Sublime Text introduced multiple cursors to the world. A single incredibly versatile and elegant feature. That feature has empowered my ability to use other pieces of software faster, and programming languages I was unfamiliar with... Better.
I've used it to:
- batch edit columns copied from excel files.
- wget/rename/run cli commands on dozens of inputs without having to worry about how for loops are written in bash/bat/powershell by just typing commands on a hundred lines and concatenating them with &&
- extract data from various text files without writing parsers or even thinking about regexes
This is one keyboard shortcut, with one of the smoothest learning curves ever. Pure elegance.
I've used it to:
- batch edit columns copied from excel files.
- wget/rename/run cli commands on dozens of inputs without having to worry about how for loops are written in bash/bat/powershell by just typing commands on a hundred lines and concatenating them with &&
- extract data from various text files without writing parsers or even thinking about regexes
This is one keyboard shortcut, with one of the smoothest learning curves ever. Pure elegance.