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Yeah, I wish people would stop dismissing all the effort the Atom contributors are making by bringing up the 2MB file limit all the time. I've not seen a 2MB source code file (thankfully!) in a long time so it doesn't impact me. If I need to edit or search through a >2MB e.g. log or CSV file, I usually do that from the terminal anyways. The file size limit is a bit weird I'll admit but not a showstopper for me.


Their full screen bugs on OSX (possibly just when using multiple monitors) are what keep driving me back to Sublime. Large files can usually be accessed elsewhere; the inability to switch windows when you have unsaved worked over there is lost time/money.


It might just be multiple monitor related. I use Atom on OSX Mavericks daily, and haven't noticed any issues. Only one monitor though.


Are you accessing multiple full screen windows and swiping between them? I think that's where the bug is.




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