5 ms·

Now that Brackets.io is 1.0 and Atom is getting more mature, is Sublime Text really still relevant? It should go FOSS to stay competitive.

by skrowl 12y ago

cr3ative 12y ago
Can Atom open files larger than 2MB yet?
- Mtinie 12y ago
  I ran into the limitation this morning, so as of 0.140.0, the answer is still "No" :(
  - jason_slack 12y ago
    They have 0.146.0 out now.
matthewmacleod 12y ago
I don't really know that this is true. Sublime is a zillion times faster than Atom, and brackets isn't something that enters into the same league as either. I don't see how open-sourcing will help it.
- Luc 12y ago
  Sublime Text appears to be developed by someone who actively shuns his users, though.
  - robin_reala 12y ago
    Given the speed difference I’m less bothered by a little bit of user shunning.
  - coldtea 12y ago
    Still better than a ho-hum editor from user-lovers like Atom or Brackets...
    - Luc 12y ago
      Are they really? User-lovers, I mean. Just a few days ago I got an email from a plugin developer (Sublimall), anounching that they're stopping development. Quote from the email: "There is no community, no documentation, API is not well designed and there is absolutely no communication with Sublime Text developers.". I don't know if I can recommend it, really. There's a real risk other plugins I rely on won't be maintained anymore.
      - coldtea 12y ago
        >Just a few days ago I got an email from a plugin developer (Sublimall) Well, that's just one developer though -- and who might be frustrated because of small adoption for his plugin. Haven't even heard of that one to be frank, but I see good movement in the ST plugin space for the stuff I use. But my point was actually the opposite: I'd take a more fleshed out product like ST even if it's not user-friendly (in the community, developer relationship sense), over a user-friendly product thats not as functional, such as Atom etc. If ST stops serving my needs (which it can serve as long as it runs in the current state, I don't need anything new, except for it to be ported to new versions of OS X), I'm OK. Else I can switch. I've used anything, and I'm a 15+ years Vim user too, so I can always go back to that.

Now that Brackets.io is 1.0 and Atom is getting more mature, is Sublime Text really still relevant? It should go FOSS to stay competitive.

by skrowl 12y ago

Now that Brackets.io is 1.0 and Atom is getting more mature, is Sublime Text really still relevant? It should go FOSS to stay competitive.

cr3ative 12y ago

Can Atom open files larger than 2MB yet?

Mtinie 12y ago
I ran into the limitation this morning, so as of 0.140.0, the answer is still "No" :(
- jason_slack 12y ago
  They have 0.146.0 out now.

matthewmacleod 12y ago

I don't really know that this is true. Sublime is a zillion times faster than Atom, and brackets isn't something that enters into the same league as either. I don't see how open-sourcing will help it.

Luc 12y ago
Sublime Text appears to be developed by someone who actively shuns his users, though.
- robin_reala 12y ago
  Given the speed difference I’m less bothered by a little bit of user shunning.
- coldtea 12y ago
  Still better than a ho-hum editor from user-lovers like Atom or Brackets...
  - Luc 12y ago
    Are they really? User-lovers, I mean. Just a few days ago I got an email from a plugin developer (Sublimall), anounching that they're stopping development. Quote from the email: "There is no community, no documentation, API is not well designed and there is absolutely no communication with Sublime Text developers.". I don't know if I can recommend it, really. There's a real risk other plugins I rely on won't be maintained anymore.
    - coldtea 12y ago
      >Just a few days ago I got an email from a plugin developer (Sublimall) Well, that's just one developer though -- and who might be frustrated because of small adoption for his plugin. Haven't even heard of that one to be frank, but I see good movement in the ST plugin space for the stuff I use. But my point was actually the opposite: I'd take a more fleshed out product like ST even if it's not user-friendly (in the community, developer relationship sense), over a user-friendly product thats not as functional, such as Atom etc. If ST stops serving my needs (which it can serve as long as it runs in the current state, I don't need anything new, except for it to be ported to new versions of OS X), I'm OK. Else I can switch. I've used anything, and I'm a 15+ years Vim user too, so I can always go back to that.