There are three resources for documentation on Sublime Text 2:
- Sublime Text 2 documentation
- Sublime Text Unofficial Documentation
- Perfect Workflow in Sublime Text 2 is a video course with tutorials covering many aspects of Sublime Text 2. Definitely nerd out over this video.
A full-featured package manager that helps discovering, installing, updating and removing packages for Sublime Text 2.
Installation is through the Sublime Text 2 console. This is accessed in Sublime via the ctrl+` shortcut. Once open, paste the following command into the console:
import urllib2,os; pf='Package Control.sublime-package'; ipp=sublime.installed_packages_path(); os.makedirs(ipp) if not os.path.exists(ipp) else None; urllib2.install_opener(urllib2.build_opener(urllib2.ProxyHandler())); open(os.path.join(ipp,pf),'wb').write(urllib2.urlopen('http://sublime.wbond.net/'+pf.replace(' ','%20')).read()); print('Please restart Sublime Text to finish installation')
Hit Enter then restart Sublime for the changes to take affect.
Use command+Shift+P to bring up the Command Palette. From there type Install to search for the Package Control: Install command then press Enter.
This will list available packages to install. Just type in a package name to find it and hit Enter to install.
Here are some good packages to start out with:
-
SideBarEnhancements Adds additional commands(reveal, duplicate, new file etc) to the context menu in the sidebar.
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Sublime Linter Highlights lines of code with potential errors
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dotfiles-syntax-highlighting-st2 Syntax Highlighting for dot files.
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Gist Create and edit gists
Sublime Text 2 includes a command line tool, subl, to work with files on the command line. This can be used to open files and projects in Sublime Text 2, as well working as an EDITOR for unix tools, such as git and subversion.
From the terminal enter the following:
ln -s /Applications/Sublime\ Text\ 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl /usr/local/bin/subl
Now we can use subl . (to open the entire current directory) or sublime filename to open a file.
command+, will open Sublime User Preferences. User Preferences are defined in JSON. You can override system settings here. Check Preferences > Settings - Default for a full list. Here are some suggested User Preferences.
{
"auto_complete": true,
"auto_complete_commit_on_tab": true,
"auto_match_enabled": true,
"close_windows_when_empty": true,
"color_scheme": "Packages/Color Scheme - Default/Solarized (Dark).tmTheme",
"default_line_ending": "LF",
"detect_indentation": true,
"dictionary": "Packages/Language - English/en_US.dic",
"draw_white_space": "all",
"fade_fold_buttons": true,
"file_exclude_patterns":
[
"*.a",
"*.class",
"*.db",
"*.dll",
"*.dylib",
"*.exe",
"*.idb",
"*.lib",
"*.log",
"*.ncb",
"*.o",
"*.obj",
"*.pdb",
"*.pdf",
"*.psd",
"*.pyc",
"*.pyo",
"*.sdf",
"*.so",
"*.suo",
".DS_Store",
".tag"
],
"folder_exclude_patterns":
[
".bundle",
".git",
".hg",
".rbx",
".sass-cache",
".svn",
"bin",
"bundle",
"CVS",
"data",
"script",
"tmp"
],
"highlight_line": true,
"hot_exit": false,
"ignored_packages":
[
"Vintage"
],
"rulers":
[
80
],
"scroll_past_end": true,
"soda_classic_tabs": true,
"spell_check": false,
"tab_size": 2,
"translate_tabs_to_spaces": true,
"theme": "Soda Light.sublime-theme",
"trim_trailing_white_space_on_save": true
}
It's best to work with mono spaced fonts. Adobe's Source Code Pro is a good one you can download from Source Forge.
To install, first open Font Book on your Mac. Then unzip the Source Code Pro file and locate the OTF folder inside. Drag the OTF folder into Font Book.
To set as the default font in Sublime just add "font_face": "SourceCodePro-Regular" to your User Preferences.