One thing I need quite often is the "block selection mode". For instance adding the same characters in front of several lines, or deleting or adding commas in all lines of a data table. I know how to do this with TextMate or Kate, but generally have difficulties finding it in a new editor. For example how to do this with Atom, Sublime, or Brackets? Thanks.
On Saturday, November 29, 2014 10:26:06 AM UTC+1, Daniel Carrera wrote: > > 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 <cnbi...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > 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. >>> >>> >> > > > -- > When an engineer says that something can't be done, it's a code phrase > that means it's not fun to do. >
