Atom Hackable Text Editor Gets GitHub Package, Filesystem Watcher Improvements

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  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

GitHub announced the release of the Atom 1.26 open-source and cross-platform hackable text editor for Linux, macOS, and Windows platforms with more improvements and bug fixes.

In Atom 1.26, the GitHub package received various improvements and new features, among which we can mention the ability of the ’s Git pane to display a read-only list of recent commits for quick reference, and support for storing your GitHub username and password credentials in the Git authentication dialog.

“Your credentials are saved securely in your operating system’s credential store so that they can be used for future Git operations,” said Atom developer David Wilson. Atom 1.26 also brings improvements to the file system watcher, which will now automatically fallback to polling when the host OS can’t watch for events.

If the detection fails, users will be able to force the event watching through polling by setting “File System Watcher” to “Polling,” which may be required for remotely mo… (read more)

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