[stormbrew]

I don't see a reason to take that as a given. This uses node, ST uses python. Sublime plugins have a huge amount of power and python is certainly not terrible to work in.

[johnthedebs]

I've been playing with it for a few minutes now, and it's definitely the case that it's easier to tweak. Not because of the underlying language, but because they expose so much of what's available through a GUI.

I'm blown away by how cool this is. I'm just really hoping for good Vim keybindings and I will pay good money for this once it's out of beta.

[doktrin]

A good VIM keybinding plugin is a must for me as well. The one available for LightTable, for instance, simply wasn't sufficient IMO. I can't specifically remember what it lacked, but it was enough to throw me off.

Vintage mode in ST2/3 isn't perfect, but it's pretty solid.

Atom looks interesting. I really look forward to trying it out.

[bjeanes]

Agreed. Nothing beats evil-mode in Emacs, as far as I'm concerned. That's a model for other vim emulation layers to follow IMO.

[doorhammer]

Don't hear as many folks talking about emacs in evil mode. I tried that out for a bit, and I'm not really sure why I didn't stick with it. I used it a few months. I always liked the modal nature of vim and the operator/motion sequences, but I'm a fan of lisp/emacs and remember enjoying how emacs was put together more, from a modification standpoint (I don't remember any of it now)

I'll have to try that out again

[johnthedebs]

Yeah, Vintage mode was okay. I liked the Vintageous plugin a bit better but even that left me wishing for Vim some of the time (more time to adapt might've helped).

Other than that, it seems like an incredibly well-designed editor. Really looking forward to seeing what happens to it now that it's out in the open.

[mrbogle]

You may have found it already, but there is: https://github.com/atom/vim-mode

[johnthedebs]

Yup, saw it and looking forward to trying it (haven't yet). But just reading through the description made it clear it wasn't quite ready yet.

[mihaifm]

written in Coffeescript? Oh God how did we get to this...poor old Vim...

[mattyohe]

Lots of work to be done in the vim department: https://github.com/atom/vim-mode

[brianpgordon]

You've been playing with it? How did you get your hands on a copy?

[johnthedebs]

I signed up for an invite less than 1 min after I saw the first mention of it on twitter (https://twitter.com/defunkt/status/438789450147979264) and received the invite maybe 15 minutes or so after that.

I was given 3 invites, I gave away 2 but I'll give the third to the first person to email me. (EDIT: gave away the last one)

Doesn't seem like they're keeping too tight of a lid on it, but I guess we'll see. It seems like it can be freely passed around; I think they're just trying to gauge interest since it won't be free after the beta period.