Atom 1.14 Hackable Text Editor Launches with Improved Large File Performance

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  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

GitHub’s Ian Olsen is announcing today, February 8, 2017, the general availability of the Atom 1.14 open-source and multiplatform hackable text editor for all supported platforms, including GNU/Linux, macOS, and Microsoft Windows.

Launched exactly one month after the release of Atom 1.13, the new Atom 1.14 release those not appear to be a major milestone as it only adds 64-bit installation support for Microsoft Windows operating systems, improved MRU tab traversal with a bunch of fixes, as well as the large file performance across all platforms.

“A fundamental component of the text editor called the display layer has been redesigned to rely on a new data structure that is implemented in C++,” said Ian Olsen, Engineering Manager at GitHub. “These changes enable Atom to open larger files more quickly while using much less memory. Improvements in this area are ongoing, so expect more in upcoming releases.”

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