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0 pointswoodruffw4y ago0 comments

I've tried to make the switch from Sublime to VS Code a few times, and a few things consistently hang me up:

* Performance, like you mentioned. I've very used to opening hundreds of megabytes of line-delimited data in my editor; anything that can't keep up with that immediately ruins my "tempo."

* I don't really understand how to customize VS Code's UI. It has a lot of little toolbars and widget panels that I don't want (I have everything except for the edit buffer on Sublime removed), but I can't find any obvious way to permanently remove them. Maybe I haven't looked hard enough.

* This one is largely my fault: 10+ years of Sublime Text have broken my brain, and VS Code's default bindings are just different enough to cause me significant annoyance. I'm sure I could spend a couple of hours fixing them, but I'll admit that the thought gives me pause.

On the other hand, I really like VS Code's session sharing feature (other than the shared undo/redo buffer). I'd love to see a version of that for Sublime!

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Xavdidtheshadow4y ago

> VS Code's default bindings are just different enough

FWIW, there's a ST keymap extension for VSCode: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscod...

That's the first thing I installed when I switched (years ago now) and it made the process surprisingly seamless.

tusharsadhwani4y ago

FWIW, VS Code has a "zen mode" view which hides everything other than the editor window, which kinda makes it comfortable for people coming from vim, sublime and the like. Try it out sometime.

FlashBlaze4y ago

Thanks. Wasn't aware of this. I'm probably never going back to the default view.

da39a3ee4y ago

> I don't really understand how to customize VS Code's UI.

I don't think you've tried :)

View => Appearance has options for toggling all the "bars" ("status" bar, "activity" bar, "side"bar).

Also zen mode is a very nice way to toggle to a mode without any toolbars (you can customize which show up in zen mode; just open the settings UI (Preferences => Settings) and type "zen".

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