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Sublime Terminal Setup

Setup Terminal for Sublime Shorcut "subl":

Open terminal and type:

1. Create a directory at ~/bin:

mkdir ~/bin

2. Copy sublime executable to your ~/bin directory:

ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" ~/bin/subl

BASH (Mac OS default) - use these instructions unless you know you have zsh

3a. If using bash (Mac OS default) add line to ~/.bash_profile file:

echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin' >> ~/.bash_profile

4a. Set sublime as your default editor

echo "export EDITOR='subl' -w">> ~/.bash_profile

or

ZSH - if you don't know what zsh is you don't have it

3b. If using zsh add line to ~/.zshrc file:

echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin' >> ~/.zshrc

4b. Set sublime as your default editor

echo "export EDITOR='subl' -w" >> ~/.zshrc

5. Restart terminal and type:

subl .

Sublime should open up in the current directory.

6. Check unix commands:

ls

You should get a directory listing.


Windows

Put the C:\Program Files\Sublime Text 2 in your PATH.

Create a subl.bat file and save it in the directory: C:\Program Files\Sublime Text 2

Inside the file put: start sublime_text.exe %*


If you have questions email me:

[email protected]

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