Well.

Well. The comments here so far are about what one would expect. We're well on our way to making a 2MB+ file of "LOL USE VIM/EMACS" comments. I've been using Atom for a bit now. I like it. I started out with vim but it never really stuck. I still use vim bindings in Atom for basic movement/yanking/pasting et cetera, but I admit, I am a GUI using creature and I like to grab the mouse every once in a while. I rather enjoy the fact that I can poke at my editor just using a basic understanding of web development technologies. I enjoy that Atom was easy to set up and install plugins, unlike the dozen different ways you can/should customize vim. I already have a much more tweaked environment with Atom simply because slogging through .vimrc and vim bundles (even with vundle) was a major pain for me. I've never run into performance issues or the 2MB file limit (yes, I do have to deal with log files, but opening them in a text editor is not part of my workflow). Clearly, others have different skills and priorities and Atom doesn't work for them. That's great. I'm glad there are options out there. Vim isn't a giant pile of shit just because it doesn't work for me.

Posted by beardicus on Jun 10, 2015, 1:42 PM

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