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You have to understand that Atom is repurposed webkit, with all the flaws and benefits that come with a browser engine. I liked it, the dealbreaker (to say the
by notum 12y ago
You have to understand that Atom is repurposed webkit, with all the flaws and benefits that come with a browser engine.
I liked it, the dealbreaker (to say the least) for me was broken support for non-US keyboard layouts, it can't differentiate alt from alt-gr making it impossible for me to type most brackets and pipe.
This has been an open issue for months, with a couple of community contributed "solutions" that don't quite cut it.
Considering they are pretty much ignoring the problem I won't be checking out Atom again soon.
- Moter8 12y agoLink to the issue: https://github.com/atom/atom-keymap/issues/35 https://github.com/atom/atom-keymap/issues/35 I'm annoyed by it too, let's hope someone tackles it somewhat soon. I'm still using atom though.
- jackjeff 12y agoThis is specifics to PC's keyboards. Mac ALT keys are symmetrical even on non US keyboard layouts. I have such a visceral hate for Alt-GRrrrr...
- throwaway49873 12y ago"Atom is repurposed webkit" Hopefully Github will come to their senses and instead start using Skia directly, like ST3 does. Proper 2D library bindings would be super valuable to any community.
- adnam 12y agoI just downloaded the latest version (on ubuntu 14.04 with Atom 0.177.0) and was able to type "|" and "@" and "\" no without problems on a Spanish-layout keyboard. Edit: in latest release notes it says "Atom now runs on top of Chrome 40 and io.js".