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I've used Atom for quite a while now (mostly for Go projects). Go-plus plugin is just awesome. I've also taken up development of [sourcegraph-atom][1] plugin.

I've used Atom for quite a while now (mostly for Go projects). Go-plus plugin is just awesome. I've also taken up development of [sourcegraph-atom][1] plugin. For most day to day coding file size limits and slowness which comes from big files is not relevant. If your source files are huge you probably want to split them up more. If you have to work with big files Atom is not for you, but so are most editors. For data extraction and transformation I rather use CLI. Where I've noticed slowdown the most is when you open up many files, I think things could be improved there, but again typically you don't need 20 files open in editor at the same time. Multiple projects is a nice feature, but I'm already used to opening multiple windows if I do need to have multiple folders open. I'm sure the community will come up with some nice uses/plugins for it. I think one of the biggest pluses for Atom is the active community and plugins and they're invested to keep it going and improve. [1]: https://github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph-atom https://github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph-atom

seanwilson 12y ago
Yeah, I wish people would stop dismissing all the effort the Atom contributors are making by bringing up the 2MB file limit all the time. I've not seen a 2MB source code file (thankfully!) in a long time so it doesn't impact me. If I need to edit or search through a >2MB e.g. log or CSV file, I usually do that from the terminal anyways. The file size limit is a bit weird I'll admit but not a showstopper for me.
- daemonfire300 12y ago
  I agree with you, but as an engineer doesn't it drive you mad that __modern__ software performs so bad at a task yet so simple?
- bdcravens 12y ago
  Their full screen bugs on OSX (possibly just when using multiple monitors) are what keep driving me back to Sublime. Large files can usually be accessed elsewhere; the inability to switch windows when you have unsaved worked over there is lost time/money.
  - JoelHobson 12y ago
    It might just be multiple monitor related. I use Atom on OSX Mavericks daily, and haven't noticed any issues. Only one monitor though.
    - bdcravens 12y ago
      Are you accessing multiple full screen windows and swiping between them? I think that's where the bug is.
nulltype 12y ago
sourcegraph-atom looks pretty awesome, I tried to get Jump to Definition to work but gave up after an hour of messing with it. If Atom had that, it would be definitely better than Sublime for my use case.
- MaikuMori 12y ago
  Which language did you try to use it with? Go right now is the most stable.
  - nulltype 12y ago
    It was Go. It took me awhile to get the src command line tool working, not sure if it was ever 100%. I seem to remember atom throwing some exceptions too, I figure I'll try again in a year (which is the last time I tried to get this working I think). I can give it another try and document the process if you want to help me figure out the issue.
    - MaikuMori 12y ago
      We're working on adding automatic install sort of like go-plus does. Also before I picked it up the plugin was outdated and didn't work with recent Atom versions so that could have contributed to the problem. If you have time please try again and open an issue. I'll make sure it gets fixed.
      - nulltype 12y ago
        https://github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph-atom/issues/24 https://github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph-atom/issues/24

seanwilson 12y ago

Yeah, I wish people would stop dismissing all the effort the Atom contributors are making by bringing up the 2MB file limit all the time. I've not seen a 2MB source code file (thankfully!) in a long time so it doesn't impact me. If I need to edit or search through a >2MB e.g. log or CSV file, I usually do that from the terminal anyways. The file size limit is a bit weird I'll admit but not a showstopper for me.

daemonfire300 12y ago
I agree with you, but as an engineer doesn't it drive you mad that __modern__ software performs so bad at a task yet so simple?
bdcravens 12y ago
Their full screen bugs on OSX (possibly just when using multiple monitors) are what keep driving me back to Sublime. Large files can usually be accessed elsewhere; the inability to switch windows when you have unsaved worked over there is lost time/money.
- JoelHobson 12y ago
  It might just be multiple monitor related. I use Atom on OSX Mavericks daily, and haven't noticed any issues. Only one monitor though.
  - bdcravens 12y ago
    Are you accessing multiple full screen windows and swiping between them? I think that's where the bug is.

nulltype 12y ago

sourcegraph-atom looks pretty awesome, I tried to get Jump to Definition to work but gave up after an hour of messing with it. If Atom had that, it would be definitely better than Sublime for my use case.

MaikuMori 12y ago
Which language did you try to use it with? Go right now is the most stable.
- nulltype 12y ago
  It was Go. It took me awhile to get the src command line tool working, not sure if it was ever 100%. I seem to remember atom throwing some exceptions too, I figure I'll try again in a year (which is the last time I tried to get this working I think). I can give it another try and document the process if you want to help me figure out the issue.
  - MaikuMori 12y ago
    We're working on adding automatic install sort of like go-plus does. Also before I picked it up the plugin was outdated and didn't work with recent Atom versions so that could have contributed to the problem. If you have time please try again and open an issue. I'll make sure it gets fixed.
    - nulltype 12y ago
      https://github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph-atom/issues/24 https://github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph-atom/issues/24