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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 2 and run the installer. Again, go with the default installation options if you're feeling overwhelmed.

Once installed, use the Start Menu to launch Sublime Text 2.

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

Ensure the file contains the following preferences.

{
  "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
}

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.

curl -fsSL http://git.io/Famd | sh

To verify Sublime Text is wired up correctly, run the following command.

subl ~/.bashrc

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

Edit .bashrc

Many command line tools, like Git, use the EDITOR environment variable to open your preferred text editor.

While Bash's startup file is handy, add the following settings.

# Sublime Text
export EDITOR='subl -w'

TIP: Environment variables, like EDITOR, must be written in all capital letters.

Save the file and you'll see something like this.

Now, relaunch the Terminal and verify these settings with the following command.

echo $EDITOR

TIP: Environment variables must be written in all capital letters.

And you'll see something like this.

Inspect the PATH

Like most shells, Bash relies on the PATH environment variable to specify a set of directories where other commands can be found.

To see the contents of the PATH environment variable, run the following command.

echo $PATH

TIP: Environment variables, like PATH, must be written in all capital letters.

And you'll see something like this.

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