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ST3 does not work after downgrade

#1

I downgraded to ST3. Now, when I open it, it shows 2 panels. I usually go and open Folder. When I did this, it loads another window of a single panel and does not load up anything else, there is no option to see the folders or files anymore.

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#2

Could you perhaps show a screenshot? There is a slight incompatibility with downgrading ST3 and the tab selection, though this is easily fixed by simply selecting one of the tabs.

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#3

Similar issue, ST4 has broken my workflow downgraded to St3 - visual glitches have made ST3 unusable.

ST4 - seems to switch wildly between “COMMAND MODE” and “INSERT MODE”.

For example -
ST3;
Ctrl+A (select all)
Ctrl+Shift+L (cursor on each line)
-> Move cursor to end of each line (without selection)
Edit

ST4:
Ctrl+A (select all)
Ctrl+Shift+L (cursor on each line)
-> Move cursor to the next line, selection intact (VISUAL MODE - out of nowhere)
<- Chaos.

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#4

“Vintage” - was no longer disabled. ST4 now works better than before.
Not clear why the upgrade enabled it though, or why downgrading caused graphical issues.

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#5

What operating system are you using ? You MIGHT have to “strip everything out” and re-install ST3 and then (for linux and maybe OSX) then disable the repository so you don’t get automatically updated again. MIGHT being the important word here. I’m sure finer minds will jump in a correct me if I’m wrong.

What OS are you using ? Is it in a business context (ie do you have access to your OS) etc etc etc ? The more info you can give, the more stuff folks have to go on… (I know not a good position to be in :pensive:)

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#6

So I went Full Geek on this!

Guys - really - in development culture what sublime did was an inverted q - qick move.

Anyway…

So I did the disable bit. After that, I performed:

rm -rf /opt/sublime-text

Then, downloaded the deb file and performed

sudo dpkg --install sublime-text_build-3211_amd64.deb

Did a reboot and Sublime worked!

Now - I have untended updates enabled.

I came back after few minutes and what!!! ST 4!!!

But I did update_check false!

as I sang myself about my old friend, the darkness… I returned back to the bash terminal and figured it was the apt package.

rm -rf /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sublime-text.list

Went back to

apt update -y

then went back to deleting the sublime-text filter under opt
.
Re-installed using deb and phew!

Patted my back.

All good.

We are friends again Sublime guys. Once your ST4 is stable, I will buy the subscription. Keep on, keeping on.

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