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1. ivandenysov · 1790000580 · focus · HN ↗

   What are some reasons to pick Sublime Text over Zed for someone not familiar with either?

   1. kzalesak · 1790001833 · focus · HN ↗

      Sublime text is what notepad++ wished to be. There are many tasks that do not require a full IDE, not even vscode and sublime just works. Always, consistently, reliably works, is fast and a joy to use.

      1. boundless88 · 1790004429 · focus · HN ↗

         If you're using AI to write code, IDE features don't really seem that important anymore.

         1. prollings · 1790037473 · focus · HN ↗

            cool. and if you're not?

            1. boundless88 · 1790040315 · focus · HN ↗

               Otherwise, jumping back and forth while you're reading the code is a real pain.
      2. Krssst · 1790007832 · focus · HN ↗

         Also, LSP can turn Sublime Text into almost an IDE (but much more performant).

         1. dartharva · 1790012554 · focus · HN ↗

            Sublime Text's implementation of LSP is the buggiest and clunkiest I have used in a text editor

            1. jiehong · 1790025191 · focus · HN ↗

               Sublime is an editor I trust to leave open at all times, no matter what.

               But, Helix lsp integration and shortcuts is really excellent, and much better than anything else IMO.

      3. dartharva · 1790012635 · focus · HN ↗

         >Sublime text is what notepad++ wished to be.

         Nonsense statement, Notepad++ has always been superior in every metric

         1. bigstrat2003 · 1790020019 · focus · HN ↗

            Objectively, Notepad++ is inferior at cross-platform support. Subjectively, I don't like that the creator of Notepad++ uses the software itself as a platform for his politics. In either case, I prefer Sublime.
         2. probablyStimmed · 1790024018 · focus · HN ↗

            Notepad++ is like if Word 98 and IrfanView had a baby, a baby who updates twice a week. No disrespect to any of them, but having a clean interface and killer performance was never their claim to fame.

            1. dartharva · 1790049475 · focus · HN ↗

               Are you kidding me!? You can have hundreds, even thousands of tabs of files of any size open in Np++, close without saving, and yet get back instantly on the same session when you start it up next time. Notepad++ is literally faster than Microsoft's own native Notepad, let alone Sublime Text. Even 50GB csv files open instantly in Np++.

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