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   Alison Wilder (alisynthesis@io.waxandleather.com)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 04:15:50 JST Alison Wilder

   I wonder how many times I've cancelled out of the Sublime Text nag screen over the years. Probably thousands.

   If it were #foss and/or not $100, I'm sure I would have bought it years ago. Anyone out there using a better lightweight but capable text editor that I should replace it with on #linux?

   If you say #emacs, you lose a testicle.

   #FerrisBueller

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     Matthew Lyon (mattly@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 04:15:48 JST Matthew Lyon

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     @alisynthesis I ragequit Zed after they forced their AI autocomplete on us; they walked that back shortly after but as someone following them for over a year it feels like they’re prepping for a rug pull

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     Alison Wilder (alisynthesis@io.waxandleather.com)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 04:15:49 JST Alison Wilder

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     So far, Zed is winning the battle to replace Sublime, with Kate a close second.

     Kate would probably be winning if I were being perfectly rational, but Zed is ticking all the boxes for a 43-year-old hipster front-end person.

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     Matthew Lyon (mattly@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 04:20:47 JST Matthew Lyon

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     @alisynthesis yeah, if there were a solid fork by people not beholden to VC and with a good plan for community-driven extensibility I’d be into that, because otherwise it just _feels_ good

     but the extension system has a number of problems, central gatekeeping being the primary one. I actually broke their system by deleting a repo I had for a language extension I created

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     Alison Wilder (alisynthesis@io.waxandleather.com)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 04:20:48 JST Alison Wilder

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     • Matthew Lyon

     @mattly yeah, I can tell I won't be able to handle it long-term. But it's such a nice clean editor...really appeals to my 30-year old self.

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     Matthew Lyon (mattly@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 04:36:24 JST Matthew Lyon

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     @alisynthesis others you might want to check out:
     Lapce: modeled after VSCode but with I think a more solid foundation
     Helix: kakoune-inspired terminal-only modal editor, no extensions yet but they’re coming
     Flow Control: an attempt at creating a powerful & friendly terminal editor
     Lite XL: lua-driven & extensible, feels more “off” to me than does Sublime
     TextAdept: actually probably the best OSS sublime-like & alternative to Kate

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     Alison Wilder (alisynthesis@io.waxandleather.com)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 04:36:26 JST Alison Wilder

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     • Matthew Lyon

     @mattly yeah, I'm now procrastinating by reading their github issues. You can't disable ANY of the features they make money with (collaboration, AI, chat, sign in, etc.), even though every other tiny thing about the UI is customizable.

     I mean, I get where they're coming from, I just don't want to be there. I think I'm just going to enjoy the honeymoon today and find a text editor that's not ridiculous tomorrow.