#Atom plain text editor install
#Atom plain text editor software
#Atom plain text editor download

#Atom plain text editor software

The aim was to push each software platform to see how useful its basic tools were and also how easy it was to get to grips with any more advanced tools. We then tested the service to see how the software could be used for different purposes and in different situations.

#Atom plain text editor download

To test for the best text editors we first set up an account with the relevant software platform, whether as a download or as an online service. It also provides the ability to create nifty custom keyboard shortcuts for additional speed and complete control. Ultraedit sports a highly customizable column-based interface that can be tweaked to help you manage the project you’re working on, and like others on this list it comes with a wide range of add-ons and features – such as autocomplete, Find in Files, Templates and debugging. In addition to text, it can be used to edit a wide range of programming languages – from PHP and Javascript to HTML. Of course the appearance of an alert box interferes with workflow, but not as badly as replacing every word you type without asking.Ultraedit is a powerful text editor suitable for editing massive text files that exceed gigabytes in size. Don't have Enter as a default selection behaviour unless explicit ( see Add another setting for confirming a suggestion: Enter, but only when explicitly selected #943 The ENTER key should always work when intentionally selecting completion from dropdown #595 )Īnother workaround would be an alert box on load of a new file type which a) surfaces that autocomplete-plus is likely to interfere with your typing - which is otherwise hidden in the plumbing, b) offers a choice of behaviour, c) offers the means of making it permanent for the file type.Don't activate on all files by default, consider a whitelist not a blacklist.Don't activate an (English) language dictionary as an autocompletion server by default - that will mean there isn't a 'single suggestion' for everything that looks even a bit like a word.Please consider disabling at least one of the elements in the default configuration, e.g. I recall giving up on Atom when I originally tested it because of behaviours like this, and I am only resuming testing because it is a standard IDE for pair programming with a prospective employer. I can't agree that digging through the internet to find this package and setting to turn this behaviour off is a legitimate use of time for a new user of a text editor, and for many who might benefit from Atom it would simply be impossible to solve.

That's because when editing short lines of text (which I consider the killer app of a text editor) pressing happens every 20 characters or so when I complete a new bullet and almost universally replaces the last word of my text with something arbitrary. I'm making simple bulleted list in Markdown. However, the combined result is pretty horrific, meaning I have to permanently interact with the autocomplete navigation to type any words at all in the file I am currently editing.

#Atom plain text editor install

I didn't choose to install autocomplete-plus, and given its installed by default from the minimal configuration I have, it has turns Atom from a usable text editor into a tool I have to combat.Įach design decision might seem to make sense individually, (adding a full language dictionary, running by default on all files, selecting single suggestion on Enter).