This is a fork off of atom @ https://github.com/atom/atom.git .
Forked to create a confined snappy atom on ubuntu core 16 and later.
Atom is a hackable text editor for the 21st century, built on Electron, and based on everything we love about our favorite editors.
Enable snaps on elementary OS and install snappyatom
Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.
Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, an app store with an audience of millions.
Enable snapd
Snap can be installed on elementary OS from the command line. Open Terminal from the Applications launcher and type the following:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.
Install snappyatom
To install snappyatom, simply use the following command: