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Install The Latest Atom 1.13 Text Editor On Ubuntu Linux

By Sourabh /  Category: How To, Ubuntu

Install the latest release of Atom Text Editor on Linux Ubuntu Systems. Install Atom 1.13 Text Editor on Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04 and other Ubuntu Derivatives. Atom 1.13 Text Editor brings many usability improvements and performance boosters. It is shipped with benchmarks, reopen project, new Octicons and a keystroke resolver API. It ships without the Shadow DOM editor boundary.

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Atom 1.13 Changes & New features

  • Atom Benchmarks – In our continuous mission to improve Atom’s performance, 1.13 introduces benchmarks to better quantify improvements or :scream: regressions.
  • Reopen Project – Want to get Atom back to a previous state without figuring out the command line incantation? There’s now a Reopen Project menu item, palette command, and API.
  • New Octicons – A new version of the Octicons is now bundled in Atom with improvements to line-weight and sizing normalization. In addition 20 new icons are available.
  • Keystroke Resolver API – To help address the long tail of unusual international keyboard behaviors as interpreted by Chrome, particularly on Linux, Atom 1.13 includes a custom keystroke resolver API allowing users to assign Chrome keyboard events to Atom-style keystrokes.
  • Shadow DOM Removal – This release marks the end of Atom’s failed experiment using the Shadow DOM as a way to isolate the editor from unintended CSS. Check out the in-depth post for details.
  • Usability Improvements
    1. Allow reordering project folders via drag and drop
    2. Optional full-width status bar
    3. Follow-through tooltip behavior
    4. Don’t show find panel when doing cmd-e
  • Performance Boosters
    1. Don’t construct placeholder tokenized lines
    2. Avoid forcing computation of all screen lines when opening a fileMore Info: http://blog.atom.io/2017/01/10/atom-1-13.html

Install Atom via WebUpd8 PPA

Run the command given below to install the latest Atom from WebUpd8 PPA:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/atom
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install atom

Once installed, open Atom text editor from Ubuntu Dash or Terminal.