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The ST3 API is actually quite terrible. Superficially, it looks OK, but in truth it is: 1. extremely buggy (its trivial to crash ST3). 2. extremely limited
by kansface 12y ago
The ST3 API is actually quite terrible. Superficially, it looks OK, but in truth it is:
1. extremely buggy (its trivial to crash ST3).
2. extremely limited (basically 3 pre-made widgets)
3. subject to buggy third party software for distribution (package manager often ships broken/buggy code).
Of course, one can work around the bugs with sufficient time by figuring out the magic order in which API calls can be made, or by dumping them into setTimeouts. In the mean time, Atom is building a modern, extensible editor on top of two other extremely popular platforms.
- wbond 12y agoI'd appreciate it if you could take the time to report issues that you find with Package Control - I looked and couldn't find a single bug report from you. I guess sometimes it is easier to complain on HN than submit bug reports. BTW, all of the issues you have with Floobits on Sublime are trivial to work around (in fact PC 3.0 fixes them all for you). But from your comments here it sounds like you dislike Sublime so you'd rather just make excuses.
- kansface 12y agoYes, we should report up stream. I apologize for speaking ill of Package Control- it has been quite stable lately. The problems with ST3 don't make it impossible to develop plugins, they just make it harder than it should be. Bugs in the API and the 2/3 split have wasted weeks of our time.