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Honestly, at this point the only things actually keeping me using ST over Atom are (1) the SFTP plugin, (2) per-project settings, and (3) click-and-drag multipl
by zyxley 12y ago
Honestly, at this point the only things actually keeping me using ST over Atom are (1) the SFTP plugin, (2) per-project settings, and (3) click-and-drag multiple cursors... and Atom plugins have already started making headway on 1 and 2.
- Dolimiter 12y agoAtom is too slow to be useable in real world projects. It's fine for hobby coding a few files. But try opening anything larger: it's painfully horribly slow. This is not something that can be fixed; it's because they are using a browser to render the code. Therefore Atom has no chance of replacing Sublime Text. Sorry.
- gomesnayagam 12y agoAre you not trolling? I dont think so is allowed in HN
- tmikaeld 12y agoAtom is open source and have gained popularity and momentum very quickly - it's also backed by the king of source code. I believe Atom will run laps around ST before 4 development is even started.
- jonah 12y agoI doubt they'll ever get the performance of ST though. I use ST3 daily and have tried Atom a couple times, it's just not fluid enough to feel comfortable with.
- moepstar 12y agoAt least 3) is adressed with Chocolat, an other text editor for Mac OS. I've came to like it while pondering dropping 70$ on ST when i got Chocolat for free in some kind of software bundle (can't recall which), so there's that..