Install Package Control. For Sublime Text 3, paste the following in the Sublime Text console (get there via ctrl+ `):
import urllib.request,os,hashlib; h = '7183a2d3e96f11eeadd761d777e62404' + 'e330c659d4bb41d3bdf022e94cab3cd0'; pf = 'Package Control.sublime-package'; ipp = sublime.installed_packages_path(); urllib.request.install_opener( urllib.request.build_opener( urllib.request.ProxyHandler()) ); by = urllib.request.urlopen( 'http://sublime.wbond.net/' + pf.replace(' ', '%20')).read(); dh = hashlib.sha256(by).hexdigest(); print('Error validating download (got %s instead of %s), please try manual install' % (dh, h)) if dh != h else open(os.path.join( ipp, pf), 'wb' ).write(by)
From here on out, use Package Control to install everything. ⌘+Shift+P, then type Install to get a list of installable packages you can search through. After installing plugins, they should be running.
You should install packages for any languages you use (such as Sass — which is called Scss in Package Control).
- Install Colour Schemes by Dayle Rees. I like Peacock Contrast. View previews of the themes.
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AlignTab makes it easy to align blocks of code. If you work in Sass or CSS, do yourself a favor and add the following code to
Perferences -> Package Settings -> AlignTab -> Context Menu:[ {"caption" : "{"}, { "id": "aligntab", "caption": "Align By", "children": [ { "caption" : "First {", "command" : "align_tab", "args" : {"user_input" : "{"} } ] } ] -
SideBarEnhancements for an actually useful sidebar. I like to edit the right-click "Open With" menu (right click, go to open with and select "Edit Applications":
[ {"id": "side-bar-files-open-with", "children": [ //application 1 { "caption": "Photoshop", "id": "side-bar-files-open-with-photoshop", "command": "side_bar_files_open_with", "args": { "paths": [], "application": "Adobe Photoshop CC 2015.app", // OSX "extensions":"psd|png|jpg|jpeg", //any file with these extensions "args":[] }, "open_automatically" : false // will close the view/tab and launch the application }, //separator {"caption":"-"}, //application Terminal { "caption": "Terminal", "id": "side-bar-files-open-with-terminal", "command": "side_bar_files_open_with", "args": { "paths": [], "application": "Terminal.app", "extensions":"", //open all even folders "args":[] }, "open_automatically" : false // will close the view/tab and launch the application }, //application chrome { "caption": "Chrome", "id": "side-bar-files-open-with-chrome", "command": "side_bar_files_open_with", "args": { "paths": [], "application": "Google Chrome.app", "extensions":".*", //any file with extension "args":[] }, "open_automatically" : false // will close the view/tab and launch the application }, {"caption":"-"} ] } ] -
StringEncode encodes and decodes strings of text.
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Project Manager makes saving and opening project much easier. In the Project Manager User Settings, I like to do the following (you'd want to update the path for your purposes):
{ "projects_fpath": ["/Users/jfentress/Dropbox/Projects/sublime projects"], "show_recent_projects_first": true }
and I like to update my user keymappings to:
[
{ "keys": ["super+shift+space"], "command": "expand_region" },
{ "keys": ["super+ctrl+p"], "command": "project_manager" },
{ "keys": ["super+ctrl+o"], "command": "project_manager", "args": {"action": "new"} }
]
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ExpandRegion expands the current selection to include the next level of scope. Be sure to assign a keyboard shortcut following the instructions. I prefer the recommended binding (see above for my keybinding file).
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EditorConfig helps developers maintain consistent coding styles between different editors.
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FindResultsApplyChanges does two things: 1) it let's you make changes and save files from the Find in Project tab and 2) it automatically adds excludes from the "binary_file_patters" object in preferences to the find in project "where" field. I don't like the double-click functionality, so I like to add this to the FindResultsApplyChanges user preferences
{ "disable_double_click": false }
In the File Menu, go to SublimeText → Preferences → Settings – User. It opens a JSON file with some options. Here's my setup. Go through and comment on/off each one to see what it does.
{
// Documentation on Auto Complete - http://www.sublimetext.com/docs/3/auto_complete.html
"auto_complete": true,
"auto_complete_commit_on_tab": true,
"auto_complete_with_fields": true,
// show these files/folders in the sidebar, but exclude them from Go to File or Find in Project
"binary_file_patterns":
[
"*.jpg",
"*.jpeg",
"*.png",
"*.gif",
"*.ttf",
"*.tga",
"*.dds",
"*.ico",
"*.eot",
"*.pdf",
"*.swf",
"*.jar",
"*.zip",
"*.map",
"*.min.js",
"css/"
],
// make the sidebar a little easier to glance at
"bold_folder_labels": true,
// color scheme
"color_scheme": "Packages/User/peacock-contrast (SL).tmTheme",
// exclude junk folders
// also exclude WordPress core and Jekyll site directories
"folder_exclude_patterns":
[
"bin",
".svn",
".git",
".hg",
"CVS",
"tmp",
".bundle",
"wp-admin",
"wp-includes",
"_site",
"node_modules",
".sass-cache"
],
// font and font size
"font_face": "Source Code Pro", // download from https://github.com/adobe/source-code-pro
"font_size": 15.0,
// highlight the current line
"highlight_line": true,
// add a little space between lines of code
"line_padding_bottom": 1,
"line_padding_top": 1,
// spell check enabled
"spell_check": true,
// tabbing and handling tabs
"tab_size": 4,
"translate_tabs_to_spaces": true,
"trim_trailing_white_space_on_save": true,
// I like word wrap, all the time
"word_wrap": true
}You'll also want to make it so trailing space isn't trimmed in Markdown files. See http://robandlauren.com/2013/11/21/configuring-sublime-text-markdown/ for more details.
Everybody has their favorite built-in features, here are mine:
~$ subl .: You can symlink a SublimeText command line tool that can open folders you've navigated to Terminal. If you want a more graphical approach, drag a folder onto the icon.⌘+t: Quick open files. Just start typing the filename you want. No more folders. Glorious.⌘+f: Find in File. Bonus: Hittingalt+returnto "Find All" will multi-select all instances of the search term. Start editing instantly.⌘+Shift+F: Find in Project. Great for grepping redundancies, finding!importants, and more. In the results, click the file location to open it.⌘+D: add the next instace of the selected text to the current selection. It's like doing a find an replace on a portion of a file by selection, hitting⌘+Dto get all appropriate instaces, and then typing to replace.ctrl+Shift+W: wraps selection with tag.⌘+Shift+Space: expands the region of the selection (much better if you have the ExpandRegion package installed and setup as indicated above).