Sublime Text 2.0 Released

Re:Sublime Text 2.0 Released by tsm on Tuesday June 26, 2012 @10:17PM (#4165193)

And, like every vim emulator ever (with the possible exception of Emacs' spawn), it doesn't support all the vim keystrokes I use daily. My brain knows vim, and I'll code in vim. You don't see professional pianists perform on electric keyboards.

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Re:Sublime Text 2.0 Released by statictype on Wednesday June 27, 2012 @12:46AM (#4165564)

That's what I used to think. Then I started using Sublime text and it's project management features (together with Ctrl-P/Cmd-P) and realized what a huge productivity booster it was to me.

I know Vim has NerdTree and the equivalent Cmd-T plugin - I have tried them and they don't work out quite the same.

There are still lots of things I like about Vim that aren't there in Sublime but it's all about compromises. I still use Vim for editing single files but use Sublime for any project that requires multiple files to be opened and edited.

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Re:Sublime Text 2.0 Released by mattacular on Tuesday June 26, 2012 @11:05PM (#4165304)

Umm what? Yes they do and that is a pretty terrible analogy even if they didn't. Why do you feel the need to pollute a release thread with your VIM elitism?

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Re:Sublime Text 2.0 Released by kamaal on Wednesday June 27, 2012 @12:09AM (#4165461)

I think his point is right. Market a tool for what it is good at doing.

If I want to use vim, I can use vim. Heck there are many things these days that will give you the same GUI candy what GUI based text editors give.

Glossy text editors come and go every 2-3 years, Editors like Emacs and vim stay.

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Re:Sublime Text 2.0 Released by swah on Wednesday June 27, 2012 @03:15PM (#4168687)

On the other hand, what are the odds we're still using them in 100 years? Almost none.

The next question then must be: when do we start writing the next generation of tools? Now, or should we wait?

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Re:Sublime Text 2.0 Released by kamaal on Thursday June 28, 2012 @12:54AM (#4170390)

>>On the other hand, what are the odds we're still using them in 100 years?

Firstly you are not going to live for the coming 100 years. So lets not worry about impossible scenarios.

Secondly next generation tools for the next hundred years need to be designed such.

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Re:Sublime Text 2.0 Released by sj4nz on Thursday June 28, 2012 @01:01AM (#4170401)

The original code for vi was written by Bill Joy in 1976. So, if we applied Gott's Principle and estimated the maximum upside of how long we'll be using Vi or Vi-like editors:

36 years × 39 = 1482 more years of Vi.

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Re:Sublime Text 2.0 Released by batista on Wednesday June 27, 2012 @05:11AM (#4166180)

>* You don't see professional pianists perform on electric keyboards.*

Classical pianists don't. Every other kind of professional pianist does it all the time.

Except if you don't consider someone like Keith Jarrett, Herby Hancock or Chick Corea a "professinal pianist".

As for "not supporting all the vim keystrokes", ever heard of the 80/20 rule?

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