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Re:Lime Text – Open Source Sublime Text alternative (2014) by minitech on Thursday October 13, 2016 @02:48AM (#12698978)
Why does your text editor need multiple threads?
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Re:Lime Text – Open Source Sublime Text alternative (2014) by legulere on Thursday October 13, 2016 @03:25AM (#12699091)
Because some tasks like autocompletion take a relatively long time. This leads to your editor blocking.
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Re:Lime Text – Open Source Sublime Text alternative (2014) by coldtea on Thursday October 13, 2016 @05:23AM (#12699489)
To avoid blocking?
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