Core packages & features

Most of what Pulsar does out of the box is implemented as packages. These packages have the same privileges as any other non-builtin package.

Every builtin package can be disabled via settings-view, but cannot be uninstalled.

• Find and replace

  Find and replace within buffers and across the project.
• Snippets

  Expand text via special prefixes or via the autocomplete menu.
• Autocomplete

  Work with suggested autocompletions as you type.
• Version control

  Keep a history of your files’ changes.
• GitHub package

  Integrate with GitHub from within Pulsar.
• Spell check

  Fix misspellings in your text.
• Previews

  See what your prose files look like rendered.
• Folding

  Collapse text in a file.
• Panes

  Understand how items are arranged in the Pulsar workspace.
• Choosing a grammar

  Learn how Pulsar decides how to syntax-highlight a file.