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What improvements do people want in the next version of ST? I don't mean that sarcastically, I'm genuinely interested.

I'm not sure if it's in the cards or whatever, but I'd love a better way of dealing with the preferences. I find opening up the "default preferences" and "user preferences" separately and copy-pasting or whatever to be pretty inconvenient. I don't mind that it's JSON, but it could easily be improved (maybe something where the two files are merged and when you modify preferences it uses context-specific "text completion" to show available options, with the default highlighted).

A new version number. Seriously.

Most people would be happy if he pushed the code up unchanged but with a new version number just so they can feel like the project is fresh again... its not about features, its about having a shiny new version number to look at... like most software.

IMO, im still using ST2, because frankly 3 didnt bring enough new to the table...

Basically you're suggesting a six-monthly release cycle is used (like Ubuntu). Maybe not all that many changes, but a shiny new release to talk about every 6 months.

Agreed. I've heard a big demand for a new version but haven't heard requests for many features.

Bug fixes are obviously good.

I don't think a mature editor should need constant development. Think about the major release cycle for something like emacs.

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