Here’s a post on my transition from being a faithful TextPad user, to using Sublime Text 3. There are lots of comparisons between the two editors (Sublime could learn a thing or two from TextPad) as well as tips for new users.
Moving to Sublime 3 after fifteen years with TextPad
bizoo
#2
Nice article and well written, thanks for sharing.
Concerning your smart cursor placement issue, take a look at:
https://github.com/bizoo/SmartCursor
Works not so bad…
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aliteralmind
#3
Will give that plugin a try. Thanks for the tip.
I also added a comment to the three year old 
userecho feature request.
Also found this long forum thread about it: "Smart" horizontal cursor positioning
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aliteralmind
#4
SmartCursor is great! It only does half the job, but it’s the more important half.
Unfortunately it’s been abandoned, and it’s not on Package Control. Here are manual installation instructions:
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quodlibet
#5
@bizoo likes to pretend that he’s given up on Sublime, but then he shows up in the forums pushing his plugins 
P.S. I love SmartCursor. It only kicks in once in a blue moon, but when it does it’s wonderful
Alex
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bizoo
#6
[quote=“quodlibet”]@bizoo likes to pretend that he’s given up on Sublime, but then he shows up in the forums pushing his plugins
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Busted!
No, I never said I’m giving up on Sublime, only that I don’t want to give some of my free times to ST anymore, so don’t want to take care of my plugins.
I always look for an alternative for ST, but didn’t found anything. ST is (for me) still the best (but competition improve quickly).
I think that the lack of communication and support from jps (or someone else) is slowly killing ST.
For instance, this plugin was possible because jps give me a hint for an undocumented property of the API, today as he almost never look at this forum, it will probably not possible anymore.
Sad, just sad…
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quodlibet
#7
Fair enough. I’ve needled you before about this and I don’t want you to feel defensive about your choice. How you or any other plugin authors spend your free time is your business.
You have a point about support. ST has expanded from being a niche product to being the commercial cross-platform text editor of choice. Development and support has not followed this shift. I’m hoping it’ll pick up. But, as you said, there’s no real alternative – yet.
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pozaeo
#8
Just wanted to say thanks! This plugin is what tipped the scales for me to buy ST.
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