Text Editors

[armsys]

AkelPad's main executable get's fairly regular updates but I keep an eye on the plugins which get updated far more often. There is even an updater that you can put into AkelPad's AkelFiles directory that will update everything for you showing you a version comparison before you commit.

AkelPad,
Now you kindle my interest in AkelPad.
1. Is AkelPad developed by a Russian developer?
2. Is AkelPad open source?
3. Is AkelPad written in Java?

BTW, do you know anything about TheBrain?

[Nighted]

AkelPad is Russian. There is source available for both the editor and plugins and it's written in C language. Thank God it's not Java. I think there are scripting elements that rely on Java, I don't use it. I never want to see Java again.

I recall something about TheBrain some years back but I don't remember what it is.

[armsys]

AkelPad is Russian. There is source available for both the editor and plugins and it's written in C language. Thank God it's not Java.
I recall something about TheBrain some years back but I don't remember what it is.

1. Why do you hate Java?
2. Do you use any visual tool to help design database structure/properties? UML?

[Nighted]

I used to have to work with Java back in the Netscape days (when you had to pay for a browser), when the WWW was making the internets accessible to the unwashed masses and I was using FTP and telnet more than a browser. I just thought it was dirty having to mix code and I never liked how Javascript looked. Now is so much better with CSS, PHP and HTML 5. I was always worried about how my code looked and kept it pristine because I knew others were looking at it.

No tools for me, nothing fancy. I grew into the nets in the Amiga daze.

[Rhywun]

Long time EmEditor user myself. Mostly switched to Sublime when v2 came out, but I am slowly tiring of the lack of documentation and of the sheer effort required to accomplish the simplest of tasks, such as modifying the syntax highlight color in some language. I don't like Python, either - so creating plugins and such is a major struggle. I find myself using EmEditor more lately. But I have to say Sublime has a couple features that blow all other editors away - like its version of multiple selections and its find/replace behavior. EmEditor has similar features but not as elegant. It is, however, very easy to configure, and it is the fastest editor I have ever used which is the reason I stick with it.

[tux.]

Java is ugly and slow.

Concerning fonts: why not Consolas?

[highend]

GitHub released a (beta) version of it's brand new editor called Atom

It's currently only available for Mac but Windows and Linux versions will follow (but no ETA yet).
To download it you need a beta invite. The fastest way to get one is:
https://etherpad.mozilla.org/RHg1ik2imq

The price isn't yet decided...

Plugins are open source and there are already quite a few of them (including a (rather basic) vim
implementation).

It has many things in common with Sublime Text (which is a good thing), even the GUI layout
looks alike.

Main site: http://atom.io/
Plugins: https://github.com/atom
IRC: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=##atom

If you want to have a look at some of it's features:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BwwUnJVIIs

[tux.]

The price isn't yet decided...

-> no "pro" vs. Sublime Text.
-> not interesting.

[Rhywun]

GitHub released a (beta) version of it's brand new editor called Atom

Looks exactly like Sublime but if there is a language I want to use even less than Python, it has to be Javascript

[Filehero]

Looks exactly like Sublime but if there is a language I want to use even less than Python, it has to be Javascript

I don't mind using desktop tools build an based on web technology frameworks. Afaik that's what current state-of-the-art browsers do anyway, and to significant extent the enterprise world does take this route as well. On top, I have been always whishing I could customize any of my core tools simply by applying CSS.

Anyway, the core message is that it's "just" a Sublime clone?


Cheers,
Filehero

[highend]

Anyway, the core message is that it's "just" a Sublime clone?

Visually and at first glance, many aspects of Atom look like they're cloned from Sublime Text. However, many of the underlying parts are not.

Built-in package management and publishing tools.
The APIs are more flexible and expose nearly everything from the core.
Many parts of the editor are (by default) plugins and therefore accessible to developers.

Featurewise?
I'd call it a clone *g*
But that's the reason why I liked Atom in the first place...

[Filehero]

Hi highend,

thank you for the details. The web-technology core stuff indeed sounds interesting.


Cheers,
Filehero

[tux.]

... and is also possible with Sublime Text.

[bdeshi]

Hey AkelPad users,
I'm considering replacing notepad2 with AkelPad as a light text viewer/editor, but AP's search seems pretty basic, any hints of improvements on that?
Also, it apparently writes Recent files and search info to registry even when "save settings to ini" is enabled. Did you find any way to stop this?

[tux.]

You want to replace a lightweight editor by a more lightweight editor and complain about it being lightweight then?

(BTW "lightweight": Atom is even larger than Emacs. )