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Is sublime dying out or something? That sucks I just bought a license this year.

No, but the author (Jon) has been taking a long time to reply to comments on the forum — which isn't unusual — and there has been a lack of recent updates. The last one was released a couple of days ago and didn't really bring anything new, even after months of waiting.

When I emailed Jon directly about his disappearance (just before the last release) he did say he's aware of his lack of communication and will address it shortly.

This sort of thing is exactly why I didn't install Sublime Text on my new laptop. After using v2 for nearly a year and buying a license, I became more and more uncomfortable that if there was a problem with the product, I couldn't fix it myself. Having already been burned by TextMate, I decided enough was enough and only installed Emacs. That was last December, and I'd say I'm much happier - but I also spend a bit more time tweaking my editor than I probably should.

This is not to say I have anything against Sublime Text. It's a beautiful piece of work. It's simply not open source, and that's a deal breaker for a tool as integral to my day to day as a text editor.

No, he just launched a update with the long wanted BLOCK CURSOR :)

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