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Re:Introducing Atom-IDE by kornish on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @09:30PM (#15234734)
I'm just saying that you're hijacking the point (that using a single editor, rather than switching between IDEs, is useful) and replacing it with a competition for size and speed. Yes, vim and emacs are lighter. Does that devalue Atom's consistency? No. I say this as an avid Emacs user.
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Re:Introducing Atom-IDE by dkersten on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @01:16PM (#15240377)
Ah, I understand now.

I guess my point was that since vim/emacs already exist and have advantages, that use case for atom seems a bit unnecessary, but of course in reality many people don't use vim/emacs due to the learning curve, so I suppose the point is irrelevant.

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