Atom text editor 1.4 released
I continue to want to like Atom, and I try it out several times a year. Just updated, and see that it still has big performance problems on my system. I currently have BBEdit and SublimeText open for real work, and these are apps the have been running for days.<p>Here 100% would represent full usage of a CPU core:<p>BBEdit:<p><pre><code>    15 files open (various types/sizes)
    76MB RAM 
    < 2% CPU
    1 process
    25MB app disk space
</code></pre>
SublimeText:<p><pre><code>    10 files open (various types/sizes)
    169 RAM
    < 2% CPU
    1 process
    27MB app disk space
</code></pre>
Atom<p><pre><code>    1 small Markdown file open 
    > 1.2GB RAM !!!!!!
    > 85% CPU 
    7 processes
    205MB app disk space
</code></pre>
Just sitting in the background I am seeing Atom's CPU and RAM usages fluctuate wildly. The numbers above are the LOWEST I observed.<p>I will spend a little time looking into why this is happening. I certainly could be related to some add-on package that I have installed, but I don't every recall seeing BBEdit or SublimeText behave so poorly with all of the customizations I have thrown at them.<p>Update: added disk space for base app. Even with a 500GB SSD, Atom would make me think about its value vs space usage.<p>Update 2: the system specs. 2011 MacBook Pro 13-inch, 2.3GHz i5, 500GB SSD, 16GB RAM, OS X 10.11.2<p>Update 3: performed a clean reinstall of Atom, removed all third party packages, removed preference files, disabled Markdown preview. Atom is still using over 80% cpu and greater than 1GB RAM with one short markdown file open