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Install Sublime Text

Now it's time to install Sublime Text, a sophisticated text editor for code, markup, and prose.

To get started, download Sublime Text 3 and run the installer. Again, go with the default installation options, unless you really know you want to change something.

Once installed, use the Start Menu to launch Sublime Text 3.

Next, navigate to the Preferences > Settings - User menu item.

Copy and paste the text that's in the box below into that file.

{
  "font_size": 15.0,
  "ensure_newline_at_eof_on_save": true,
  "rulers": [80],
  "tab_size": 2,
  "translate_tabs_to_spaces": true,
  "trim_trailing_white_space_on_save": true,
  "save_on_focus_lost": true
}

WARNING: Punctuation errors with either curly-brackets, double-quotes, colons, square-brackets, or commas will be highlighted in red. If one of these symbols is missing, Sublime Text will highlight the next closest symbol. Analyze the above example preferences carefully. 👀

Remember to save the file and you'll see something like this.

When you're done, close the file.

subl

You'll find it insanely useful to open files and directories into Sublime Text from the Terminal.

To get started, run the following command:

If you installed Sublime Text 2:

/c/Program\ Files/Sublime\ Text\ 2/sublime_text.exe .bash_profile

If you installed Sublime Text 3:

/c/Program\ Files/Sublime\ Text/sublime_text.exe .bash_profile

Bash's startup file will open in Sublime Text like this:

Create an alias to open Sublime Text from your command line.

If you installed Sublime Text 2, type this:

alias subl="/c/Program\ Files/Sublime\ Text\ 2/sublime_text.exe"

If you installed Sublime Text 3, type this:

alias subl="/c/Program\ Files/Sublime\ Text/sublime_text.exe"

Now save this file by pressing CTRL + S on your keyboard.

Exit Sublime Text.

Now, regardless of your Sublime Text version, to verify if Sublime Text is wired up correctly, run the following command:

subl

If Sublime Text launched, then you are good to go. Now close Sublime Text to continue on with this guide.

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