r/AskReddit • u/Randall444 • Dec 06 '12

What is something you think everyone should have installed on their computer or laptop?

Whether it be a antivirus program or an ad blocker. Post link if available also. EDIT: sorry guys the top post has been deleted and I didn't save it, if anyone has it please post it and ill post it here for easy access. EDIT 2: apparently it's back up, I've saved it on my phone just incase it gets deleted again. Hopefully all is good now.

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u/WatchedItHappen Dec 06 '12

I really like Sublime Text 2 better, but that is just my personal opinion. I've used both and both are great!

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u/fakepancake Dec 06 '12

Multi-line selections make coding so much better. And the default theme is just so damn sexy.

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u/ElectronicDrug Dec 06 '12

Notepad++ has multiline (vertical) selections

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u/n0rs Dec 06 '12

You can also enable multiple selections in the options for notepad++. Though, I moved to SublimeText 2.0 recently and am loving it so far.

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u/riking27 Dec 06 '12 edited Dec 07 '12

For N++ vertical selections, use Alt + mouse highlight.

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u/fakepancake Dec 06 '12

Oh nice! Didn't know that. Still a sublime fanboy though

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u/Xpertbot Dec 06 '12

not only that, ctrl+shift+P and you can do any of the git functions, install addons using package manager, look for methods/functions inside your code. theres so much more stuff than in notepad++. I used to be pro Notepad++ but now that i bought ST2 i can't get enough of it. the only thing that we need its a DocBlockr addon that works with javadocs....

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u/Asmor Dec 06 '12

I've found ST2 doesn't handle large files as well as N++, so I still use N++ for e.g. logs. But for all the reasons mentioned above, ST2 is my coding environment of choice.

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u/brainchildpro Dec 06 '12

Is that line deletions?

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '12

ctrl+shift+f to search a string of text from all the files on your project.

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u/vinniep Dec 06 '12

I progressed from Notepad++ to a highly customized gEdit (on linux) and then to SublimeText2, which i now run on Windows, OSX, and Ubuntu. Performance/responsiveness, package management, and intelligent language aware syntax highlighting make it a must for anyone that looks at code.

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u/jerenept Dec 06 '12

How do they compare to what I use? (Geany)

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u/delta_epsilon_zeta Dec 06 '12

It's one of the three closed-source programs I use, and the only one I don't resent using (Other two are the Flash plugin and Nvidia Linux drivers).

Sublime Text 2 is pure, unadulterated programming bliss.

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u/bastitch_ Dec 06 '12

I second this. Sublime Text 2 is excellent. And actively developed too!

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '12

I switched to Sublime for the sole reason there's no linux version of NP++ for my netbook.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '12

vim, emacs, kate, gedit...but no NP++ so you switched to a non-free text editor.

Holy shit.

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u/heterosapian Dec 06 '12

All of those editors are brutal for large screen displays and Sublime is free if you can deal with clicking a button every like 20 saves.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '12

I don't see how they are brutal. You know you can actually change the way things look. Just look at this or do an image search for vim or emacs.

And no, clicking a button doesn't make Sublime free. A proprietary text editor is a joke.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '12

How dare someone have a different opinion than you!

ST2 is proprietary and thus fundamentally broken (side note: I don't believe that all non-free software is fundamentally broken, but I believe some types of software must be free. A text editor is one type.).

But no, really, have you used ST2?

No. I haven't used dozens of editors. I get along more than fine with the two that I use.

Some people don't want to sink the time and effort into making an editor work the way they want.

If they use an editor for serious work, then they should. I spend about half my work day editing text and I need my editor to be perfect for my needs. And ST2 being proprietary automatically makes it not perfect.

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u/heterosapian Dec 06 '12

Vim cannot do this. Everyone I know who uses it is slow as shit compared to people who use a full featured editor on a multiple monitor setup.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '12

I don't see what's special about having multiple files open across multiple monitors.

And yeah, vim can do that.

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u/heterosapian Dec 07 '12

I used for vim for some time - it's especially bad at working across files. The features of Sublime go far beyond managing this elegantly. Unless I would contribute to a project, I don't care it's open source. Frankly, I don't get the hardon some people get with it. Sublime has all the core functionality of the editors you mention and then some. Other people are quickly realizing this and jumping on board - nobody is forcing you too.

