Subj : Re: What is your preferred editor for scripting or quick editing?
To : Jagossel
From : Dreamer
Date : Thu Nov 23 2017 10:44 am
> Re: What is your preferred editor for scripting or quick editing?
> By: Kirkman to Nightfox on Tue Sep 05 2017 12:54:43
> > I'm surprised there aren't more votes for Sublime Text. Such a fantastic
> > tex
> t
> > editor, particularly its multiple selection and columnar selection
> > abilities
> .
> Any chance it has something to do with the fact that it costs US$70 for one
> license? That's what drove me away from using Sublime Text and just stick
> with Visual Studio Code and Geany.
Several years back, I was searching for a good editor for college. For
HTML/CSS/Javascript, we were using Notepad++ in the lab. I found it to be a bit
ugly for my taste, and the syntax highlighting seemed clunky (the previous
semester I got hooked on Visual Studio learning C#).
I tested several free editors out, and I settled on Sublime Text. I loathe the
new "cloud" licensing model everybody's moving to. Maybe it's just because I'm
older, but I like the old box store model. Pay for something and it's yours;
you decide if you want to upgrade or stick with what works.
Anyways, at the time I loved Sublime Text's license. I thought it was better
than most of the other editors, and I liked the model. Pay once, use
everywhere. And, it could run off a flash drive. I was able to use the same
software in five different locations.
Visual Studio Code had just been released at that time. I gave it some time to
"mature". I believe Adobe had also started an open source editor about the same
time. I tried both, and then started using Code in place of Sublime. In the
end, while Code seems a bit heavy, I thoroughly enjoy it, and I think it's
highlighting is even better than Sublime.
I was able to snag an adjunct instructor position right out of college. I
created a list of recommended editors for my students. Looking at the list, I'm
currently recommending: VS Code, Brackets, Atom, Sublime Text. I put Sublime at
the bottom of the list due to the license, although I explain they can use it
for the course, and it's still recommended.
