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by miped 4631 days ago
I hope that for 10€ most people will find it worth it. If you've already spent 60$ or more on Sublime Text and upgrades, I can see why this might seem weird. However, as the homepage says you can basically install it and use it for free as long as you like. You'll get a popup occasionally (if you do use it), but that's the only "restriction".

Also, for a free alternative, I have to mention https://github.com/kemayo/sublime-text-git which inspired SublimeGit. There are way more people using this, and it's been around forever. Personally I like mine better of course, but I realize that different people need different things :-)
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jzzskijj 4631 days ago
Yes. Yes. Basically this doesn't differ at all from buying an audio workstation software (Reaper from Cockos) and a VST plugin (The Oddity from GForce). Coming from Linux and OSS just easily gives the first impression of "how dare they charge for that?!".

So, as I said: all good :)

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larister 4631 days ago
Looks like a great job, and good man for giving a shout out to the free alternative as well. As an existing user of Kemayo's plugin, what are the most compelling reasons for me to buy your version? An elevator pitch, if you will.
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miped 4630 days ago
I'd probably say the status view (ala magit). Last time I tried kemayo's plugin it was all happening in ST's quick bars. However, that was a year ago so things might have changed.

Also, I try my best to keep up with user requests, which leads to about 1-2 releases a month. While there are occasionally bugfixes going into kemayo's plugin, I'm not sure if it's receiving any significant development (not trying to call anyone out here, it's just my observation from occasionally looking at the repo).

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