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* 100% Open source * Compatible with Textmate color schemes (which is what ST is using) * Compatible with Textmate syntax definitions (which again is what ST is using) * Compatible with Sublime Text’s python plugin API. I’ll probably never implement this 100%, only the api bits *I need for the plugins I use. * Compatible with Sublime Text’s keybindings and settings (think most of it is working) * Multiple cursors * Regression tests (Programming in Go makes it trivial and even fun to write them ) * Modular design (it should be possible to compile without python support for example)