So Github has decided to discontinue its ATOM text editor.you can read more about it here: https://github.blog/2022-06-08-sunsetting-atom/. ATOM w...
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I've been using Vim for about 25 years. Best editor I've ever used, and I've used many different text editors. (...but I haven't used ATOM, VSCode, Brackets, or Kate. I have used Sublime.) Also, Vim is on every platform I care about.
Before I switched to Vim, I had used Emacs for about 8 years.
The feature I like best about Vim is that it gets out of the way. It's a zen-like experience. I can become one with the keyboard.
I would not use Vim as an IDE substitute, although some die-hard Vim fans do use it as an IDE. Not its wheelhouse.
Nice, But vim/emacs aren't very beginner friendly. I tried to learn them but found opening a text editor like Kate much easier and faster
I agree with that!
I can't recall the text editor I used when I was a beginner. It would have been on the Apple IIe, in 1983. I suspect it also wasn't very beginner friendly, but I didn't know better at the time.
I like the way Vim can customize and lightweight. I really want to replace VSCode to Vim. But still, vscode have the power of user friendly and extensions. Now when code React, I use Vim, when code Flutter, I use vscode :v
Atom, Brackets or any of these are not in the same Category as VSCode, VSC has so much you can't call it texteditor, it is a full blown IDE for web+
i would be curious to hear your opinion on doom emacs ! why did you switch to vim, it sure must be something awesome since you spent 8 years on emacs !
Sublime isn't free at all.
This is what it says in the official notes:
Ya, you are correct.
I edited and corrected it.
i think there are 3 main editors today, vim( or nvim) , emacs, vscode, i prefer to use nvim because everything vscode does nvim does it and it never leaves the terminal (formatting, linting, autocomplete, glorious themes, endless extension). just give it a weekend configuring it and a day or two learning the keybindings and you will never regret it. you will easily save 1.5 gb of ram and it is waaaaay much faster
Vim/emacs aren't really that beginner friendly. I tried to learn them but found opening a text editor like Kate much easier and faster
yeah that is why i said it takes a weekend to learn.
I'm going to learn it, thats for sure. But I'm not sure when 😅
Bye bye ATOM
I've used Sublime, Brackets and VSCode and personally found Sublime to be more fast, but prompt to purchase licence that's where I hate it 🥴 so using VSCode only.
If you want a faster code editor for quick edits and small projects use Vim or Sublime Text, instead of Atom.
Vim isn't very beginner friendly, and sublime prompts for licence key again and again, So I use Kate instead. I have mentioned this in the post too
I didn't know this code editor, it's native right?, nothing about electron and stuff, it looks good... Let's see how you have it configured to see if it motivates me to use it.
Ya, Its native.
My kate uses my desktop's theme and goes well with my OS
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You have Vim, GEdit, Elementary OS Code, XCode, Notepad++, Emacs... so many text editors. They come and go, choose. what fits you best 😉. It's a pity to see the project discontinued though, but since it's open source, and MIT licensed I guess the community will fork it into a new project.