My first five minutes in Atom Editor on Windows 10

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10 years ago

I've been using Sublime Text for quite some time, and a little research I decided to try switching to the Atom editor on my new Windows 10 installation.

I was really optimistic about using Atom, but within the first five minutes I've encountered several issues that are giving me second thoughts.

1. I open my first file through the windows context menu, and immediately encounter a bug with the Tree View displaying the file as a directory. https://github.com/atom/tree-view/issues/471

2. I fiddle with settings to remove line numbers, unfortunately this also disables the gutter. Possible solutions seem hacky and unreliable. https://discuss.atom.io/t/use-the-gutter-without-enabling-linenumbers/2461

3. Trying to save the file by using the "ALT+F S" menu shortcut instead moves to the end of the current word. https://github.com/atom/atom/issues/4057

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