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Sublime Text 2

Dalam , - April 07, 2014 -
sub·lime [suh-blahym]
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This is not going to be a “Why Sublime Text 2 is better than <insert your preferred editor here>” post. But the pure awesomeness of Sublime Text 2 will make your current editor look like a chump. A very slow chump.
Hopefully this post will serve as a guide to give anyone wanting to try Sublime Text 2 instant gratification. Let’s go…

1 — Get It!

To get started, grab the latest Sublime Text 2 Beta. If you want to live on the edge, you can grab the dev build of Sublime Text 2 here. Sublime Text 2 is available on OS X, Linux and Windoze.

2 — Package Control

Any editor worth its salt supports a vast array of add-ons and plug-ins. Sublime Text 2 is no different. A full-featured package manager is available that helps managing and discovering new packages.

Installation

To install Sublime Package Control open the Sublime Text 2 console (^`) and paste the following code into it.
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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'

Usage

Once you’ve restarted Sublime Text 2 you are ready to install some packages.
Open the Command Palette (⌘⇧P) and begin typing Package Control to see a list of available commands. Select the Package Control: Install Package option and press ⏎.
Use your arrow keys or start typing to find packages to install. Once you found a package press ⏎ to install it.
Here’s a list of great packages to get started with:
All of the above packages can be installed via Package Control with the exception of Ruby-Slim. To manually install Ruby-Slim, or any other package, just clone the repo into the Packages folder.
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git clone https://github.com/fredwu/ruby-slim-tmbundle.git \
~/Library/Application\ Support/Sublime\ Text\ 2/Packages/Ruby-Slim

3 — Making It Pretty

Although some UI improvements have been made, Sublime Text 2’s default UI is still fuggo.
  1. Start the beautifying process by installing the Soda UI Theme via the Package Manager.
  2. Open your preferences file, Preferences > Settings - User or by using the ⌘, shorcut.
  3. Activate Soda Theme by either adding Soda Light.sublime-theme or Soda Dark.sublime-theme to your settings file.
Preferences.sublime-settings
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{
  "theme": "Soda Dark.sublime-theme"
}
Sublime Text 2 ships with an alright-ish set of color schemes, but everyone has their preference. My personal favorite isSolarized. To install it, simply clone the textmate-solarized repo into the Packages folder.
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git clone git://github.com/mybuddymichael/solarized-sublimetext2.git \
~/Library/Application\ Support/Sublime\ Text\ 2/Packages/Solarized
Once installed, activate it under Preferences > Color Scheme > Solarized or add it to your preferences file.
Preferences.sublime-settings
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{
  "color_scheme": "Packages/Solarized/Solarized (dark).tmTheme",
  "theme": "Soda Dark.sublime-theme"
}
All of this will make your editor look… Sublime!
If you prefer light colors, here’s Sublime Text 2 with Soda and Solarized Light.

4 — Command-Line Setup

To open files and folders from your command-line you need to add Sublime Text 2 to your path.
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sudo ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" /usr/bin/subl
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subl -n ~/Projects/some_rails_app
To make it easier to edit directly from your current directory, add the following alias.
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alias e="subl -n ."

6 — Notable Features

Command Palette

The Command Palette is an interactive list of all the commands available to Sublime Text 2. Whether you need to visit a Preferences page, or paste in a snippet, all of that can be done here. The Command Palette can be accessed by the⌘⇧P key binding.

File Palette

Giving you quick access to your files, the File Palette also lets you quickly jump to methods, functions or even markdown headings. Access it with ⌘P and after typing the file name, type @ to jump directly to a method in that file without even opening it. You can also use the ⌘R key binding.
You can also use : in the File Palette to jump to a specific line number in the current open file, or use the ^Gbinding.

Multi-Selection

Although vertical selection is nothing new, Sublime Text 2’s multi-selection takes it to another level. You effectively have multiple cursors on a single page.
To enabled multi-selection, you have the following options:
  • Hold down ⌘ and then click everywhere you require a cursor.
  • Select a block of lines and then press ⌘⇧L.
  • Place the cursor over a word and press ⌘D repeatedly to select additional occurrences of that word.
  • Alternatively, pressing ⌘^G will select all occurences of that word.

Split Screen

Simply, a MUST have! By pressing a few keys you can quickly split your screen.
Columns: 2 ⌘⌥2
Rows: 2 ⌘⌥⇧2
Grid: 4 ⌘⌥5

Vintage Mode

Are you a Vim Ninja? Then you are in luck. Sublime Text 2 has a Vintage Mode setting that will allow you to use the Vi commands you can’t code without.
To enable Vintage Mode make the following change to your preferences file.
Preferences.sublime-settings
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{
  // Other settings
  "ignored_packages": []
}
After a quick restart, press ⎋… Bam! Command mode!
To take full advantage of Vim’s command-line mode you will need to install the VintageEx package. After installing it, just press : to open the Vim command-line.
To see all the implemented commands, just look through ex_commands.py.

5 — Customising Settings

For all settings, Sublime Text 2 has at least two files… Default and User. You can edit any of these files, but it is recommended to edit the User setting files.
  • Settings - Default This file contains all the settings to configure Sublime Text 2. It can also serve as a great reference.
  • Settings - User This is where you can override the defaults to better suit your own needs.
  • Syntax Specific - User Allows you to configure settings for specific file types, like applying a ruler to markdown files.
  • Key Bindings Key bindings… Move along.
Here are some basic settings to get you started.
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{


  "auto_complete": false,


  "close_windows_when_empty": false,


  "color_scheme": "Packages/Solarized/Solarized (dark).tmTheme",


  "draw_white_space": "selection",


  "ensure_newline_at_eof_on_save": true,


  "fade_fold_buttons": true,


  "find_selected_text": true,


  "fold_buttons": true,


  "folder_exclude_patterns":


  [


    ".svn",


    ".git",


    ".hg",


    "CVS"


  ],


  "font_face": "Inconsolata",


  "font_options": ["subpixel_antialias"],


  "font_size": 13,


  "highlight_line": true,


  "highlight_modified_tabs": true,


  "ignored_packages": [],


  "rulers": [72, 79],


  "save_on_focus_lost": true,


  "tab_size": 2,


  "theme": "Soda Dark.sublime-theme",


  "translate_tabs_to_spaces": true,


  "trim_automatic_white_space": true,


  "trim_trailing_white_space_on_save": true,


  "word_wrap": false


}

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Conclusion

As noted by a friend, “Sublime Text 2 made it to version 2 stably”. Even in its current state Sublime Text 2 surpasses most “stable” editors out there, and it did not require everyone to wait years for a major version bump.
When it comes to choosing a text editor, all developers have their own preference and favorite. I feel that Sublime Text 2 bridges the gap between hardcore code wrangling and an editor with a slick user interface.
Give Sublime Text 2 a try! You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
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