Hi Pileas, Ok. So I installed Atom and I have now spent several hours playing with it. I am impressed, and I like it. I did hit an issue with font sizes which took a lot of effort to resolve. But moving past that, I think Atom will replace Sublime Text on my desktop. It has a similar look & feel (especially for me: multiple cursors and minimap) but I find Atom easier to configure, and I find it easier to discover new features. Atom already gives me several features that I do not currently have with Sublime:
1) Syntax highlighting for Julia and both modern Fortran and old Fortran. I actually need both. I use two different codes for my simulations. One is in F95 and the other is F77. Sublime gives me ZERO syntax highlighting for F77, which actually when I need it the most because F77 is quite difficult to read. 2) Spell checking, including spell check inside LaTeX files. I'm sure there is a way to get this in Sublime, but the fact that I do not yet have it at least indicates that the feature was less discoverable in Sublime than in Atom. So I'm happy. I am still exploring Atom, but I think it has already replaced Sublime for me. Cheers, Daniel. On 28 November 2014 at 17:54, Pileas <[email protected]> wrote: > I use Atom. It resembles so much with Sublime (maybe the same people work > there). > > I tried Light Table. It is faster when it opens (this is a problem that > Atom has so far: it is a little slow), but I find Atom easier to work with. > Easy to install packages and themes. Supports many languages syntax > (Fortran and Julia included). > > I don't know about Bracket. > > Τη Παρασκευή, 28 Νοεμβρίου 2014 11:39:43 π.μ. UTC-5, ο χρήστης Daniel > Carrera έγραψε: >> >> Hi everyone, >> >> Can anyone here comment or share opinions on the newer text editors -- >> Atom, Light Table, Bracket -- that seem to be trying to supplant Sublime >> Text? A lot of the information you find online seems to be geared toward >> web development, but my interest is programming with Julia (and Fortran). >> That's why I asking for opinions on the Julia mailing list. >> >> I currently use Sublime Text, and I am very happy with it. But I am >> curious about the others, since they seem to intentionally copy the most >> important features from Sublime Text. If you have experience with these >> editors and can tell me why you like one better than another, I would love >> to hear it. >> >> Cheers, >> Daniel. >> > -- When an engineer says that something can't be done, it's a code phrase that means it's not fun to do.
