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Re:Show HN: Tiled Text – a Different Approach to Editing Text by encoderer on Friday March 01, 2013 @10:18PM (#5308307)
Not to debate you, because hey, it's your perogative. But I want to just ask this though and give you the last word with it:

Given that many of the features you're talking about actually do exist in IntelliJ, etc, doesn't that mean that yes, you are sacrificing function for form?

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Re:Show HN: Tiled Text – a Different Approach to Editing Text by lobster_johnson on Saturday March 02, 2013 @06:32AM (#5309241)
Yes, it's a compromise. It's not all about function, or all about form. If ST is 90% beautiful, and IDEA is 0% beautiful, then I will choose Sublime even if it's 5% less functional.

There are other factors at play such as speed; Sublime is lightning fast, IDEA is not. And afaik, IDEA does not support Sublime-style multiple carets.

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Re:Show HN: Tiled Text – a Different Approach to Editing Text by cytzol on Tuesday March 12, 2013 @01:46PM (#5363516)
It really depends on what you're doing. For me (Java), IDEA is about 50% beautiful but 500% functional, and that's what leaves me with it.
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