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Sublime 3 user here. I wanted to try Atom mainly because it's open source, and I was a bit concerned with Sublime not getting updates. I tried Atom when it firs

Sublime 3 user here. I wanted to try Atom mainly because it's open source, and I was a bit concerned with Sublime not getting updates. I tried Atom when it first came out and it was really slow and buggy. I decided to try it again a couple of months ago and, while it's faster and more stable than it was before, it's still way slower and less stable than Sublime. Now Sublime is getting frequent updates again. It's a beautiful piece of software. Fast, stable and pleasant to use. I payed the license without hesitation. I would like to see an article telling me the advantages of Atom over Sublime, because so far, I'm unable to identify any one but the fact that it's open source. All the packages that I use in Sublime are either non existent on Atom or not as good.

baldfat 12y ago
This article list out these points. Fuzzy file finder (cmd+P or cmd+T). Command palette (cmd+shift+P): Execute any command offered by Atom by typing its name. Split editing: Edit multiple files side by side. File (cmd+F) and project search (cmd+shift+F). Git integration. Key binding resolver (cmd+.): Best way to learn keyboard shortcuts. And lots more: Project tree view, go to line/symbol, multiple cursors, markdown preview… The power of reading.
- msbarnett 12y ago
  Sublime has all of those things, though? (except possibly the key binding resolver, I've never tried that)
- ceronman 12y ago
  Not only these features are already in Sublime. They were there long before Atom was released. They also work much better than in Atom. For example, the fuzzy file finder feels slow with a 50K files repo. Go to symbol doesn't work with many languages, e.g. Perl. Also, I miss a few things in Atom: Macro recording. Go to Symbol in Project.
  - ahuth 12y ago
    Maybe a project with 50k files isn't a good use case for Atom. I work on a large (for me) Rails app with a couple thousand files, and never experience any slowness or issues.
- johnmaguire2013 12y ago
  With the power of reading, you can see that these are all features Sublime already had. I find Sublime's fuzzy search to be far superior as well (both in terms of how quickly I can find what I'm looking for, and in the sense that if I say Cmd-P in Sublime to do file fuzzy search, I can then type "@" to see the definitions in the current file instead, or start fuzzy searching, and once a file is highlighted, append "@" to look at the definitions in that file. Or if I want to jump to a line just add ":32"). Atom doesn't support that.
  - ahuth 12y ago
    Atom does support adding ":32" when fuzzy finding, to jump to a line.
    - johnmaguire2013 11y ago
      That is literally what I said in my comment. :S
  - baldfat 12y ago
    Yes and people responding to me didn't read the article either. > All the features that make Sublime great are also available in Atom, and some extra ones: Is what I quoted.
    - johnmaguire2013 11y ago
      Then you didn't read the comment which said: > I would like to see an article telling me the advantages of Atom over Sublime, because so far, I'm unable to identify any one but the fact that it's open source. All the packages that I use in Sublime are either non existent on Atom or not as good. He's saying there's nothing Atom can do that Sublime can't -- furthermore, the the things listed in the article are oftentimes done not as well in Atom (as I gave an example of.)
- baldfat 12y ago
  Glad I got a vote down for answering a question when the article listed out this items. Hacker News can be very encouraging.

baldfat 12y ago

This article list out these points. Fuzzy file finder (cmd+P or cmd+T). Command palette (cmd+shift+P): Execute any command offered by Atom by typing its name. Split editing: Edit multiple files side by side. File (cmd+F) and project search (cmd+shift+F). Git integration. Key binding resolver (cmd+.): Best way to learn keyboard shortcuts. And lots more: Project tree view, go to line/symbol, multiple cursors, markdown preview… The power of reading.

msbarnett 12y ago
Sublime has all of those things, though? (except possibly the key binding resolver, I've never tried that)
ceronman 12y ago
Not only these features are already in Sublime. They were there long before Atom was released. They also work much better than in Atom. For example, the fuzzy file finder feels slow with a 50K files repo. Go to symbol doesn't work with many languages, e.g. Perl. Also, I miss a few things in Atom: Macro recording. Go to Symbol in Project.
- ahuth 12y ago
  Maybe a project with 50k files isn't a good use case for Atom. I work on a large (for me) Rails app with a couple thousand files, and never experience any slowness or issues.
johnmaguire2013 12y ago
With the power of reading, you can see that these are all features Sublime already had. I find Sublime's fuzzy search to be far superior as well (both in terms of how quickly I can find what I'm looking for, and in the sense that if I say Cmd-P in Sublime to do file fuzzy search, I can then type "@" to see the definitions in the current file instead, or start fuzzy searching, and once a file is highlighted, append "@" to look at the definitions in that file. Or if I want to jump to a line just add ":32"). Atom doesn't support that.
- ahuth 12y ago
  Atom does support adding ":32" when fuzzy finding, to jump to a line.
  - johnmaguire2013 11y ago
    That is literally what I said in my comment. :S
- baldfat 12y ago
  Yes and people responding to me didn't read the article either. > All the features that make Sublime great are also available in Atom, and some extra ones: Is what I quoted.
  - johnmaguire2013 11y ago
    Then you didn't read the comment which said: > I would like to see an article telling me the advantages of Atom over Sublime, because so far, I'm unable to identify any one but the fact that it's open source. All the packages that I use in Sublime are either non existent on Atom or not as good. He's saying there's nothing Atom can do that Sublime can't -- furthermore, the the things listed in the article are oftentimes done not as well in Atom (as I gave an example of.)
baldfat 12y ago
Glad I got a vote down for answering a question when the article listed out this items. Hacker News can be very encouraging.