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New Sublime Text 3 New Beta

77 points by ishansharma 12y ago

tzury 12y ago
It took about eight months to get those bugs fixed. That's not the best thing. Other than that, I am still using it as main editor.
- ishansharma 12y ago
  But half of the internet was saying that it is dead. I was using ST2 till a month back, switched and I liked it immediately. They're already working on roadmap for 4, hopefully this will reach stable soon.
- on_and_off 12y ago
  Yeah, I am hoping that an alternative will take ST crown. It really does not have the level of support it deserves. Lime looks like a good contender http://limetext.org/ http://limetext.org/
  - spacemanmatt 12y ago
    If we're going to have to play musical editors every year or so, it sure would be nice if they supported a common internal API or something. I'm sure I'm asking more than I'll get, here. I haven't wanted to use an IDE since the 1990s but I really like the thicket of customized tools I end up with, from combining editor plugins with build scripts. It SUCKS to lose that integration by switching editors.
    - Grue3 12y ago
      Well, some editors are happily chugging along since the 80s and are still actively worked on.
    - colinramsay 12y ago
      Well sublime text supports textmate snippets, and so does lime... It's a start.
  - frewsxcv 12y ago
    atom.io
    - enesunal 12y ago
      meh. irresponsive one.
  - Shorel 12y ago
    Now that they use a reasonable language, I expect them to provide one killer feature of UltraEdit: Opening really big, GB sized files, without thrashing.
    - berkut 12y ago
      Why does what language they write it in affect that? There are apps written in C/C++/Obj-C that can efficiently open/mmap extremely large files. Unless you're talking about more high-level languages possibly having an issue?
- coldtea 12y ago
  Did those bugs affect you? On OS X, using ST3 from the first alphas, never had any issue with any bug (except a small rare display glitch on some folder reloading, which could be due to my third party theme).
gchp 12y ago
Is anyone else seeing a strange issue on Linux where the sidebar doesn't toggle open/close folders correctly? The folder icon toggles between open and closed, however the files inside are not displayed. I can still open files via the command palatte, but I'd like to be able to browse via the sidebar too... Update: My desktop environment is xubuntu 14.04.
- lutusp 12y ago
  > Is anyone else seeing a strange issue on Linux where the sidebar doesn't toggle open/close folders correctly? Linux doesn't have sidebars, desktop environments do. Which desktop environment are you describing?
  - gchp 12y ago
    Good point, I'm using xubuntu 14.04.
  - gbl08ma 12y ago
    Actually I don't think the sidebar/file manager in question is provided by the desktop environment, it is rendered by Sublime Text itself.
  - vertex-four 12y ago
    > Linux doesn't have sidebars, desktop environments do. No, either the GUI toolkit that ST3 uses, or ST3 itself, renders the sidebar. What desktop environment you're using has nothing to do with it - you can run Qt apps on GNOME without them somehow magically turning into GTK apps.
    - lutusp 12y ago
      >> Linux doesn't have sidebars, desktop environments do. > No, either the GUI toolkit that ST3 uses, or ST3 itself, renders the sidebar. Translation: yes. > What desktop toolkit you're using ... Please locate where I said "desktop toolkit".
      - 12y ago
adamors 12y ago
Could people stop spamming Sublime Text beta releases every few hours? Previous submissions: - 3 hours ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8241434 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8241434 - 2 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8227111 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8227111 - 3 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8226102 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8226102 - 3 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8226133 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8226133
- lmedinas 12y ago
  Well, people get excited after some months of stalled development.
  - tehwebguy 12y ago
    Man I would hate to be the ST devs. Everyone keeps calling it stalled, dead, etc. Not sure what release speed would make the difference to commenters here. Are there lots of unfixed bugs or something? I am just missing the source of this consensus.
    - iaskwhy 12y ago
      I'm not one of those complaining about the "lack" of updates but: - a lot of SublimeText users came from TextMate because TextMate stopped being developed actively - the SublimeText developer was extremely active and then new developments just suddenly stopped so some users might feel like TextMate happening all over again Maybe people are having issues with the current SublimeText, I wouldn't know, I'm a perfectly happy paying customer.
      - valarauca1 12y ago
        How can SublimeText use TextMate's code if TextMate's code is GPLv3?
        gjm11 12y ago
tomecki 12y ago
wow, that's something new
bryceadams 12y ago
Atom
- coldtea 12y ago
  So a slower non-native editor with even less features and adoption, that is also Mac only? Sure, sounds like a good deal compared to ST.
  - nightwolf 12y ago
    Not disagreeing with your other points, but these days there is a Windows binary (https://atom.io/faq https://atom.io/faq), too. On Linux you can build from source.
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rattray 12y ago
Somewhat unrelated: My least favorite part of Sublime is the logo, so I made a new version: https://www.dropbox.com/s/7zys0368ddwui8c/st_logo_redesign.png?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/7zys0368ddwui8c/st_logo_redesign.p...
dj-wonk 12y ago
Maybe I just dislike change, but the new icons in the sidebar are wasted space in my opinion.
brenfrow 12y ago
How do I stop this with the new version: http://screencast.com/t/OeMISqW05aYj http://screencast.com/t/OeMISqW05aYj I was hoping there was a setting. I'm using phoenix theme.

