An excellent idea and, financially, i don't think it would be a problem. Think about it, apart from funding the project and its developer, what reason do we have for buying the program? You don't get extra features, you don't get support, you just don't get asked to buy the product very so often. Nothing is stopping people from using the trial version indefinitely. If made ST an open-source project and accetepted donations i would not be surprised if he'd get as much money, or more, as he's getting now. Naturally not everyone would donate $60, but since more people can afford a lower amount i don't think that'd be an issue.

Personally i am hesitating to buy ST2 because of its closed nature. Normally it wouldn't be much of a problem but it's been months since we've heard anything about the state of development. The only one who knows where the program is headed and how fast is Jon, and that worries me. On the other hand, if the project were open source (and healthy), i would not hesitate to donate.

And, as Daniel points out, it could speed up development. The community around ST has built an amazing number of plugins, imagine wat they (some of them anyway) cold do with access to the source.

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Sublime Text is a very popular editor for writing code. For Java, it supports compiling a Java source file with the default build named JavaC. Click Tools > Build System > JavaC to set the default build type for Java:Then you can compile the current Java source file by clicking Tools > Build or press the shortcut key

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Ctrl + B.NOTE: To be able to compile and run Java source files in Sublime, the Java compiler (javac) and Java launcher (java) programs must found in the PATH system variable. See: How to set environment variables for Java using command lineIf there’s a compilation error, Sublime captures and displays the Java compiler’s output right inside the editor like this:The .class file is generated in the same folder as the source file.In case the compilation is successful, Sublime simply displays the following message:However, Sublime Text 3 doesn’t have build-in support for running a Java program. So to run a Java source file, we need to configure the build system a little bit.Click Tools > Build System > New Build System… And in the untitled.sublime-build editor, type the code as follows:Save this file as RunJava.sublime-build in the folder prompted by Sublime. Then you could see the new build appears in the menu like this:Now, to run the current Java source file, set the default build as RunJava and press Ctrl + B. Sublime captures and displays the program’s output right inside the editor like this:If you want to compile and run a Java program in just a single keystroke, modify the RunJava.sublime-build file as follows:Save the file. Now, press Ctrl + B

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and you will see the magic happens: the current Java source file is compiled and then executed (if no compilation errors).That’s how to compile and run a Java program with Sublime Text 3 in simple way. Happy coding!You can also watch this video to learn how to use Sublime Text editor to compile and run Java program:

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