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After a 15-minute test drive, here are the things I liked: - It's really fast. - Minimap is a really great feature, especially in conjunction with search. -

After a 15-minute test drive, here are the things I liked: - It's really fast. - Minimap is a really great feature, especially in conjunction with search. - Multi-pane layouts are nice, but what they lack is the ability to put the same file in two different panes. - Multi-select is a nice feature, but it doesn't seem like something I would use very often. - Search & replace interface is nicely placed -- as a bar at the bottom, instead of a pop-up window -- so that it doesn't get in the way. Here's what's keeping me from switching: - No out-of-the-box feature for opening remote files, especially SFTP. I know it says it can integrate with WinSCP, but what I'm talking about is: download, install, run and be able to open a remote file right from the menus. - No code folding. This would have been a serious problem for me in and of itself, but it's especially annoying when you consider the next point. - Configuration and preferences are modified by editing XML and text files, instead of having a GUI for that. Give me those features and I'll be happy to shell out those 60 bucks.

cschneid 17y ago
One of the screenshots shows side-by-side of the same file I think.
- CodeMage 17y ago
  I stand corrected. The caption for central screenshot is "Edit side by side in widescreen", but no matter what I tried I during the initial test-drive, I couldn't make it happen with the same file. I finally managed to do that now, so for those who haven't discovered it, the option is in the File menu and it's called "New view into <filename>" (where <filename> is the name of the file in the active tab).
DanielStraight 17y ago
Multi-select seems really cool to me, but I can't find any way to engage it with the keyboard. It seems there should be some way to do that. Another really cool feature: Visible whitespace on highlight. There are some things that bug me though. One, there are bugs. The "All Hallows" theme gives an error when loading, and any time I've turned on the console, I've managed to get it full of error messages pretty quickly. Also, there should be a way to move the cursor to the next/previous whitespace line like on emacs. The minimap should be resizable.
- jskinner 17y ago
  Multi select with the keyboard: * Option one: select a few lines, then press Ctrl+Shift+L to split the selection into one per line * Option two: Ctrl+Alt+Up or Down Thanks for the heads up about All Hallows Eve... I'll fix it for the next beta. Minimap is tediously resizeable via Preferences/General Preferences (change the value for the minimapMaxWidth value). There's no built in command to move to the next/prev whitespace line, but it'd be pretty easy to whip up with a Python plugin.
  - DanielStraight 17y ago
    Awesome. Kudos on actually doing something new with text editors. I use emacs because it's the best out there, not because I think it's the best possible. I think it's cool that the config is text. It gives me hope for something like dired (absolutely one of the best features of emacs) too.
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  - DanielStraight 17y ago
    Another bug report. Bracket matching incorrectly counts brackets in strings.
jussij 17y ago
> - No out-of-the-box feature for opening remote files, especially SFTP. .... > - No code folding. ..... > - Configuration and preferences .... a GUI for that. > Give me those features and I'll be happy to shell out those 60 bucks. FWIW the Zeus editor has these features: http://www.zeusedit.com http://www.zeusedit.com
- CodeMage 17y ago
  FWIW so do Komodo Edit, which is free, and UltraEdit, which is not. I used to use UltraEdit until I got pissed off because I paid for a newer version only to get more (instead of fewer) bugs than the one I had. On top of it, these guys do their support by e-mail, instead of having a ticket system. That's what made me switch to Komodo and I've been pretty happy with it, except for the fact that it's so slow to start. At this point, it will take an editor with a very compelling set of features and really good support to make me switch, especially if it's a commercial one.

cschneid 17y ago

One of the screenshots shows side-by-side of the same file I think.

CodeMage 17y ago
I stand corrected. The caption for central screenshot is "Edit side by side in widescreen", but no matter what I tried I during the initial test-drive, I couldn't make it happen with the same file. I finally managed to do that now, so for those who haven't discovered it, the option is in the File menu and it's called "New view into <filename>" (where <filename> is the name of the file in the active tab).

DanielStraight 17y ago

Multi-select seems really cool to me, but I can't find any way to engage it with the keyboard. It seems there should be some way to do that. Another really cool feature: Visible whitespace on highlight. There are some things that bug me though. One, there are bugs. The "All Hallows" theme gives an error when loading, and any time I've turned on the console, I've managed to get it full of error messages pretty quickly. Also, there should be a way to move the cursor to the next/previous whitespace line like on emacs. The minimap should be resizable.

jskinner 17y ago
Multi select with the keyboard: * Option one: select a few lines, then press Ctrl+Shift+L to split the selection into one per line * Option two: Ctrl+Alt+Up or Down Thanks for the heads up about All Hallows Eve... I'll fix it for the next beta. Minimap is tediously resizeable via Preferences/General Preferences (change the value for the minimapMaxWidth value). There's no built in command to move to the next/prev whitespace line, but it'd be pretty easy to whip up with a Python plugin.
- DanielStraight 17y ago
  Awesome. Kudos on actually doing something new with text editors. I use emacs because it's the best out there, not because I think it's the best possible. I think it's cool that the config is text. It gives me hope for something like dired (absolutely one of the best features of emacs) too.
- deleted 17y ago
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- DanielStraight 17y ago
  Another bug report. Bracket matching incorrectly counts brackets in strings.

jussij 17y ago

> - No out-of-the-box feature for opening remote files, especially SFTP. .... > - No code folding. ..... > - Configuration and preferences .... a GUI for that. > Give me those features and I'll be happy to shell out those 60 bucks. FWIW the Zeus editor has these features: http://www.zeusedit.com http://www.zeusedit.com

CodeMage 17y ago
FWIW so do Komodo Edit, which is free, and UltraEdit, which is not. I used to use UltraEdit until I got pissed off because I paid for a newer version only to get more (instead of fewer) bugs than the one I had. On top of it, these guys do their support by e-mail, instead of having a ticket system. That's what made me switch to Komodo and I've been pretty happy with it, except for the fact that it's so slow to start. At this point, it will take an editor with a very compelling set of features and really good support to make me switch, especially if it's a commercial one.