Re:Lime Text – Open Source Sublime Text alternative (2014)
by falcolas on Thursday October 13, 2016 @10:34AM
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> since when do you need to edit log files?
Any time I want to re-hydrate escaped control sequences like newlines, or explore the log using a host of tools available in a text editor.
> at least its fully extensible
As are most text editors and IDEs. Atom's only difference here is that the extensions must be written in Javascript. Not everyone sees this as a good thing.
> its just not meant to be used as anything beside editing small code files
And that's the problem. Why should a user be forced ahead of time to consider their usecase for editing a file just to choose which gimped file editor they want to use?
Any time I want to re-hydrate escaped control sequences like newlines, or explore the log using a host of tools available in a text editor.
> at least its fully extensible
As are most text editors and IDEs. Atom's only difference here is that the extensions must be written in Javascript. Not everyone sees this as a good thing.
> its just not meant to be used as anything beside editing small code files
And that's the problem. Why should a user be forced ahead of time to consider their usecase for editing a file just to choose which gimped file editor they want to use?