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The FAQ category is deprecated, see the Flight Manual FAQ

As part of an effort to unify our documentation, the FAQ category is deprecated and the Atom FAQ is now part of the Flight Manual: https://flight-manual.atom.io/faq/ We didn’t migrate everything since some things are n…

4 3534 May 29, 2019
About the FAQ category
1 4220 June 28, 2015
See the FAQ category and Atom Flight Manual for FAQs

There are two major resources for commonly asked questions: The Atom Flight Manual The FAQ category for the complete list of FAQs The FAQ category is maintained by the senior members and staff of Discuss. If you have…

2 73440 September 22, 2015
Why does macOS say that Atom wants to access my calendar, contacts, photos, etc.?
1 11492 October 5, 2018
macOS Mojave font rendering change
1 6486 September 26, 2018
How do I uninstall Atom on macOS?
1 8216 June 16, 2018
How do I build or execute code I've written in Atom?
1 44231 February 7, 2016
Is Atom planning to convert from CoffeeScript to JavaScript/ES6?
1 3156 June 5, 2016
I want Ctrl-Tab to work like it used to. How do I do that?
1 8805 May 8, 2016
I'm trying to change my syntax colors from styles.less, but it isn't working!
1 9156 July 28, 2015
I am unable to update to the latest version of Atom on macOS. How do I fix this?
1 7255 February 27, 2017
How do I preview web page changes automatically?
1 4920 October 26, 2015
Where did the "Show Tree View On Right Side" option go?
1 5281 May 16, 2017
How do I make the Welcome screen stop showing up?
1 40070 March 9, 2017
How do I make Atom recognize a file with extension X as language Y?
1 29626 March 11, 2016
I'm having a problem with PlatformIO! What do I do?
1 2549 December 19, 2016
I'm getting an error about a "self-signed certificate". What do I do?
1 12852 February 4, 2017
There is a strange mismatched background color. How do I fix it?
1 6323 December 8, 2016
I'm having a problem with Julia! What do I do?
1 3366 November 17, 2016
I'm using an international keyboard and keys that use AltGr or Ctrl+Alt aren't working
1 7639 October 15, 2015
What does Safe Mode do?
1 18359 November 1, 2015
I'm having a problem with Atom. What are the standard debug steps?
1 2748 July 30, 2015
How do I accept input from my program or script when using the script package?
1 3495 November 1, 2016
How do I get started with Electron?
1 4599 June 30, 2016
Can Electron capture key events from other applications?
1 2328 October 2, 2016
I'm a Mac user having a problem with the v1.11-beta, what's going wrong?
1 1991 August 31, 2016
Atom feels slow or is consuming too much CPU or memory
1 21329 August 27, 2016
What is the difference between an IDE and an editor?
1 26957 August 26, 2016
Is there an Atom roadmap?
1 5423 September 22, 2015
Why don't my project folders stay open each time I start Atom?
1 10515 August 4, 2016