Re:10x Editor
by Thaxll on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @11:19AM
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Re-inventing the wheel is very common for IDE / editors, ofc this is already done by Sublime but I think in this crowded space it's all about perception, maybe Sublime missed the train and now you need a new "fresh" IDE to capture the audience.
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Re:10x Editor
by gmiller123456 on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @04:24PM
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I don't think they "missed the train", just VSCode is free, and there's not enough compelling reason to pay for Sublime now.
I was a Sublime user for quite a while, and switched to VSCode purely because it handled multiple cursors better. Ironically, multi-cursor support was my key reason for switching to Sublime from Notepad++. VSCode is slower, but not enough to actually impact my performance coding.
What VS Code does better with the multiple cursors?
I am curious.
So far I only see that VSC uses Ctrl+Alt+arrow keys, vs ST using Shift+Alt+arrow keys to create the multiple cursors.
Re:10x Editor
by gmiller123456 on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @08:36PM
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It's been quite a while, so I don't remember the specifics, though I'm pretty sure it had to do with the ability to move the cursors around using things like CTRL+Arrow, end, home, etc. Also believe the ability to highlight several lines and press Shift+Alt+I to add a cursor to each line without having to use the mouse wasn't possible in Sublime.
Since it's been a few years, it's totally possible Sublime has those now. But without a pressing reason to switch, I'll be sticking with what I use now.
> Also believe the ability to highlight several lines and press Shift+Alt+I to add a cursor to each line without having to use the mouse wasn't possible in Sublime.
It was always possible, I have used Sublime since version 2. Ctrl+Shift+L.
Seems the issue is they use different keyboard shortcuts and that's it.