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Just downloaded Atom. I think I like it...

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    I left notepad++ for atom... Loved it

    I left atom a few weeks later for VS Code: much cleaner, faster. Most things are settings rather than downloadable extensions.
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    @AlgoRythm hm... I haven't checked out VS Code yet. Maybe I will...
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    @itsnameless I've been fucking about with vim as well. It's intimidating.
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    @MissDirection It's quite wonderful, but of course, I recommend getting to know Atom as well. Always good to know more than one tool.

    They both start up fairly fucking slow. That's an electron thing.
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    @MissDirection VS Code is really great! 😉
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    Or a real IDE, like those from JetBrains.
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    @AlgoRythm atom is quick on my new machine, but it's a beast - 32gb ram, i7, 512 GB SSD. I need to post that machine soon. Keep forgetting.
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    @MissDirection Ah, I have most programs on a terabyte HDD so that contributes to startup time.
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    @MissDirection And isn't it great? What else can you wish for?
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    I can't open atom anymore and i don't know why... I must reinstall it... Ufff
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    @AlgoRythm If you find VS Code fast, try Sublime! I've never experienced any slowdown, ever.

    (Okay, I did once when I tried to edit every period in War and Peace at once. But. That's just insane anyway.)
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    @Ashkin I've wanted to for a while but I'm working in Lua, c and Java a lot recently and I find myself using code::blocks and nano (hate away - it's easy) more than anything
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    @AlexDeLarge @runfrodorun @MissDirection
    I'm continually trying to improve my vim-fu, but for actual work, I always end up using Sublime again.
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    Try out the Atom IDE packages. They're really awesome. I wanted to use VS Code more because it seemed better but not anymore. Atom IDE is all I need.

    @runfrodorun Can you set up stuff like ESLint and Flow in vim? Those are quite useful tools if you work with JS.

    Also, EMACS? Dafuq?
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    @AlgoRythm pretty much what I did :D
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    I really want to love atom but it's the first text editor that makes me hear my CPU fan... Feels bad
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    The fact that you can pretty much turn it into an IDE in a matter of minutes is pretty fucking attractive, atom gets me hot.
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    Left atom for VS code, cz atom takes hell lot of time to startup.
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    you can try visual studio code or brackets too when you are bored to use atom
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    @mykro yep, want from atom to vs code, never looked back
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    @CoffeeAndHate yeah pycharm is pretty nice.
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    Woo atom club!
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    @AlgoRythm notepad++ has auto session storage and it doesn't ask me to save files when I close it and keeps them in latest state when I reopen.
    Is it possible with Atom ? I tried looking for it but ended up switching back to Notepad++
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    I switched to VS Code from Atom for the speed (I don't have a particularly powerful machine) and it's great. Two things bug me about VS Code, though:

    1. I can't seem to have more than one working project in my Explorer;
    2. Markdown syntax support is a bit patchy in VS Code themes unless you're using a dedicated Markdown theme.

    Of the two, #1 is a bigger issue for me. I often want to refer to another project's notes while working on something. Being able to load multiple project folders in the same window makes that so much easier.
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    @AlgoRythm I just can't get myself to like VS code. I've tried...
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    @him- Atom does that I believe
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    @Haxk20 Same here. Running it on a HP Stream 14, Celeron 3060: 2 threads; slow to start, but no performance issues afterwards whatsoever
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    As much as I liked the tools in atom and vscode, they're too slow. Sublime is here to stay.

    Vim is probably great though, I'll try it one day
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    Well, sublime has good enough tools for me right now, idk why but atom made me feel drowsy. With sublime I feel some energy, makes me more productive. At the end of the day, to each their own
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    It stopped working on my Mac for a while when High Sierra was in beta. Just added it back this week and can say I think I like it more than Sublime...
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    @MissDirection I also atom for long time but after checking vsCode I never opened atom again. Actually vsCode is made using electron framework ( atom core)
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