High Technocery

2016-05-xx

by Darknut

Atom (a text editor)

https://atom.io/

Cool, a new source code editor.

A hackable text editor for the 21st Century

Err, fine, whatever. At least there's a screenshot.

Atom is a text editor that's modern, approachable, yet hackable to the core—a tool you can customize to do anything but also use productively without ever touching a config file.

Wait. Is that what I want?

Atom works across operating systems. You can use it on OS X, Windows, or Linux.

Cool.

Search for and install new packages or start creating your own—all from within Atom.

What the fuck? No, thanks. I don't need to join your guild.

Atom helps you write code faster with a smart, flexible autocomplete.

Yeah, yeah.

Easily browse and open a single file, a whole project, or multiple projects in one window.

I wouldn't expect anything less.

Split your Atom interface into multiple panes to compare and edit code across files.

Woah, it sounds so modern.

Find, preview, and replace text as you type in a file or across all your projects.

I hope so. Wait, why is this the #6 feature? Shouldn't this be a fucking given?

You choose from thousands of open source packages that add new features and functionality to Atom—or build a package from scratch and publish it for everyone else to use.

Great. I don't care.

Atom comes pre-installed with four UI and eight syntax themes in both dark and light colors. If you can't find what you're looking for, you can also install themes created by the Atom community or create your own.

Not important.

Atom is a desktop application built with HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and Node.js integration. It runs on Electron, a framework for building cross platform apps using web technologies.

OH, FUCK, NO. Was that the punchline, finally?

Sorry, it's just that I needed to do some real work here, and... When you said it was a new code editor, I thought... Oh, never mind.

This doesn't make programmers of the 21st Century look good.

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