Getting started with sublimetext3

Remarks#

Sublime Text is a sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose. It has a Python application programming interface (API). It supports many programming languages and markup languages, and its functionality can be extended by users with plugins, typically community-built and maintained under free-software licenses.

Sublime Text 3 is currently in beta. The latest build is 3114.

ST3 runs on the following operating systems:

OS X (10.7 or later is required)
Windows 32 bit - also available as a portable version
Windows 64 bit - also available as a portable version
Ubuntu 32 bit - also available as a tarball for other Linux distributions.
Ubuntu 64 bit - also available as a tarball for other Linux distributions.

Sublime Text may be downloaded and evaluated for free, however a license must be purchased for continued use. There is currently no enforced time limit for the evaluation.

Build 3103 (released Feb 2016) was the first build available to everyone with the new syntax definition format, .sublime-syntax. This allows for richer syntax highlighting and better performance compared to the legacy .tmLanguage format. 3103 also features a custom regex engine that significantly speeds up file loading and indexing.

Installation or Setup

Please note that continued use of Sublime Text requires that you purchase a license and you are asked to note the terms and conditions.

The process of installing Sublime Text is different for each platform, but in each case you need to visit the download page.

After installing ST3, it is common to install the package manager, Package Control.

Mac

For Mac, there is only one version of Sublime Text for OS X.

Download .dmg file
Open .dmg file
Drag the Sublime Text 3 bundle into the Applications folde
To create a symbolic link to use at the command line issue the following command at the terminal:

ln -s “/Applications/Sublime Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl” /usr/local/bin/subl

Windows

For Windows, both 64-bit and 32-bit versions are available, portable and non-portable. You should be able to run the 64-bit version if you are using a modern version of Windows. If you are having trouble running the 64-bit version, try the 32-bit version.

Portable or Not Portable? Sublime Text comes in two flavors for Windows: normal, and portable. Most users should be better served by a normal installation. Use the portable version only if you know you need it.

Normal installations separate data between two folders: the installation folder proper, and the data directory (user-specific directory for data). Normal installations also integrate Sublime Text with Windows Explorer’s context menu.

Portable installations keep all files needed by Sublime Text in a single folder. This folder can be moved around and the editor will still work.

How to Install the Normal Version of Sublime Text

Download the installer
Double click on the installer

How to Install the Portable Version of Sublime Text

Download the compressed files
Unzip them to a folder of your choice

You will find the sublime_text.exe executable inside that folder.

Linux

For Linux, run this command in your terminal to check your operating system’s type:

uname -m

You can download the package and uncompress it manually. Alternatively, you can use the command line.

Ubuntu

For i386

cd ~
wget https://c758482.r82.cf2.rackcdn.com/sublime-text_build-3083_i386.deb

For x64

cd ~
wget https://c758482.r82.cf2.rackcdn.com/sublime-text_build-3083_amd64.deb

Other Linux Distributions

For i386

cd ~
wget https://c758482.r82.cf2.rackcdn.com/sublime_text_3_build_3083_x32.tar.bz2
tar vxjf sublime_text_3_build_3083_x32.tar.bz2

For x64

cd ~
wget https://c758482.r82.cf2.rackcdn.com/sublime_text_3_build_3083_x64.tar.bz2
tar vxjf sublime_text_3_build_3083_x64.tar.bz2

Now we should move the uncompressed files to an appropriate location.

sudo mv Sublime\ Text\ 3 /opt/
Lastly, we create a symbolic link to use at the command line.

sudo ln -s /opt/Sublime\ Text\ 3/sublime_text /usr/bin/sublime

In Ubuntu, if you also want to add Sublime Text to the Unity launcher, do the following:

First, create a new file.

sudo sublime /usr/share/applications/sublime.desktop

Copy the following into it.

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Sublime Text 3
# Only KDE 4 seems to use GenericName, so we reuse the KDE strings.
# From Ubuntu's language-pack-kde-XX-base packages, version 9.04-20090413.
GenericName=Text Editor

Exec=sublime
Terminal=false
Icon=/opt/Sublime Text 3/Icon/48x48/sublime_text.png
Type=Application
Categories=TextEditor;IDE;Development
X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=NewWindow

[NewWindow Shortcut Group]
Name=New Window
Exec=sublime -n
TargetEnvironment=Unity

If you’ve registered your copy of Sublime Text, but every time you open it you’re asked to enter your license, you should try running this command.

sudo chown -R username:username /home/username/.config /sublime-text-3

Replace username with your account’s username. This should fix the permission error in the case that you opened up Sublime Text as root when you first entered the license.

Reference

Start with the Sublime Tutor

This tutorial is inspired from classic vimtutor. You will get to learn some handy shortcuts to work with Sublime Text 3. By the end of this tutorial, you would be familiar with ST’s most important and frequently used shortcuts and features.

Installation

Via Package Control:

Install Package Control if already not installed: https://packagecontrol.io/installation#st3
Press Cmd+Shift+P to bring command palette in front
Type Install Package and press enter.
Search for Sublime Tutor and press enter to install the plugin.

Manual Installation:

Make sure you have git already installed.
cd into the Packages directory of Sublime Text 3. On Mac, it usually resides at the following path: ~/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 3 /Packages/. Alternatively you can open in via a menu item: Preferences > Browse Packages...
Once you are inside Packages directory, clone this repository: git clone git@github.org:jai/sublimetutor.git. Alternatively download and extract the latest release for your platform here: https://github.com/jaipandya/SublimeTutor/releases
Restart Sublime Text

Getting Started

If you haven’t already, install Sublime Tutor using the installation steps given above.

Once Sublime Tutor is installed, press Ctrl+Option+K keyboard shortcut to open this file in Sublime Text. Another option is to go to Help > Sublime Tutor menu option to open this.

Via Command Palette:

Cmd+Shift+P to get the command palette in front.
Type Sublime Tutor, select the first command that comes up to start the interactive guide.

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