New Sublime Text update

Re:New Sublime Text update by ball_of_lint on Friday May 13, 2016 @03:04AM (#11689058)

Atom is a small bit slower than sublime, but it has just as many or possibly more plugins, has a nicer settings and plugin interface, and is open source and free.

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Re:New Sublime Text update by profmonocle on Friday May 13, 2016 @04:16AM (#11689260)

I switched to Atom a few months ago, and I agree with all your points, but I think you're being a bit generous calling Atom "a small bit slower". On my machine (2013 MacBook Air) Sublime opens instantaneously, while Atom takes 2-3 seconds. Opening files is also noticeably slower, though not by as much. Memory usage is also far higher, in the hundreds of MBs vs tens.

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Re:New Sublime Text update by eivarv on Friday May 13, 2016 @06:56AM (#11689649)

This has been my experience as well, in addition to an increase in energy use.

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Re:New Sublime Text update by adrianhoward on Friday May 13, 2016 @09:07AM (#11690158)

Me too. I poke at Atom every few months — but speed + battery time are why I'm currently sticking with ST.

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