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Atom for Mac

Atom 1.38.0

  -  155 MB  -  Open Source

Sometimes latest versions of the software can cause issues when installed on older devices or devices running an older version of the operating system.

Software makers usually fix these issues but it can take them some time. What you can do in the meantime is to download and install an older version of Atom 1.38.0.


For those interested in downloading the most recent release of Atom for Mac or reading our review, simply click here.


All old versions distributed on our website are completely virus-free and available for download at no cost.


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What's new in this version:

- Toggle comment cursor placement
- "Open file" in existing window
- Calculate env vars when launching Atom from the desktop
- Support contentRegex for TextMate grammar
- Set the panel flag as focused when activate() is called
- Fix reset-font-size
- Enable autoFocus option to accept an element to focus on pane creation
- Skip dev mode windows when choosing an existing window for an open action
- Improve positioning when opening file at line
- Fix atom.open() when it has no arguments
- Improve handling of comment characters in ERB and EJS
- Wait for config file to load before prompting to restart in config.onDidChange callback
- Handle correctly similar results from multiple projects
- Make sure that cursor position is centered after navigating to a line
- Stop using roaster for rendering markdown
- Add UI for moving conflicting entries
- Add support for Go module and checksum files
- Improve comment handling in EJS and ERB
- allow single matching parens
- Allow folding switch_default
- Add tree-sitter json grammar
- Scope link as string and add scope for "
- Add more scopes to the tree sitter grammar
- Tokenize formal function parameters in tree-sitter grammar
- Tokenize subclass list names in tree-sitter grammar
- Allow folding if statement without elif or else