Sublime Text
Posted: February 18, 2015 Filed under: latex, python, sublime text | Tags: python, sublime text 3 CommentsSublime Text is a wonderful code editor. In addition to several powerful features, the main interest of the tool is the possibility to add extensions.
Extensions
See the dedicated post on My favorites Sublime Text extensions
Configuration File
The Sublime text configuration is done through a Json file. Here is some configuration keys:
- shift tab indent length
"tab_size": 4
- unindent with shift tab
"shift_tab_unindent": true
- display white spaces
"draw_white_space": "all"
- Display rulers
"rulers":[80,100],
Here is my config file:
{"auto_complete": false, "auto_match_enabled": false, "color_scheme": "Packages/User/Monokai (SL).tmTheme", "detect_indenation": false, "dictionary": "Packages/Language - English/en_US.dic", "draw_white_space": "all", "font_size": 10, "ignored_packages": ["Vintage", ], "index_exclude_patterns": [ "*.log", ], "rulers": [ 80, 100 ], "shift_tab_unindent": true, "tab_size": 4, "translate_tabs_to_spaces": true }
Projects
When you’re working to a project, you can add all related file into a sublime text project. To this end:
Go to Project=> Add Folder to Project
Select your project directory and now all your files are available in the side bar ( View -> side bar -> show sidebar or CTRL+K then CTRL+B).
Then your files can be reached by the Goto Anything feature (see next section)
Then you can save you project (Project -> save Project), and use the Project Quick switch feature (CTRL+ALT+P)
Shortcuts
Some very useful shortcuts for Ubuntu:
Code Navigation
- CTRL+P : Go to Anything (a.k.a. type to open a file from your project)
- CTRL+R : Go to Function, in a given file, find a class/method
- CTRL+P+: : Go to Line
- F5 : go to definition (function, class,….)
- ALT+- / ALT+SHIFT+- : jump back and Forward (a.k.a. go back and forward in cursor position ). This is a really powerful feature !
- CTRL+SHIFT+T : re-open last closed tab
Selection
- selection and CTRL+D : select one by one all occurrences of selection ( press CTRL+K to skip current selection)
- selections and CTRL+L : Multiple cursor at selections positions
- selection and ALT+F3 : select all occurrences of the selection
Snippets
Sublime text support snippets and activate them through a trigger key (e.g. hit TAB). Snippets are very easy to configure using the documentation.
You just have to create a file with the extension : .sublime-snippet and put it into the Sublime Text User directory.
Example : ipdb
Here is a quick look of the features I use the most in Sublime Text. I’ll try to update this article simultaneously to my future discoveries (a.k.a. your suggestions in comments 😉 ).