around $0.03/hr over a single year. If you like Emacs or vim, then knock yourself out. I'm sure you are very productive. They both have a huge learning curve, and many people don't want that. Using ST or TextMate really feel different from either Emacs and Vim, and I prefer that feel.

bsg75 13y ago

I am reminded of my dark days on Windows where a good editor cost me in 1990's money more that $70: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SlickEdit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SlickEdit

quaffapint 13y ago

Depends upon the user. I tried it for like a week on Windows, but found Notepad++ with some plugins works just the same and is free. Other people rave about it. tomato, tomato.

wodenokoto 13y ago

Let's say an hour of my time is worth $20, which is what I currently make at my student job, so it's pretty fair to call that my going rate. Could I learn to be productive in emacs in 4 hours? I can't. I've tried. SublimeText is like buying one more textbook, but one that I will use extensively in all my courses, unlike most of my books, that get little use in just one course.

ascotan 13y ago

Sublime text is basically textmate with cross platform support. If you've never used textmate, you'll probably not get why it's so neat. There are things that I can do faster in vim (like finding files with Command-T), but overall I find it's the right mix of vim and textmate. I still find the package and snippet system overly complicated, and they still haven't gotten everything right from textmate; but overall a good text editor.

johncoltrane 13y ago
I'm absolutely certain I'd have never switched to Vim if ST2 had been available when I was looking for a cross-platform TextMate replacement. TextMate -> ST2 would have been a very easy and quick transition. "Unfortunately", I was already in love with Vim when the first public alpha of ST2 was released and I was seriously underwhelmed when I tried it. Or spoiled, maybe. Anyway, I wouldn't suggest any new programmer to learn Vim and his craft at the same time: Sublime Text is a very fine editor and it's a lot easier to apprehend.

swah 13y ago

I bought it for a Modern Editor to replace Emacs. The editor is solid but there aren't many great plugins/community, like in Emacsland.