Sublime Text 3 plugin development on MacOS

sublime-text-3-plugin-dev-mac.md

Sublime Text 3 plugin development on MacOS

(kinda) Useful resources

• (https://www.sublimetext.com/docs/plugin-basics)

• (https://www.sublimetext.com/docs/plugin-examples)

  • I believe they are for ST2, on ST3 the Event example gives syntax error.

• (https://www.sublimetext.com/docs/api-reference)

How to open ST3 console

ctrl + `

Where to place the User Package script

/Users/sugo/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 3/Packages

It's written in console on startup: (note: 4th line)

startup, version: 3211 osx x64 channel: stable
executable: /Applications/Sublime Text.app/Contents/MacOS/Sublime Text
working dir: /
packages path: /Users/sugo/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 3/Packages
state path: /Users/sugo/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 3/Local
zip path: /Applications/Sublime Text.app/Contents/MacOS/Packages
zip path: /Users/sugo/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 3/Installed Packages
ignored_packages: []
pre session restore time: 0.180809
using gpu buffer for window
startup time: 0.260496
environment variables loaded using: /bin/bash -l
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Good explanation on how to get started

(https://sublime-text-unofficial-documentation.readthedocs.io/en/latest/extensibility/plugins.html)