Kate already has a lot of features, so maybe for you there is no reason to
switch. Personally, for me, the main feature I would miss in Kate is
multiple cursors. With Sublime Text (and Atom, LT, and Brackets) you can
have multiple cursors so you can edit multiple lines of text at the same
time. In my code, I often have several lines of text that look similar. For
example:
const r_sun = 695500.0KiloMeter; export r_sun
const r_jupiter = 69173.0KiloMeter; export r_jupiter
const r_saturn = 57316.0KiloMeter; export r_saturn
const r_neptune = 24553.0KiloMeter; export r_neptune
const r_uranus = 25266.0KiloMeter; export r_uranus
const r_earth = 6367.4KiloMeter; export r_earth
const r_venus = 6051.9KiloMeter; export r_venus
const r_mars = 3388.5KiloMeter; export r_mars
const r_mercury = 2439.7KiloMeter; export r_mercury
const r_pluto = 1184.0KiloMeter; export r_pluto
const r_ceres = 476.0KiloMeter; export r_ceres
const r_vesta = 265.0KiloMeter; export r_vesta
This is the physical radius of various solar system bodies. Suppose I also
want to have the mass of these bodies (m_sun, m_jupiter, etc...). Then I
have to replace "r_" with "m_" and KiloMeter with KiloGram in every line,
and then change the numbers. I find it convenient to put the cursor on the
first line, press Shift+Alt+Down eleven times and have 12 cursors going at
the same time.
I know that this is not a critical feature, but it is the feature I would
miss the most if I moved to Kate. So it might be the best answer to your
question.
Cheers,
Daniel.
On 29 November 2014 at 07:38, K Leo <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just tried Atom. It appears very good, but I am not sure what advantages
> it has over Kate which is what I have been using?
>
> On 2014年11月29日 00:54, Pileas 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.
>>
>>
>
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