VS Code is so bloated af Waiting for this to be stable! Would love to contribute! Any next features doc, so I can pick a topic and submit some PRs. Awesome work :)
* LSP uses JSON. Even worse, VSCode uses UTF-16 internally (because Javascript does, more or less). But JSON uses UTF-8. So for correct operation VSCode converts the UTF-16 to UTF-8, and then your language server has to convert it back to UTF-16 to figure out the row/col positions (which are in UTF-16 units).
* LSP has an "easy mode" where the entire document is sent to the language server on every keypress!
* Some functions like `provideDocumentLinks()` operate on the entire document, so on every keypress (maybe it batches them I don't know), all linkifier extensions will run a load of regexes over the whole document.
There's definitely scope for a text editor with an extension API that encourages speed.
apart from code folding.
Btw. I have used Sublime. It is a very nice Editor. Most importantly incredibly snappy and so far no other editor matched Sublime's intuitive `TAB` completion dynamics.
Oh, yeah, and it's fucking expensive...
So, just how the biggest companies, banks, governments, etc. in the world work (using e.g. Excel, Word, Visual Studio, etc)...
on a side note, banks and governments often actually audit closed-source code, as they get that worked out in their contracts. Go ahead and ask Microsoft, if you could do the same...
Why do you feel the need for ad-hominen arguments and pop-psychology BS? Do you feel personally validated because you use Open Source, compensating for other lacks in your life, perhaps not being loved enough as a kid?
See how two can play this game? Maybe stick to practical arguments?
My point was in practical use, trusting a proprietary commercial binary (from Microsoft, Oracle, whatever) is not a big issue for far more sensitive environments (banks, governents, etc) than the average user case.
But hey, I also gave you an actual argument, you ignored......
~80 USD per user (not per computer, per user), and then you have support for that version the X upcoming years. I understand 80 USD is a lot of money for some people, but I would argue for businesses it isn't and it isn't if you compare it to other stuff. Which requires subscription, or lets you pay with your data / advertising. Even if FOSS, that's arguably worse.
(I use Sublime and Vim, sometimes Vi, and on Citrix we got Notepad++ which is Windows-only.)
> Personally, I just don't feel comfortable working with sensitive information or proto-executables in closed-source software.
For starters, you could decide to not not hang it on a network 24/7. Or hang it in a different VLAN than the stuff on your network using Log4j.
I have access to Sublime Text 3, and even to the Sublime Text 4 beta.
I also pay the yearly Jetbrains full-suite subscription.
Also, apparently it's $100 USD now. C'mon, 100 bucks for a basic text editor?!
Also, developers are spoiled af. Imagine if you worked in industrial design or something. The standard there is something like solidworks or autocad. You’d get laughed out of the room if you tried to stumble through with some open source alternative. Just the software can be $x000/year and that’s not even considering the hardware that some might need to stay productive. You want to actually prototype something? Pony up another pile of money for a CNC or a laser cutter or whatever + the operator time (if you don’t know how to do it) + the materials.
Seriously?
Forget the exorbitant tech salaries, so many other industries charge way more for essential equipment. That's chaper than a single snap-on wrench out of the hundreds that an automative shop has to buy. It's two months of adobe bundle that most graphic designers subscribe to. I think the perspective here is important.
For some in tech, $100 is a hell of a lot of money.
[0] That was last year, so maybe it was a buggy release (doubt it) or maybe they made big improvements since (possible)
That's the entire point? The functions don't exist because it's supposed to be lightweight.
If you're finding that you need 20+ plugins to add features then I've got news for you, you're looking for an IDE that has all these built in by default.
I have certainly around 20 plugins in my Vim and it runs faster than Usain Bolt.
I agree with your first point but the IDE argument is wrong. I could use 100 plugins and it still would not be an IDE nor would I want one.
I also have news for you, VS Code's whole selling point was "built-your-own-IDE" and big plugin ecosystem, not "here's yet another lightweight editor".
Don't get started on the popups though!
And I don't use any extension