77 points by ishansharma 12y ago

tzury 12y ago

It took about eight months to get those bugs fixed. That's not the best thing. Other than that, I am still using it as main editor.

ishansharma 12y ago
But half of the internet was saying that it is dead. I was using ST2 till a month back, switched and I liked it immediately. They're already working on roadmap for 4, hopefully this will reach stable soon.
on_and_off 12y ago
Yeah, I am hoping that an alternative will take ST crown. It really does not have the level of support it deserves. Lime looks like a good contender http://limetext.org/ http://limetext.org/
- spacemanmatt 12y ago
  If we're going to have to play musical editors every year or so, it sure would be nice if they supported a common internal API or something. I'm sure I'm asking more than I'll get, here. I haven't wanted to use an IDE since the 1990s but I really like the thicket of customized tools I end up with, from combining editor plugins with build scripts. It SUCKS to lose that integration by switching editors.
  - Grue3 12y ago
    Well, some editors are happily chugging along since the 80s and are still actively worked on.
  - colinramsay 12y ago
    Well sublime text supports textmate snippets, and so does lime... It's a start.
- frewsxcv 12y ago
  atom.io
  - enesunal 12y ago
    meh. irresponsive one.
- Shorel 12y ago
  Now that they use a reasonable language, I expect them to provide one killer feature of UltraEdit: Opening really big, GB sized files, without thrashing.
  - berkut 12y ago
    Why does what language they write it in affect that? There are apps written in C/C++/Obj-C that can efficiently open/mmap extremely large files. Unless you're talking about more high-level languages possibly having an issue?
coldtea 12y ago
Did those bugs affect you? On OS X, using ST3 from the first alphas, never had any issue with any bug (except a small rare display glitch on some folder reloading, which could be due to my third party theme).

gchp 12y ago

Is anyone else seeing a strange issue on Linux where the sidebar doesn't toggle open/close folders correctly? The folder icon toggles between open and closed, however the files inside are not displayed. I can still open files via the command palatte, but I'd like to be able to browse via the sidebar too... Update: My desktop environment is xubuntu 14.04.

lutusp 12y ago
> Is anyone else seeing a strange issue on Linux where the sidebar doesn't toggle open/close folders correctly? Linux doesn't have sidebars, desktop environments do. Which desktop environment are you describing?
- gchp 12y ago
  Good point, I'm using xubuntu 14.04.
- gbl08ma 12y ago
  Actually I don't think the sidebar/file manager in question is provided by the desktop environment, it is rendered by Sublime Text itself.
- vertex-four 12y ago
  > Linux doesn't have sidebars, desktop environments do. No, either the GUI toolkit that ST3 uses, or ST3 itself, renders the sidebar. What desktop environment you're using has nothing to do with it - you can run Qt apps on GNOME without them somehow magically turning into GTK apps.
  - lutusp 12y ago
    >> Linux doesn't have sidebars, desktop environments do. > No, either the GUI toolkit that ST3 uses, or ST3 itself, renders the sidebar. Translation: yes. > What desktop toolkit you're using ... Please locate where I said "desktop toolkit".
    - 12y ago

adamors 12y ago

Could people stop spamming Sublime Text beta releases every few hours? Previous submissions: - 3 hours ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8241434 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8241434 - 2 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8227111 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8227111 - 3 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8226102 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8226102 - 3 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8226133 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8226133

lmedinas 12y ago
Well, people get excited after some months of stalled development.
- tehwebguy 12y ago
  Man I would hate to be the ST devs. Everyone keeps calling it stalled, dead, etc. Not sure what release speed would make the difference to commenters here. Are there lots of unfixed bugs or something? I am just missing the source of this consensus.
  - iaskwhy 12y ago
    I'm not one of those complaining about the "lack" of updates but: - a lot of SublimeText users came from TextMate because TextMate stopped being developed actively - the SublimeText developer was extremely active and then new developments just suddenly stopped so some users might feel like TextMate happening all over again Maybe people are having issues with the current SublimeText, I wouldn't know, I'm a perfectly happy paying customer.
    - valarauca1 12y ago
      How can SublimeText use TextMate's code if TextMate's code is GPLv3?
      - gjm11 12y ago

tomecki 12y ago

wow, that's something new

bryceadams 12y ago

Atom

coldtea 12y ago
So a slower non-native editor with even less features and adoption, that is also Mac only? Sure, sounds like a good deal compared to ST.
- nightwolf 12y ago
  Not disagreeing with your other points, but these days there is a Windows binary (https://atom.io/faq https://atom.io/faq), too. On Linux you can build from source.

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rattray 12y ago

Somewhat unrelated: My least favorite part of Sublime is the logo, so I made a new version: https://www.dropbox.com/s/7zys0368ddwui8c/st_logo_redesign.png?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/7zys0368ddwui8c/st_logo_redesign.p...

dj-wonk 12y ago

Maybe I just dislike change, but the new icons in the sidebar are wasted space in my opinion.

brenfrow 12y ago

How do I stop this with the new version: http://screencast.com/t/OeMISqW05aYj http://screencast.com/t/OeMISqW05aYj I was hoping there was a setting. I'm using phoenix theme.