Hi, I am a frequent user of sublime text2. It is getting old and not under active development.
I recently tried ATOM, and I really wanted to like it but found its search capabilies pitiful. Nothing like ST2 or Find in files for cudatext.
Now I am trying cudatext and really like it. Unfortunately it is lacking some of the subtle features I use commonly in ST2.
1) Tool tip pops on each file tab that gives the complete path to the file in that tab. I just discovered that the current tab is displayed in the bottom, line. That is acceptable, but I cannot select the text and copy it, and it auto disappears after a few seconds.
2) I find the constant display or whitespace on each line distracting in both ST2 and Cudatext. What I like on ST2 is if I highlight with the mouse a section of text, ST2 shows the whitespace in that selection. Very useful to see if a line has tabs, spaces or both. Make for instance needs tabs, but it is hard to see them without turning on the option to display whitespace.
3) FInd does some weird stuff. If I highlight text and press cntl-f, it brings up the find window and inserts the text - good. But if I press f3 it does not go to the next item, it seems to search within the find window? If I press find next, it properly jumps to the next item and f3 works again.
4) find in files is very nice, but why does it have to be a pop-up window? It would be nice if it was put in the find/replace are at the bottom of the screen like ST2.
5) when I double click a file in the project It does not install the file in a tab. It puts it in a temporary tab the same as a single click. ST2 nicely puts in a temporary window with one click and a permanent window with double click.
6) when I cntl-shift-f to bring up find it files (which I really like), everything is fine. If I minimize the FIF window, another cntl-shift-f does not bring the window to the top.
7) the brackets plugin does not quite operate as I would like; in ST2 if I hit shift-cntl-m it does a selection inside a bracket/braces/quotes etc. Doing shift-cntl-m again extends to the next outer "bracket". This is very useful in exploring new code which maybe has huge switch or {} areas, I mainly do C but some bash too.
8) For C "goto definition" does not work very well. In one file that defines a function, doing a "goto definition" doesn't go anywhere. Is there a plugin that uses ctags? It doesn't work in bash code either.
9) in the search line, what is "mark all" ? how do you use it?
So far I love the side-by-side scrolling in one or two files. Option settings are better than ST2. i love having lint built-in.
This list is not complete, and I do not demand that you fix them. I know time is short. They are just suggestions that I think will make Cudatext stand out even more.
Suggestions for Cudatext
Hi, Steve. I'm user of cudatext from it creation.
1. Yes - tooltip for tab label is need. You are welcome to start a issue on the app github forum.
2. "the constant display of whitespace" is not distracting in my app becouse i use almost same colors for backcolor and whitespace color
3. F3 for "search next". Try to configure hotkeys. See comments in default.json (or install plugin Config Hotkeys)
4. I'm author of FindInFiles (FiF). Thanks for your opinion. FiF can put search results to tab: by command from modal form (see local menu over results) or automatically (see "[ ] Send")
6. "Minimized FiF" is bug now. But soon form will have not the button "minimize" (i just find out how to do that).
7. "Expand selection". Try command "Cuda-Ext: Find/Replace: Expand and Copy selection to word or "string" or (string)" (from plugin Cuda-Ext). It's my favorite cmd. You are welcome to discussion.
1. Yes - tooltip for tab label is need. You are welcome to start a issue on the app github forum.
2. "the constant display of whitespace" is not distracting in my app becouse i use almost same colors for backcolor and whitespace color
3. F3 for "search next". Try to configure hotkeys. See comments in default.json (or install plugin Config Hotkeys)
4. I'm author of FindInFiles (FiF). Thanks for your opinion. FiF can put search results to tab: by command from modal form (see local menu over results) or automatically (see "[ ] Send")
6. "Minimized FiF" is bug now. But soon form will have not the button "minimize" (i just find out how to do that).
7. "Expand selection". Try command "Cuda-Ext: Find/Replace: Expand and Copy selection to word or "string" or (string)" (from plugin Cuda-Ext). It's my favorite cmd. You are welcome to discussion.
CudaText 1.163, TC9.51x32, Win10x64(1920x1080)
For all lexers 'goto definition' needs the plugin. Now plugin exists only for few lexers (Python).8) For C "goto definition" does not work very well. In one file that defines a function, doing a "goto definition" doesn't go anywhere. Is there a plugin that uses ctags? It doesn't work in bash code either.