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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…

3 4358 May 29, 2019
About the FAQ category
0 4509 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…

1 93561 September 22, 2015
Why does macOS say that Atom wants to access my calendar, contacts, photos, etc.?
0 13500 October 5, 2018
macOS Mojave font rendering change
0 6916 September 26, 2018
How do I uninstall Atom on macOS?
0 10919 June 16, 2018
How do I build or execute code I've written in Atom?
0 52261 February 7, 2016
Is Atom planning to convert from CoffeeScript to JavaScript/ES6?
0 3406 June 5, 2016
I want Ctrl-Tab to work like it used to. How do I do that?
0 9827 May 8, 2016
I'm trying to change my syntax colors from styles.less, but it isn't working!
0 9789 July 28, 2015
I am unable to update to the latest version of Atom on macOS. How do I fix this?
0 7629 February 27, 2017
How do I preview web page changes automatically?
0 5273 October 26, 2015
Where did the "Show Tree View On Right Side" option go?
0 5834 May 16, 2017
How do I make the Welcome screen stop showing up?
0 46732 March 9, 2017
How do I make Atom recognize a file with extension X as language Y?
0 31741 March 11, 2016
I'm having a problem with PlatformIO! What do I do?
0 2807 December 19, 2016
I'm getting an error about a "self-signed certificate". What do I do?
0 14450 February 4, 2017
There is a strange mismatched background color. How do I fix it?
0 6773 December 8, 2016
I'm having a problem with Julia! What do I do?
0 3602 November 17, 2016
I'm using an international keyboard and keys that use AltGr or Ctrl+Alt aren't working
0 8363 October 15, 2015
What does Safe Mode do?
0 19358 November 1, 2015
I'm having a problem with Atom. What are the standard debug steps?
0 2936 July 30, 2015
How do I accept input from my program or script when using the script package?
0 3975 November 1, 2016
How do I get started with Electron?
0 4829 June 30, 2016
Can Electron capture key events from other applications?
0 2575 October 2, 2016
I'm a Mac user having a problem with the v1.11-beta, what's going wrong?
0 2166 August 31, 2016
Atom feels slow or is consuming too much CPU or memory
0 22476 August 27, 2016
What is the difference between an IDE and an editor?
0 37962 August 26, 2016
Is there an Atom roadmap?
0 5800 September 22, 2015
Why don't my project folders stay open each time I start Atom?
0 11592 August 4, 2016