![]() ![]() Language Formatters, Linters and Snippets Pigments shows colour values inline, simple but nice □. Multi wrap guide lets you set wrap guides at configurable positions, it should also work with the package above to break text at these positions. I like light themes, and use one-o-eight-syntax in light and bright variants. I’m considering making an Atom fork or special package file that bundles these writer specific plugins and setting together, but that’s still an idea. However they are often primarily aimed at coders and setting things up for a more writing focused workflow takes a few steps and after months of tinkering I have arrived at a near perfect (I will regret saying that) setup for me and I wanted to share what I use, how I’ve configured it, and what it helps me do. I wasn’t immediately convinced, versions prior to version 1 were unreliable and certain features necessary to me didn’t work well (HTML and PDF export), but something about Atom made me want to stick with it.Ītom is a text editor, so of course will work with anything text-related. TextMate was nearly there, but again it wasn’t worth the money, I would still need other tools. I tried Brackets some time ago, and again I can’t remember what I didn’t like about it, but I moved on quickly. I tried BBEdit (and TextWrangler), I liked that it was Mac-native but it lacked a lot of the features I required for the money it cost. I tried Sublime for a while but got bored with it and can’t even remember why. I am happy to pay for software, but cost isn’t always an indication of quality. Open Source would be a bonus, but it wasn’t essential. An extension / plugin architecture for features I don’t even know I want yet.The ability to edit code inline (in markdown) as well as in separate files and for it to be formatted and highlighted correctly.The ability to export markdown to different formats (at least PDF and HTML).Ideally I wanted all the functionality I was looking for in one application, not split between 5. As a cross-platform developer and technical writer (mostly writer these days) I work with different programming languages, document formats and want an editor with particular features, but that is also easy on the eye. I spent a long time researching, trying and tweaking text editors. Making Atom (even more) awesome - My Setup
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