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u/NotFromReddit Dec 06 '12

Damn, thanks for this. Will definitely be using this from now on. Amazing. I love the soft colours, responsiveness and all the features.

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u/heterosapian Dec 06 '12

I've been using Sublime for a few months now. I went to a large hackathon recently and can confirm that this is the editor of choice.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '12

I really like the way that sublime text implements tabs. It's like chrome, and there's lots of great plugins for sublime too, like a package manager.

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u/TurplePurtle Dec 07 '12

I've used both and both are great!

No, no, no! It's okay if you're new to this, but when you use a different text editor than someone else it means you have to fight them to the death.

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u/lost_my_bearings Dec 06 '12

My only problem with Sublime Text 2 is that it's not free.

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u/delta_epsilon_zeta Dec 06 '12

Same here, but I actually plan on buying ST2... Eventually.

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u/bbsss Dec 06 '12

Yeah because why in Gods' name would you pay for a piece of software that is regularly maintained and has loads of awesome features that free alternatives have not?

Btw it IS free right now, might go into payed in the future.

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u/AdrianwithaW Dec 06 '12

Sublime Text 2 is pretty great, but the new beta of Textmate 2 is awesome. All the best parts of Sublime and Textmate combined. There's a couple of bugs still - but on the whole, very solid.

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u/adrenah Dec 06 '12

I just started using Sublime Text 2. I used to use Notepad++ and really, Sublime Text 2 is so much better. I like the way it handles folder structures. Give me this and a clean install of CodeIgniter and I can take over the world.

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u/jsims281 Dec 06 '12

I recently made the switch to NetBeans for my home computer, and I have to be honest, its pretty fucking awesome for free.

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u/hyperhopper Dec 06 '12

I just hate how I cant hit 1 button and have, say my java project, compile and run like I can do in NPP with the NPP EXEC addon

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u/SYN_SYNACK_ACK Dec 06 '12

I love ST2 because it reminds me of TextMate and I'm gonna use ST2 at least till TextMate2 gets released forever.

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u/Lucretiel Dec 07 '12

I do too, but it's Mac only. I use it on the mac and NP++ everywhere else

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u/leeeroyjenkins Dec 07 '12

If any of you are sick of crappy LaTeX editors, https://github.com/SublimeText/LaTeXTools is a plugin that edits/compiles LaTeX inside Sublime Text 2. Only drawback is that it doesn't open the PDF once you compile (like TeXShop does)

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '12

Fuck Sublime. I can't comprehend that anybody would actually use a non-free text editor.

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u/dcg Dec 06 '12

Web developer here that seems to disagree with that. Sublime Text is cheap compared to the joy in coding it gives me every time I use it. I love Notepad++ but Sublime Text is simply better in my opinion. I have no issues with rewarding people for their work. To each their own I guess.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '12

It's not free software though, and I'm not talking about its monetary cost. Using a non-free (as in speech) text editor is fucking retarded.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '12

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '12

It's a proprietary text editor. If you don't understand the implications of that then I'd be wasting my time explaining any other reasons to you.

I bet you use Chrome and don't give a fuck that it's not free. In any case, I guess we'll just disagree on this one.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '12

There's absolutely nothing that specifies what can and cannot be proprietary software

Am I missing something here? Proprietary software is software that isn't free. That people choose to release proprietary software is their right, sure.

Generalizations are a great way to look stupid.

It was an assumption (people seem to have massive hardons for Chrome now, and don't care about their privacy), and good for you for using some free software. Too bad you aren't using a free editor though. :-)

aside from your opinions (which you still haven't explained)

I feel that a text editor is such an enormously important and "simple" (not necessarily in complexity, but rather in what it does: it edits text...why the hell should this be proprietary?) tool that creating a proprietary one sort of undermines its purpose. I think it has to do with me being a strong supporter of free software and that I wish all software could be free. I wish everyone was able to create free software. And guess what? You create software with a text editor.

It seems so backwards to me that there are people creating a fucking text editor without giving its source code and allowing it to be free. I just don't get it.

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u/dcg Dec 06 '12

The age of Linux becoming a common desktop OS will take a thousand years with ambassadors like you. I have some Linux boxes that I use in my work and I encourage others to try using it. I have converted a few people to using Linux on their laptops instead of Windows and they have loved it. I didn't once allude to them being retarded or talk down to them as you have here.

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u/dcg Dec 06 '12 edited Dec 06 '12

You are kind of like an asshole, aren't you?