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Packages

Search by Downloads, Stars

One thing i was missing and bothered me a lot was that i could not sort packages or themes by most stars / downloads. I don't know why they did't add this option but there is a way you still can get these infos:

Useful Links for Packages Configuration

Install Dependencies for some Plugins

Setup for JavaScript Standard Style

Batches:

JavaScript Style Guide

[![JavaScript Style Guide](https://cdn.rawgit.com/feross/standard/master/badge.svg)](https://github.com/feross/standard)

JavaScript Style Guide

[![JavaScript Style Guide](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-standard-brightgreen.svg)](http://standardjs.com/)

Uninstall some default Plugins (Tracking / Crash Reporting)

Disable Google Analytics Tracking

Themes

nice looking: Ui Theme: Seti Ui / Syntax: Monokai Seti

Fonts

Download and install powerline-fonts for a nicer Shell experience.
Then change the font settings in your terminal plugin for example to "Roboto Mono for Powerline".

SSHFS

If you work a lot with remote files its worth having a look for sshfs.
It allows you to mount a remote connection like a normal network share.

Export your Packages List

Info form Atom Beta Users: replace apm with apm-beta.

Clean Uninstall

After uninstalling Atom there are still your programm settings, configurations and other stuff left on your system.
To get ride of it and start fresh you can run these commands:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

rm -rf ~/.atom
rm -rf /usr/local/bin/atom
rm -rf /usr/local/bin/apm
rm -rf /Applications/Atom.app
rm -rf ~/Library/Preferences/com.github.atom.plist
rm -rf ~/Library/Application Support/com.github.atom.ShipIt
rm -rf ~/Library/Application Support/Atom
rm -rf ~/Library/Saved Application State/com.github.atom.savedState
rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/com.github.atom
rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/Atom

Updating

apm clean
apm update --no-confirm
apm upgrade --no-confirm

Keybinding Resolver

After installing new packages chances are good that some of them use the same keybindings.
To solve this problem and define which one Atom should use you can can go to: Packages -> Keybinding Resolver -> Toogle. When you press now the Shortcut you can see who is using them and change the behavior.

Keybindings

To overwrite the default keybindings or create a new once you can define them in ~/.atom/keymap.cson:

Keybinding Examples:

'atom-text-editor':
  # beautify
  'cmd-alt-n': 'atom-beautify:beautify-editor'
  # auto-ident line
  'cmd-alt-m': 'editor:auto-indent'
  # comment
  'cmd-alt-c': 'editor:toggle-line-comments'
  # markdown preview
  'ctrl-shift-M': 'markdown-preview-plus:toggle'
  # zen mode
  'ctrl-shift-Z': 'zen:toggle'
  # linter toggle
  'ctrl-shift-L': 'linter:togglePanel'

# autocomplete
'atom-text-editor.autocomplete-active':
  'pageup': 'autocomplete-plus:page-up'
  'pagedown': 'autocomplete-plus:page-down'

# terminal
'.terminal':
  'cmd-c': 'core:copy'
  'cmd-v': 'core:paste'

In this article you can read more about Keymaps In-Depth.

Atom Hacking

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Info: The Atom Hacking Part is still in development - new stuff coming soon ...

Developer Resources

Atom Start Parameter

Atom Editor v1.9.0-beta0

Usage: atom [options] [path ...]

One or more paths to files or folders may be specified. If there is an
existing Atom window that contains all of the given folders, the paths
will be opened in that window. Otherwise, they will be opened in a new
window.

Environment Variables:

  ATOM_DEV_RESOURCE_PATH  The path from which Atom loads source code in dev mode.
                          Defaults to `~/github/atom`.

  ATOM_HOME               The root path for all configuration files and folders.
                          Defaults to `~/.atom`.

Optionen:
  -1, --one                  This option is no longer supported.                           [boolean]
  --include-deprecated-apis  This option is not currently supported.                       [boolean]
  -d, --dev                  Run in development mode.                                      [boolean]
  -f, --foreground           Keep the main process in the foreground.                      [boolean]
  -h, --help                 Print this usage message.                                     [boolean]
  -l, --log-file             Log all output to file.                                        [string]
  -n, --new-window           Open a new window.                                            [boolean]
  --profile-startup          Create a profile of the startup execution time.               [boolean]
  -r, --resource-path        Set the path to the Atom source directory and enable dev-mode. [string]
  --safe                     Do not load packages from ~/.atom/packages or ~/.atom/dev/packages.
                                                                                           [boolean]
  --portable                 Set portable mode. Copies the ~/.atom folder to be a sibling of the
                             installed Atom location if a .atom folder is not already there.
                                                                                           [boolean]
  -t, --test                 Run the specified specs and exit with error code on failures. [boolean]
  -m, --main-process         Run the specified specs in the main process.                  [boolean]
  --timeout                  When in test mode, waits until the specified time (in minutes) and
                             kills the process (exit code: 130).                            [string]
  -v, --version              Print the version information.                                [boolean]
  -w, --wait                 Wait for window to be closed before returning.                [boolean]
  --clear-window-state       Delete all Atom environment state.                            [boolean]
  -a, --add                  Open path as a new project in last used window.               [boolean]

Shell Alias to quick start Atom with some Development Parameter:

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