2.8. Sublime Text text editor

Install Sublime Text:

wget -qO - https://download.sublimetext.com/sublimehq-pub.gpg | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/sublimehq-archive.gpg
echo "deb https://download.sublimetext.com/ apt/stable/" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sublime-text.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y sublime-text

2.8.1. Packages

Install Package Control in the menu Tools ‣ Install Package Control…

Install the following packages:

• A File Icon – Sublime Text File-Specific Icons for Improved Visual Grepping

• Ansible – Syntax highlighting for Ansible

• Apply Syntax – Syntax detector for Sublime Text

• Dockerfile Syntax Highlighting – Dockerfile syntax

• Git Config – Sublime Text 2 language file for .gitconfig and .gitignore files

• Indent XML – Plugin for Sublime Text editor for reindenting XML and JSON files

• Jinja2 – Jinja2 Syntax Support for TextMate and Sublime Text

• JSON Key Value – Alternative language definition for the JSON syntax

• Language French Français – French Spelling Language for Sublime Text

• LiveReload – LiveReload plugin for SublimeText

• Markdown Editing – Powerful Markdown package for Sublime Text

• Markdown Preview – Markdown preview and build plugin for Sublime Text

• Markdown TOC – Generate a table of contents (TOC) in a markdown document

• ReStructured Text Snippets – Restructured Text snippets and code completion hotkeys

• Sass – Sass and SCSS syntax for Sublime Text

• Search Anywhere – Quickly search on multiple search engines from the current selection

• SideBarEnhancements – Enhancements to Sublime Text sidebar. Files and folders.

2.8.2. Integration

To associate text files with Sublime Text:

• directly use the files browser, or

• edit ~/.config/mimeapps.list, e.g. text/plain=sublime_text.desktop (cf. Files associations)