A screenshot of the Sublime Text code editor.

My Sublime Text Setup

Update (01/20/2015): I forgot to include one of my favorites Hayaku. I’ve also quit using Bracket Highlighter (found it a bit annoying) and Color Picker (it’s hard to beat Frank).

I’ve been on the Sublime Text bandwagon for a while, but have put off upgrading to version 3 until this week. In the process of upgrading I somehow lost (translation: “I deleted”) what packages I had installed so I figured I would make note of my current setup for future reference.

Packages

First things first, install Package Control. It’s a simple copy & paste process to get it going.

Once you have that installed you can start installing packages and making plans for world domination.

Alignment
Easy alignment of multiple selections and multi-line selections. I got this at my last Anal-retentives Anonymous meeting.
All Autocomplete
Extends the default autocomplete to find matches in all open files.
Bracket​ Highlighter
Bracket and tag highlighter.
Color​ Picker
A multi-platform color picker plugin that saves you from opening Photoshop or some other app.
Doc​Blockr
Simplifies writing DocBlock comments in Javascript, PHP, CoffeeScript, Actionscript, C & C++. OMG this saves so much time typing asterisks’s’s’s.
Emmet
Emmet (previously known as Zen Coding) is a web-developer’s toolkit that can greatly improve your HTML & CSS workflow. Emmet is your friend.
Function Name Display
Display current class and function name on the status bar.
Genesis
WordPress Genesis Framework snippets. This seems a bit dated and looks like a good candidate for a side project.
Side​bar ​Enhancements
Enhancements to Sublime Text sidebar. Files and folders.
Sublime Linter
Interactive code linting framework for Sublime Text 3. It lints all the things, just like my dryer.
Linters I use:

Trailing Spaces
Highlight trailing spaces and delete them in a flash. Zap!
Word​Press Developer Resources
Sublime Text 2/3 Plugin to search the new WordPress Developer Resources (developer.wordpress.org)

There are a few more packages I’m looking at, like Terminal, Git, GitGutter, but I’m not quite ready to add that to my workflow from the text editor.

Themes & Color Schemes

I personally like the darker themes, but I work near a window and have issues with reflections so I use a light theme most of the time. Lately, I have been partial to the Chrome Dev Tools color scheme.

You could spend hours changing colors so just find something comfortable on your eyes. Check out Color Sublime for an easy way to preview color schemes before you install.

This is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to customizing Sublime Text so have fun and don’t be afraid to break things!

3 thoughts on “My Sublime Text Setup”

  1. Oops – apparently I wasn’t done yet. I’ve tried farting around with the Linter and always run into issues. I think that one’s best tackled post 2 cups of coffee, but pre lunch.

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